What you'll want more often than other is a 1:1 local version of a network file. Not a mixed resolution
Sent from my iPhone 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 > _______________________________________________ > Nuke-users mailing list > [email protected], http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ > http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users
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