Guys also quick tip, sometimes your directories will use // forward slash // or \\back slash\\ so make sure you are using the correct one when pasting the directory you are replacing!
Hello Claire, what you are looking for is to replace the part that always changes from computer to computer (what goes before the master show folder setup.) and replace it wit a “./“ (not shown in the video) It is also known as creating a relative path. After loading your nuke script, you can look at your project settings by pressing S and take a look at what is the project folder, where is loading everything from. You want to make sure to load the project directory location. Example, in your project settings address to the script might look like “ c:/freelance/shared/show/scene#/seq#/shot#/cmp/cmp_v01.nk” - so what you need to do is to set your project to “c:/freelance/shared/“ this is the part that changes “depends on your pipe” example of different location “ F:/server/year/show/...” Then in your read nodes you can replace the parts that come before “ /show” with “./“ What this will do is to look one level up. Essentially what is on the project directory slot. I hope this is helpful.
@@dreamsurfer31VFXLUNCHBOX Its very helpful! so lets say my read node's file name is something like "P:/Users/Me/Pictures/SavedPictures/background_image_1.jpeg" and my project file name is something like "X:/Materials/shared/project/project01/work/scene/scene.nk1.nk" would the same concept still apply because they both have different roots?
@@claireolson1648 what you will need to do is to keep all your assets used in the comp within the same project structure. This will be very important for all your project pipelines. For example inside your “ ../project01/work/“ you can create a new “plates” folder where you place your background image or footage you will be using in your comp. Now all your assets live within a master setup, which will make it easier to automate and optimize you pipeline and workflow. There is a lot of resources now a days on the web for references on how to setup a folder structure and naming conventions for vfx that might help you develop your own. Keep it clean and organized and it will make your life and the life of your colleagues super easy (important) and free of stress.
Big Thanks!
Funny fact, that we write our own rename of read node's on python, just because no one knew that it was already included:)
Guys also quick tip, sometimes your directories will use // forward slash // or \\back slash\\ so make sure you are using the correct one when pasting the directory you are replacing!
Today I have seen all you tutorials, thank you so much and hope you can post more.
Select the read or write nodes
Edit > Node > Filename > Search and Replace
or "CNTRL + Shift + ?"
done
super tip. Thank you
Thank you sir❤️❤️
would this work just to reload all the read nodes? No changes need to be done just refresh of all read nodes.
Might be a silly question, but how do you know what part of the file you need to replace in the read node?
Hello Claire, what you are looking for is to replace the part that always changes from computer to computer (what goes before the master show folder setup.) and replace it wit a “./“ (not shown in the video) It is also known as creating a relative path. After loading your nuke script, you can look at your project settings by pressing S and take a look at what is the project folder, where is loading everything from. You want to make sure to load the project directory location. Example, in your project settings address to the script might look like “ c:/freelance/shared/show/scene#/seq#/shot#/cmp/cmp_v01.nk” - so what you need to do is to set your project to “c:/freelance/shared/“ this is the part that changes “depends on your pipe” example of different location “ F:/server/year/show/...” Then in your read nodes you can replace the parts that come before “ /show” with “./“ What this will do is to look one level up. Essentially what is on the project directory slot. I hope this is helpful.
@@dreamsurfer31VFXLUNCHBOX Its very helpful! so lets say my read node's file name is something like "P:/Users/Me/Pictures/SavedPictures/background_image_1.jpeg"
and my project file name is something like "X:/Materials/shared/project/project01/work/scene/scene.nk1.nk"
would the same concept still apply because they both have different roots?
@@claireolson1648 what you will need to do is to keep all your assets used in the comp within the same project structure. This will be very important for all your project pipelines. For example inside your “ ../project01/work/“ you can create a new “plates” folder where you place your background image or footage you will be using in your comp. Now all your assets live within a master setup, which will make it easier to automate and optimize you pipeline and workflow. There is a lot of resources now a days on the web for references on how to setup a folder structure and naming conventions for vfx that might help you develop your own. Keep it clean and organized and it will make your life and the life of your colleagues super easy (important) and free of stress.
well explained.