Nuke: Cant believe I forgot this... First frame last frame

nuke.knob('root.first_frame')
nuke.knob('root.last_frame')

yup. I know. Oh and it returns a string btw. I have NO idea why. Like really. Why..?

Splinter :: #0006 Possibly ill-advised.

Nukia - smarter switch

Use in text node to find what Switch1 Reads are looking at. [lindex [split [file tail [value [value Switch1.input[expr int([value Switch1.which])].name].file]] -] 0] or lol.. [lindex [split [file tail [value [value [value this.input0.name].input[expr int([value [value this.input0.name].which])].name].file]] -] 0] This is also useful. Root dir: [file dirname [knob [topnode].file] ] File name: [file tail [knob [topnode].file] ] File extension: [file extension [knob [topnode].file] ]

Splinter :: #0002 - Snow Scavenging Koutasquow

[full size here]

Splinter :: #0001 barren except for a fabricated sky

anamorphic-a-day :: #71

Drink me.

anamorphic-a-day :: #70

Dam.

anamorphic-a-day :: #69

As I was flicking through the daily photos, the laptop froze and Nuke's display temporarily showed an unintentional double exposure between two completely unrelated images.  Seemed kind of interesting, especially how the lines seemed to follow so I recreated it.

anamorphic-a-day :: #68

We're your friends.  We're not like the others.

anamorphic-a-day :: #67

It's a trap.  Well, maybe.

NukeStudio: Clip/Track additive blending

For anyone wanting to do additive track blending in NukeStudio v10+, here's a step by step.

1.  Starting with two over layed tracks.  By default the top one takes precedence and hides the lower one.



2. Convert the top track to a blend track via the right mouse button menus.  The track header should turn blue.



3. Right mouse over the overlay clip add a BlinkScript soft effect.



4.  Expand the code section, press Clear to remove the default code.  Then copy and paste my code and hit Recompile:




5.  Switch to the Kernal Parameters tab.  Here you will be able to multiply the RGB and A of the overlayed clip, as well as separately controlling an overall Alpha and RGB gain.  Setting Alpha gain to zero is the quickest way make the clip additive.  (Note that these parameters multiply against each other.)



6. You can add other soft-effects, like transforms, other grades etc and things should behave as expected.




Please add a comment if you give this a go.  I would be interested to know if this is useful.

Cheers,

Jeff