Create .app to launch Python script in Mac OS X
Quick step-by-step to create clickable .app to launch your python scripts.
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Nuke and CPU usage in Windows
On Windows, sometimes Nuke and Maya fights over resources, especially the CPU. This can become apparent when background rendering with Maya.
Getting V-Ray to render "Nuke-style" Z-depth
Out of the box, V-Ray for Maya does not render Z-depth the same way Nuke does. Here’s a quick fix for that (not applicable for most DOF plugins).
V-Ray for Maya
Running V-Ray for Maya in a production environment has its quirks. I have collected some bits and pieces off the Chaos Group forum and assembled it all here.
Fujifilm X100 settings & notes
Some facts about the camera which are easy to forget as well some notes to self.
Nuke script
Launch the source directory of the selected Read or Write node.
Read node from Write node
Written in Python, with Nuke 6.9 in mind, generate a Read node from the selected Write node.
Howdy! There's a newer version of this script here.
The script will attempt to load an image sequence or a single file (such as a movie file), based off the selected Write node. If the first and last frame can not be determined, it will fall back to the project settings’ frame range and throw a warning.
The script comes with one limitation; it assumes you render out any file sequences with a frame padding of four digits surrounded by period signs:
- .####.
- .%04d.
Supported real world examples:
- lotr_seq1_shot1_v001_fa.####.exr
- blah.%04d.jpg
- hello.mov
Download: readFromWrite.py
- v1.4: Better sequence detection. If you had problems with 1.3, try this.
- v1.3: Write nodes with expressions now gets evaluated correctly.
- v1.2: Takes the ‘premultiplied’ setting from the Write node, auto-detects movie files frame ranges, better logic when detecting a frame range
- v1.1: Support for filenamefilter callback
- v1.0: Initial release
Place the Python script in the /scripts dir inside your NUKE_PATH (see my previous post here on setting this up). Add the following to your menu.py:
import readFromWrite
nuke.menu( 'Nuke' ).addCommand( 'My file menu/Read from Write', 'readFromWrite.readFromWrite()', 'shift+r' )
You should now be able to select any Write node and hit Shift + R to generate a Read node!
Nuke 6.3 small studio setup for Windows/OS X
This is a quick guide to setting Nuke 6.3 up with a custom menu and make it work more seamlessly across operating systems.
Remote Windows management with PsTools, part 3
In this third article on PsTools I talk about how to control V-Ray DR slaves remotely with the PsTools suite.
Remote Windows management with PsTools, part 2
In this second part of managing Windows machines using the PsTools suite, we will look at how to automate processes involving interacting with a server.