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.
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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.
Create any node by name: open the Tab search menu in the Node Graph and start typing
One menu reaches every node in Nuke, so you never hunt a toolbar.
…and 4 more at this level
Color-correct the selected branch by adding a Grade node
The workhorse color node you reach for a hundred times a session.
…and 10 more at this level
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
In the Viewer: toggle the Luminance channel against RGB
Luminance shows tonal structure without color distracting you.
…and 15 more at this level
Duplicate the selected node onto a new branch
A copy on its own branch starts a parallel version.
…and 13 more at this level
Change the tile color of the selected node
Coloring nodes turns a wall of grey into a map.
…and 7 more at this level
Generate a Flipbook of the selected node for review
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.