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Practice Nuke keyboard shortcuts

Drill all 70 until you don't have to think about them.

one letter, one node — the compositor's muscle memory

Covers the core 2D node-compositor shortcuts of Foundry Nuke 17 on mac and windows; Nuke Studio's timeline/editorial, the 3D viewer, and generic OS/undo keys are excluded, and single letters are panel-scoped so what the mouse hovers decides what the key does.

70 verified moves 7 levels macOS & Windows verified 2026-07-26
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The progression

Every deck is graded 1 to 7: level 1 is the reflex core, the top level is where the specialists live. One move from each, so you can see how far it goes.

  1. Level 15 moves

    Create any node by name: open the Tab search menu in the Node Graph and start typing

    Tab

    One menu reaches every node in Nuke, so you never hunt a toolbar.

    …and 4 more at this level

  2. Level 211 moves

    Color-correct the selected branch by adding a Grade node

    G

    The workhorse color node you reach for a hundred times a session.

    …and 10 more at this level

  3. Level 314 moves

    Insert a Dot node to route and organize wiring in the Node Graph

    .

    A tidy wire beats a tangle when you revisit the script.

    …and 13 more at this level

  4. Level 416 moves

    In the Viewer: toggle the Luminance channel against RGB

    Y

    Luminance shows tonal structure without color distracting you.

    …and 15 more at this level

  5. Level 514 moves

    Duplicate the selected node onto a new branch

    Alt+B

    A copy on its own branch starts a parallel version.

    …and 13 more at this level

  6. Level 68 moves

    Change the tile color of the selected node

    macCmd+Shift+CwinCtrl+Shift+C

    Coloring nodes turns a wall of grey into a map.

    …and 7 more at this level

  7. Level 72 moves

    Generate a Flipbook of the selected node for review

    Alt+F

    A quick flipbook reviews motion without a full render.

    …and 1 more at this level

How graduation works. Drill until every move in the deck holds at ≥95% first-try, under 800ms median, across two separate days. Then the deck is done — and you get a certificate stating exactly that, plus a LinkedIn credential in one click.

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