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Installing the Project Files

Before you continue, download the tutorial project files from The Foundry website and move them to a directory you’ll create, called “Nuke_Tutorials”. It’s up to you where you put your tutorial files, but here’s our recommendations below depending on your operating system. Whatever you do, you’ll need to remember where you put these files.

TIP:  If you’re using a Mac or Linux system, log in under administrator privileges to avoid issues with permissions when installing the files.

To Create the Tutorial Directory (Windows)

1.   On the Windows desktop, double-click the My Computer icon to open a file browser.
2.   Double-click on Local Disk (C:) and open the C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data folder.
3.   Click the right-mouse button over the displayed directory and choose New > Folder.
4.   Name the folder: Nuke_Tutorials.

To Create the Tutorial Directory (Mac OS or Linux)

1.   Open a shell or terminal window.
2.   At the command line, enter mkdir ~/Nuke_Tutorials to create the tutorial directory under your user or “home” directory.

To Download and Install the Project Files

1.   Open an internet browser and go to: http://www.thefoundry.co.uk/support/user-guides.
2.   Click the NUKE Tutorial assets links to download the project files to your local computer.
3.   Extract the downloaded files and move (or copy) them to the Nuke_Tutorials directory you created earlier.

You’re now ready to start the first tutorial with Nuke.