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 Sent from my iPhone 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 >> _______________________________________________ >> Nuke-users mailing list >> [email protected], http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ >> http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users > _______________________________________________ > Nuke-users mailing list > [email protected], http://forums.thefoundry.co.uk/ > http://support.thefoundry.co.uk/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nuke-users > _______________________________________________ > 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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