What you'll want more often than other is a 1:1 local version of a network 
file. Not a mixed resolution

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On 2012-03-31, at 11:20 PM, "Nathan Rusch" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Once you cross that nebulous critical point where you go from using proxies 
> occasionally to regularly, chances are you’re thinking about writing 
> scripts/tools to handle it automagically.
>  
> In your example, it would be possible to parse out the resolution string from 
> the image path, but the easier choice would be to simply hand Nuke the path 
> to the proxy sequence and let it set the format for you (using 
> read['proxy'].fromUserText('/my/proxy/path')). This would also let you to 
> work with a more generalized directory structure. An extremely simplified 
> example would be something like:
>  
> /pfcluster/Alphaville/PRODUCTION/01_joyluck/RENDERS/3D_ELEMENTS/joyluck_lightTex_v019_ln/LaserGlow/full/joyluck_lightTex_v019_ln_LaserGlow.####.exr
>  
> /pfcluster/Alphaville/PRODUCTION/01_joyluck/RENDERS/3D_ELEMENTS/joyluck_lightTex_v019_ln/LaserGlow/proxy/joyluck_lightTex_v019_ln_LaserGlow.####.exr
>  
> This way you won’t need to worry about doing any parsing, and can just set 
> the proxy knob if that directory exists, or leave it blank otherwise.
>  
> To be honest, however, proxies are enough of a pain that the benefits rarely 
> outweigh the potential for mixups and mistakes, even at 4k and above.
>  
> -Nathan
> 
>  
> From: Bill Gilman
> Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2012 6:39 PM
> To: Nuke user discussion
> Subject: Re: [Nuke-users] global proxy format setting?
>  
> Hi Hugo
> 
> First off, thanks for the code.  It doesn't seem to be working for me but 
> maybe it will after you get a chance to play with it.
> 
> Out of curiosity, how hard would it be to parse, say, a resolution directory 
> and change it to the proxy res?  Would this be best done with TCL or Python?  
> eg.:
> 
> /pfcluster/Alphaville/PRODUCTION/01_joyluck/RENDERS/3D_ELEMENTS/joyluck_lightTex_v019_ln/LaserGlow/4096x3112/joyluck_lightTex_v019_ln_LaserGlow.####.exr
>                             ^ ^ ^
> 
> would become
> 
> /pfcluster/Alphaville/PRODUCTION/01_joyluck/RENDERS/3D_ELEMENTS/joyluck_lightTex_v019_ln/LaserGlow/1024x778/joyluck_lightTex_v019_ln_LaserGlow.####.exr
>                             ^ ^ ^
> 
> But my real question is:  everybody has to do this with shots they're  using 
> proxies for?  That seems really nuts to me.  I can't imagine everyone has 
> automatic scripts to do this sort of thing. 
>  
> Here's to it
>  
> Bill
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