Introduction

Welcome to the Python developer’s guide.

This guide aims to make you familiar with using the Python API in NUKE and using NUKE as a Python module by giving you practical examples of the use of the API. The API is also documented in depth in the NUKE Python Reference Guide.

Note

Throughout this guide, we’ll refer to NUKE. NUKE can be taken to mean either NUKE or NUKEX, since NUKEX is essentially the same package with options unlocked by different types of license.

Info

Python Developer Guide. Copyright © 2014 The Foundry Visionmongers Ltd. All Rights Reserved. Use of this Developer Guide and the NUKE software is subject to an End User License Agreement (the “EULA”), the terms of which are accessible in the NUKE User Guide included in the NUKE product bundle. This Developer Guide and the NUKE software may be used or copied only in accordance with the terms of the EULA. This Developer Guide, the NUKE software and all intellectual property rights relating thereto are and shall remain the sole property of The Foundry Visionmongers Ltd. (“The Foundry”) and/or The Foundry’s licensors.

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Written by: Frank Reuter.