User Guide — Natron 2.5.0 documentation

# User Guide

Natron is an open source video compositing and special effects software for Windows, macOS and Linux.

This guide will help you getting started using Natron for compositing and visual effects.

- What is compositing?
  - Theory
  - Practice
- Getting started
  - About
  - Installation
  - Additional Elements
  - Nuke to Natron transition guide
  - Environment
  - Troubleshooting
- Compositing
  - Managing Projects
  - Reformatting elements (empty)
  - Channels
  - Merging images
  - Noise removal (empty)
  - Keying (empty)
  - Using Roto / Rotopaint
  - Tracking and stabilizing
  - Transforming elements
  - Working with color
  - Stereoscopic compositing
  - Expressions (empty)
- The Nodes
  - Common Properties
  - Image Nodes
  - Draw Nodes
  - Merge Nodes Menu
- Tutorials
  - Writing documentation
  - How To Convert Videos To Image Sequences
  - How To Convert Image Sequences To Video Files
  - Using NLE
  - Creating Digital Intermediate For Editing Servers
  - HSVTool
  - FFmpeg
  - Using PanoTools projects within Natron
  - Vector graphics workflow
  - Alternative Matte Extraction Tutorial
  - Evaluating Script Structure
  - Color Grading Do’s and Dont’s