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Python is a programming language whose design philosophy emphasizes
code readability allowing you to work faster and to integrate Nuke
operations more effectively. A must-know subject for hight level Nuke
artists, such as compositors, digital matte painters, technical
directors, roto and prep artists. You can learn to use Python and see
almost immediate improvements in productivity. Professor Victor Perez,
voted #2 most valuable nukepedia.com contributor in 2012 and Official
Nuke Certified Trainer, has designed this course to provide you with
the knowledge to read, manipulate or write your Python scripts, execute
your own operations in the Nuke environment, manipulate and customize
the Nuke GUI, and the most important, give you the keys to allow you to
improve your Python skills by your own research and development.
On the practical side of the course, Python is applied to the creation
of Nuke gizmos and nodes to develop your own tools. A complete guide to
Gizmology: projecting, developing, building and distributing your own
gizmos with the whole Nuke community.
Victor Perez is a senior visual effects artist with over 12 years of
production experience in computer graphics, digital grading and visual
effects, as well as a NUKE Official Certified Trainer by The Foundry.
As a senior digital compositing artist and 2D Technical Director he has
a fine combination of both artistic and technical understanding of film
post-production and visual effects. Member of Visual Effects Society
and usual collaborator of Nukepedia. Victor has worked and researched
with Oscar winner studios such as Cinesite and Double Negative and
others. His personal web site is http://www.victorperez.co.uk
course syllabus
Class 1
Introduction: What is Python and what can I do with it in Nuke? Useful
bibliography and reference web sites: How to search for the information
when I need it. Nuke's Script Editor vs 3rd party script editors (for
Mac OS X, Windows and Linux). More than just Python: Nuke expressions,
how they work and when it's better to use then rather than a Python
script. Units of Information in Python: Types. What is a Variable? How
to create and modify Variables.
Class 2
Handling Python Types: Transforming numeric units into strings and the
other way around; Modifying lists by adding, removing or picking
elements. Compound statements I: 'if', 'while'.
Class 3
Compound statements II: 'for' and try'. Defining, storing and executing
functions within Nuke. Introduction to the 'nuke' module: node
selection methods. Accessing nodes and their knobs.
Class 4
Getting and setting values on target knobs. Node Classes demystified.
Creating and deleting nodes and groups of nodes from Python commands.
Accessing grouped nodes (nested structures). Customizing nodes on
creation. Making connections between nodes. Setting expressions on
target knobs.
Class 5
Customizing Nuke GUI: the '.nuke' folder, creating a folder structure,
the 'menu.py' and 'init.py' Python scripts, add Nuke menu items and
toolbar items (to call gizmos), default values for node classes.
Class 6
Other useful modules in Python: how to create folders in the OS from
Nuke. Creating blank nodes and populating them with knobs from Python.
Class 7
Callbacks: the 'knobChange' utility and common applications. Disabling
and enabling knobs based on user actions. Frame related functions.
Class 8
Designing a gizmo: What's the purpose of my gizmo? Planning and laying
out its controls, building the node structure and linking its nodes to
its knobs. The 'V_EdgeMatte' case study. You can find this gizmo
published on Nukepedia:
http://www.nukepedia.com/gizmos/filter/v_edgematte
Class 9
Creating Nuke custom panels, dialogs and messages. Rendering
customization scripts. Aesthetic considerations to build user friendly
gizmos, common standard organisation. Cross-platform solutions for
OS-dependent actions.
Class 10
Node Graph position knob utilities. Input-format depending expressions.
Naming conventions. Nuke icons guidelines. Publishing recommendations.
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