Nuke 5.02 - channel questions

alonalpp · 01:49 AM

Hi everyone

trying to convert from Shake... so I've got a few questions.

- When I'm reading a node that has a long name - is there any way to rename it?

- It seems that the different channels stack up very quickly to create a very long and uncomfortable list. Is there a way to delete unused channels from that list?

- I have a float pass that gives me all the IDs I need embedded in one channel. However, every time I'm trying to use shuffle to separate them, Nuke crashes. I'm using "Copy" but it's still not perfect.

- I'm trying to rename the channels, and it seems that Nuke does rename it, but after a while it brings back the old names and it creates a lot of mess.

- how do I switch between inputs?

- when I disconnect an arrow/noodle - sometimes it disappears from the output and then I lose the option to use it for something else.

- a quick and efficient way to get rid of the uninvited A2 input noodles.

- is it possible, when having a multi-channel exr file, to control the whole channel, not just a channel-within-a-channel?

that's it for now

thanks

Alon

woodybrando · 10:33 AM

- how do I switch between inputs?

shift+x will flip flop inputs a b or 1 2, if that's what you were asking

- when I disconnect an arrow/noodle - sometimes it disappear from the output and I lose the option to use it to something else.

this usually only happens to me when I have a viewer connected to the node, cause the arrow goes to the viewer. so i unplug the viewer and the arrow comes back. there's also a shortcut to split off another arrow but I can't remember what it is.

aaron zander · July 21st, 2008, 01:51 PM

All you answers and more can be found in the help files. I swear, Even if you have a pirated version (you don't have to tell me but you know if you do) the manuals..GET THIS are still available to you as they are installed in the nuke installer...you know the thing you install THEN crack.

they are also available to download offline.

I really really recomend this read. It's lacking a good plot, but god, it's got a really uplifting story.

alonalpp · July 21st, 2008, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by aaron zander

All you answers and more can be found in the help files. I swear, Even if you have a pirated version (you don't have to tell me but you know if you do) the manuals..GET THIS are still available to you as they are installed in the nuke installer...you know the thing you install THEN crack.

they are also available to download offline.

I really really recomend this read. It's lacking a good plot, but god, it's got a really uplifting story.

so.... no answers?

nathan · July 21st, 2008, 02:56 PM

http://www.vfxtalk.com/forum/basic-n...4.html?t=15314

aaron zander · July 21st, 2008, 03:52 PM

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Originally Posted by alonalpp

so.... no answers?

I didn't give an answer in the same way that they don't make speedlimit signs with brail.

Here's a good motto

give a man a fish, he eats for a day, teach a man to RTFM on fishing, and he can not clog up the forums with questions on fishing he can answer him self.

hmm I think thats how it goes.

agentex · July 21st, 2008, 04:18 PM

Hey man, Zander is a 5 series pansy. Downgrade to 4.8 v2 if you haven't already and get Throbs discs, then you will be in the know.

woodybrando · July 21st, 2008, 04:40 PM

man, I really have been resisting jumping in here. but aaron man. you're better than that. class it up a bit. why you railing on alonalpp? dbtp (don't bother to post) if you're just going to say rtfm. Because writing rtfm doesn't usually get people to rtfm. It just gets them defensive. And it's not like this forum is exactly flooded with chatter. if we get three new posts a day, it's busy in here.

that being said, alonalpp i recommend the manual. 5.02 is very much better than 5.01's.

pg. 102 - removing channels

it's probably got some more answers for you but not all, and it probably won't tell you why nuke crashes when you shuffle.

aaron don't get me wrong, i like your website and your tutorials, but just be cool to the new folks.

jayson

aaron zander · July 21st, 2008, 04:51 PM

Ok, not to start this side tangent, but here are a few points

1 I'm an ass, My friends know it, I know it. It's who I am, I call it like I see it and thats enough.

2 as linked by NRGY there is a thread as a sticky thats rules for the forum. There has been a major downfall in the class of posts in here, some threads are great, and some are just well...RTFM material.

