How do you find it impractical? Having a script that copies the network file to 
a local raid and set it in proxy path is quite practical and easy to manage, 
not matter how many artist, no? Unless I misunderstand you.

Id like to have your view on this.

Thanks

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On 2012-03-31, at 11:30 PM, "Nathan Rusch" <[email protected]> wrote:

> Yeah, localizing files is definitely nice (preferable to proxies like you  
> said), but it becomes rapidly impractical once you exceed a certain number of 
> artists.
>  
> -Nathan
> 
>  
> From: Hugo Leveille
> Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2012 8:24 PM
> To: Nuke user discussion
> Subject: Re: [Nuke-users] global proxy format setting?
>  
> 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
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