T0742 - Digital Tutors - Getting Started with Toxik

In this course we will learn how to get started using the compositing software Toxik. Using Toxik we can quickly color correct, mask, composite or animate still images and image sequences.

In this series of lessons we’ll learn how to get started using the compositing software Toxik. Using Toxik we can quickly color correct, mask, composite, or animate still images and image sequences. We’ll begin this project by learning the basic project/composition creation process, learning how to move around the Toxik user interface, begin compositing images together and render out our finished material. We'll then move into the common uses of Toxik such as color correction, garbage masks, blending modes, and animation. This series of lessons is a great starting point to learning Toxik. By learning the tools and fundamental workflows of Toxik, we will be able to create complex effects and images in no time. This will allow us to begin exploring other areas of Toxik and start using Toxik in our own production pipeline.

Lesson Outline

Introduction and Project Overview
In this lesson we will learn the topics and techniques covered in this project

Creating Projects and Importing images in Toxik
In this lesson we will learn how to create projects and change the interface of Toxik to maximize workspace while importing footage

Creating Compositions and bringing footage into a comp
In this lesson we will learn how to create new compositions and the basic tool workflow

Understanding the Node workflow and blending two images
In this lesson we will learn how to bring tools into our composition and combine two footage layers into one

Rendering Images out of Toxik
In this lesson we will learn how to render our composition into an image sequence

Using the CC Basics tool to color correct in Toxik
In this lesson we will learn how to use the CC Basics tool to color correct an image

Creating Garbage Masks to remove the effect of a tool
In this lesson we will learn how to use a Garbage Mask connected into the Masking input to cut out part of a tool

Using Blending Modes to composite 3D renders
In this lesson we will learn how to use the Multiply and Screen blending modes to composite a reflection and occlusion pass to create a polished final image

Using the Image Generation tools to create gradients
"In this lesson we will learn how to use the Color Source, Linear Ramp and Bilinear ramp tools to create color rectangles and gradients inside Toxik"

Basics of moving, rotating and scaling objects in Toxik
In this lesson we will learn how to use the 2D Transform tool to move, rotate and scale tools inside Toxik

Animating in Toxik to create a wipe effect
In this lesson we will learn how to bring together several tools and animate those tools to create a horizontal wipe effect