Welcome to NUKE Python Developer’s Guide

Contents:

• Introduction
  • Info
• Start-up Scripts
  • Evaluation Order
  • menu.py
  • init.py
• Getting Started
  • Creating Nodes and Setting Their Controls
    • Creating a Node in the User Interface
    • Creating a Node for Scripting
    • Setting Controls at Node Creation
  • Assigning Variables
  • Getting the Node Object for Existing Nodes
  • Accessing Selected Nodes in the Node Graph
  • Adding Controls to Nodes
  • Showing and Hiding a Node’s Properties Panel
  • Connecting Nodes and Setting Their Inputs
  • Setting Default Values for Controls
  • Rendering with the Write Node
  • Flipbooking with External Applications
  • Listing a Node’s Controls
  • Undoing and Redoing Actions
  • Frame Navigation
  • Setting Frame Ranges
  • Marking Frame Numbers in File Names
  • Copying an Animation Curve Between Nodes
  • Overriding the Creation of a Particular Node
  • Getting Information on the NUKE Environment You Are Running
  • Accessing Node Metadata
  • Creating Dialogs and Panels
    • Creating Modal Dialogs
    • Python Dialog Example
    • Creating Non-Modal Panels
    • Non-Modal Panel Example
  • Creating Progress Bar Dialogs
  • Clearing out the Current NUKE (.nk) Script
  • Creating Views for a Stereoscopic Project
  • Adjusting Control Values in Stereo Projects
• Nuke as a Python Module
  • Licensing
• Animation
  • Setting Keys
  • Detecting Keys
  • Examples
    • Baking Animation
• Using the Command-line
  • Running NUKE in Python Mode
  • Using Command-line Arguments
  • Modifying Existing NUKE Scripts
  • Executing Frame Ranges
• Callbacks
  • OnUserCreate
  • onCreate
  • onScriptLoad
  • onScriptSave
  • onScriptClose
  • onDestroy
  • knobChanged
  • updateUI
  • autolabel
  • beforeRender
  • beforeFrameRender
  • afterFrameRender
  • afterRender
  • afterBackgroundRender
  • afterBackgroundFrameRender
  • filenameFilter
  • validateFilename
  • autoSaveFilter
  • autoSaveRestoreFilter
  • autoSaveDeleteFilter
    • Using Autosave Callbacks to Implement a Rolling Autosave
    • Using Callbacks on Root to Add Stereo Setup
  • Default Colorspaces
• Stereo
  • Multi View Knob Values
  • Examples
    • Creating/Converting a Stereo Camera
    • Setting Up Stereo
• 3D
  • Getting basic selection information
  • Working with the current selection
  • Examples
    • Extending the snap menu
    • Accessing Geometry (Surface Scatter)
  • USD Tools
• Roto and RotoPaint
  • Examples
    • paintTrajectory
    • trackShape
    • path Controller
    • trackCV
• Accessing Image Data
  • Using the CurveTool
  • Using the Sample Method
  • Examples
    • getMinMax
    • Using Sample
• Custom Panels
  • Simple Panel Commands
  • Simple Panel Object
  • Python Panels
    • ShapePanel
    • ShapeAndCVPanel
    • Search and Replace Panel
• Extending NUKE with PySide
  • My First PySide Window
  • Dockable PySide Widgets
  • Migrating from PyQt Applications
• Customizing the UI
  • Creating a Custom Menu
  • Creating a Custom Toolbar
  • Creating a Custom Menu Item
  • Assigning a Hotkey
  • Defining Knob Defaults
• Custom Flipbooks
  • Using Tweak Software’s RV as the Default Flipbook Application
• Metadata
  • Reading Metadata
  • Setting Metadata
  • Examples
    • createMetaDatCam
• Working with Channels and Layers
  • Reading Channels
  • Adding New Channels
  • Examples
    • autoComp
• Manipulating the Node Graph
  • Getting and Setting Node Positions
  • Controlling the Node Graph’s Pan and Zoom
  • Examples
    • A Circle Made of Dot Nodes
    • A Spiral
    • Controlling the Distance between Nodes
• Formats
  • Reading Formats
  • Adding a New Format
  • Setting Formats
• Math
  • Using matrix
  • Example
    • paintPoints
• Asset Management Systems / Pipeline Integration
  • Custom Script Save Workflow
  • Custom Script Load Workflow
  • Custom Write Node
  • Custom Read Node
  • Custom UDIM Parsing function
• OpenAssetIO Integration
  • File Knob evaluation
  • Deassetization
  • Performance
• Threading
  • Examples
    • MirrorNodes
• Render Farm Integration (Concept)
• Performance Profiling
  • Using Performance Timers
  • A Note on Nuke’s Architecture
  • Obtaining Performance Timings via Python
  • Other Performance Statistics
  • Writing Performance Information to an XML File
• Installing Plug-ins
  • Home Directory
  • Custom Plug-in Repository
• Sample Scripts

nuke	Set up the 'nuke' module
nuke.memory2	Memory module containing functionality for querying and controlling Nuke's Memory API, currently the module is named memory2 for backwards compatibility with the old nuke.memory(cmd, value) function which is now deprecated.
nukescripts
nuke.curveknob	The Python API for the CurveKnob
nuke.curvelib	The Python API for the Nuke's core curve library
nuke.localization	APIs for Nuke's localization functionality.
nuke.nukemath
nuke.rotopaint	The Python interface for RotoPaint
nuke.splinewarp	The Python interface for used by SplineWarp

Indices and tables

• Index

• Module Index

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