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Using the Toolbar

Nuke’s Toolbar includes the following icons:

Icon

Functions

Image

Image read and write nodes, built-in Nuke elements, and Viewer nodes.

Draw

Roto shapes, paint tools, film grain, fills, lens flares, sparkles, other vector-based image tools.

Time

Retiming image sequences.

Channel

Channel management.

Color

Applying color correction effects.

Filter

Applying convolve filters, such as blur, sharpen, edge detect, and erode.

Keyer

Extracting procedural mattes.

Merge

Layering background and foreground elements.

Transform

Translating, scaling, tracking, and stabilizing elements.

3D

3D compositing nodes and tools.

Particles

Creating, spawning and editing particles.

Deep

Creating, merging and editing deep images.

Views

Nodes for working with views and stereoscopic or multi-view material.

Metadata

Viewing, editing, and comparing image metadata.

ToolSets

Creating, deleting and managing tool sets.

Other

Additional operators for script and Viewer management.

 

Any installed plug-ins and custom menus that do not have their own icon.

NOTE:  Nuke Assist does not support all the toolbars available in Nuke. See Flavors of Nuke for more information.

To display a tool tip that explains the icon’s function, move your mouse pointer over the icon.

To make selections from the Toolbar, click on an icon and select an option from the menu.