Relight your shots with AI in Nuke using Beeble | Nuke

Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago

Learn how to relight your footage in Nuke using BeebleAI. Our latest tutorial shows you how to use AI-generated lighting while keeping full control inside Nuke. You’ll find out how to clean up results, match resolution, and integrate renders back into your original plate. We’ll also cover frequency separation, enabling you to restore lost detail and avoid soft, low-quality outputs. From there, you’ll learn how to refine the shot with roto, colour corrections, and targeted adjustments. Finally, you’ll see how to regrain the footage to seamlessly blend everything into a production-ready shot.

00:00 - Introduction & Workflow Overview
00:30 - Nuke Project Settings & Color Management
00:57 - Denoising the Source Footage
01:20 - Using Beeble SwitchX for AI Relighting
01:55 - Masking Options in SwitchX
02:46 - Generating Reference Lighting with AI Prompts
03:13 - SwitchLight vs. SwitchX
03:51 - Downloading the Beeble Nuke Plugin
04:04 - Importing & Matching Resolution in Nuke
04:53 - Smoothing Artifacts with a Blur Node
05:39 - Restoring Detail with Frequency Separation
08:34 - Fixing Halos & Artifacts
10:01 - Art Directing & Refining the Lighting
10:25 - Rotoscoping for Localized Color Correction
13:13 - Fixing Small Details with RotoPaint
14:08 - Regraining the Footage with DasGrain
14:57 - Final Result & Conclusion

🔗 Useful links:
Beeble Nuke Plugin: docs.beeble.ai/integration/nuke-plugin
Check out Beeble AI: beeble.ai
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