3 I was fine leaving it at my first post, but the direct knock to what I had said and saying it wasn't an answer is a joke. When all you need to do is read the manual. hell most pdf viewers allow you to search. you can just toss in a few words when you have a question. i do. when I was first learning nuke I had a mini app that did 2 things, 1 Start nuke via terminal, and 2 open the manual.

The ignorant post count per day has gone down a lot, but it was REALLY bad a few months ago, with some of the dumbest questions you could ever find. There was 1 time i can remember seeing not 1 not 2 but 3 posts on the exact same topic come up in 3 days. all the same rtfm stuff.

There are also multiple resources not only on this forum but around the web outside of the manual. Like the great shake 2 nuke thread in the stickies and the other ones laying around. As Agentx said, gnomon's videos are great, as are the fxphd classes, as are the foundries tutorials and nuke compositors guide.

btw thanks for the support of the website, I really need to add some more posts on there/

alonalpp · July 21st, 2008, 09:48 PM

hey, hey, calm down, everyone

didn't mean no harm. If I thought I'd hurt anyone's feelings, or someone's precious time I'd never post that thread, I promise!

I've read the manual, a few months ago. And for some of the questions I posted there truly are answers. However, I've tried, for instance, to find the answer to the long name, and couldn't. I've tried to figure out why does Nuke crash every time I'm trying to hook up a shuffle node to my IDs and I couldn't. And I tried to remove the channels or rename them the same way it says so in the manual and it didn't work, so I posted some of these questions and added some more dumb ones I was too lazy to find out myself. Is that a crime? sorry for blocking your precious forum, but if you don't want to answer, and you have better things to do with your time, just don't answer.

Vinteg · July 22nd, 2008, 02:30 AM

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-I'm trying to rename the channels, and it seems that Nuke does rename it, but after a while it brings back the old names and it creates a lot of mess.

Diogo Girondi posted this about 2 months ago:
"Channel names are session persistent. So once you create them they will last for the entire session even if they're not in use or being referenced by anything else.

Just close and re-open your script and they should go away, only the ones in use or being either explicity created or referenced will be there."

Have you closed your script after renaming? Does the old channel names disappear?

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- is it possible, when having a multi-channel exr file, to control the whole channel, not just a channel-within-a-channel?

Do you mean control a channel set? Like controlling RGBA instead of just rgba.red? Yes you can. Like a channel set called diffuse, with each channel named diffuse.red, diffuse.green, diffuse.blue, diffuse.alpha. You can select just diffuse and adjust the color on all the channels at the same time.

sl0throp · July 22nd, 2008, 06:51 AM

In Zander's defense there really were a couple of months that it was like, what the hell is going on here, has every retard with no comping experience just gotten hold of a nuke crack and there were a lot of repetitive and dumb questions. I even saw once some shmuck asking a question whose topic and answer was about two posts below.

Meanwhile this forum has some of the most professional people per capita and I too could do without some rtfm questions or another thread on motion vectors and how to use them; it's called *search* for a reason.

s

alonalpp · July 22nd, 2008, 10:20 AM

thanks, vinteg. thank you, really, for just giving plain answers.

to your questions - yes, I reopened my scripts and the renamed channels stayed, and furthermore, the original names also stayed - and I couldn't choose neither, for some channels.

and I'll try what you said with selecting the channel set. For some reason, I don't recall having that option, but I'll try to find it.

Aruna · July 22nd, 2008, 10:41 AM

I'm not going to say much here.. Except, please put the version of Nuke you're using in the subject line (there are several released versions (4.8, 5, 5.1) that various production houses are using) with maybe the subject of the post. That helps immensely with narrowing down who can help you out.

alonalpp · July 22nd, 2008, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Aruna

I'm not going to say much here.. Except, please put the version of Nuke you're using in the subject line (there are several released versions (4.8, 5, 5.1) that various production houses are using) with maybe the subject of the post. That helps immensely with narrowing down who can help you out.

sorry about that, you are right. corrected.