Speedy Script

00. HOW TO INSTALL IT?

It's really easy to install the package, because all the paths and folders are already created.

1. Extract the folder from the file .zip

2. Drag and drop the folder in your .nuke folder
#path would be something like this:

#Linux: /home/login name/.nuke
#Mac OS X: /Users/login name/.nuke
#Windows: drive letter:\Users\user name\.nuke

3. Open the file init.py inside your ~/.nuke folder with a text editor, or create it if it doesn’t exist.
You can create a new Text file and change the format from .txt into .py
Don’t change the file init.py into SpeedyScript folder

4. Add the following lines and modify the path according to your .nuke folder (Don't delete the "r" before the path):

import nuke
nuke.pluginAddPath(r'C:\Users\user name\.nuke\SpeedyScript')

5. Run Nuke

6. Open Nuke and Speedy Script is not visible yet.

7. Click on the icon and go to Windows > Custom > Speedy Script

8. Now you will have something similar to this:

9. You can save this preset Nuke Windows in this way: Workspace > Save Workspace

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• 01. Import Script

When you have to take parts of the script from a previous version, you should open a new instance of Nuke, or use the classic Import Comp Nodes.
It's annoying, slow and confusing, especially because of the loadings of a new instance of Nuke.
So, the solution: instead of opening a new instance of Nuke, artists can import the old script into a Group, copying nodes that they want and then delete the Group!

The first Tab of Speedy Script is dedicated for the Import. Here you have 4 different ways to select the script that you want to import:

- File Browser: is the classic window that you can use to navigate your folders and selecting the file .nk to import.
- Other version: if your script is saved into a folder, with this button you can directly import a Nuke script from that folder. It’s really good to use this option when you want to import a previous version of your script. In case you didn’t save your script yet, it will open the classic File Browser.
- File Path: copy and paste the file path of your .nk file and import it. For example, use this way if your colleague will send you the path of his script
- Recent Files: here you have a list of the last 25 scripts opened. Really easy and fast because you don’t need to open or navigate the file browser

In every scenario, the script that you select, will be imported in a red Group as the image below.

Now, if you enter into the Group with CTRL+ENTER or by clicking the S icon in the properties (upper-right corner), you will see the entire tree.

You can deduce that you are into the Group from the upper bar.

Now you can copy parts of the script that you need and paste them in the Node Graph.
At this point, delete the Group!

You have also 2 more options that you can tweak:

- Open Group automatically when imported: you will be already inside the group when it’s imported (as default)
- Pause Localization: if you have Localization ON, your machine will start to localize even the Read nodes into the Group. Checking this option, Speedy Script will put on Pause the Localization when the Group has been imported and you can resume it when ready

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• 02. Export Script

Even the Export of your Gizmos/nodes has been improved with Speedy Script

Usually, when you create a Gizmo with Nuke, you can Export it with the default button “export as gizmo…”.

You will get your file .gizmo exported into a folder, but you have to change manually some lines of the code: version of Nuke, from Gizmo to Group, name of the node, xpos, ypos.

Using Speedy Script, every annoying operation will be automated and your Gizmo will be ready for use.

So our gizmo will be clean and ready to use. More details in the documentation of Speedy Script.

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• 03. Bonus Feature

With this function, Speedy Script will import the script which generated the specific Read Node.
If you click on “Import Example” you will understand quickly what it does

It will import a Read Node and clicking on it, you will notice a new Tab in the Properties, called “Import Script”

In that Tab, you will see two buttons that will allow you to Import/Open the Script which created that Read Node.

“Import Script into Group” will create the Group with the entire script inside.

How can you implement this useful feature in your pipeline?

Answer is Metadata

Click on the button Create Metadata node. It will create a simple node AddMetadata with all the options already inside. You don't need to touch anything.

Place this node before your final Write Node

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• 04. Pipeline oriented

Speedy Script is pipeline oriented and it can be adapted to the needs of each company.

Of course, every programmer can customize Speedy Script according to the Pipeline and I just would like to send you a small input. As proposed in the below image, when you open the Properties of a Read node, you could directly import some assets related to that footage.

For example: Degrain plate, Camera and Lens Distortion, environment geometries, and so on...