*frames = frank's

http://www.nukepedia.com/gizmos/python-scripts/nodegraph/scalenodes/



On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 10:35 PM, J Bills <[email protected]> wrote:

> Howard - there is no tool out there that does what we are asking, afaik.
> Do you know of one?
>
> The ones deke mentioned just stack vertically or horizontally.  That's a
> start but the autoplace function is way more complicated than what those
> are doing.
>
> really a shame this doesn't work, because it makes it hard on the people
> who inherit rats nest scripts all day and have to sort through them.  I
> love frames "scale nodes" function and you can snap to grids and things
> like that, but having a working layout tool that could build vertically
> with b-pipe dominance would really make a lead's life a lot easier...
>
> shake could do it!  (oh snap!)   :)
>
> I
>
>
>
>
> On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 4:33 PM, Howard Jones <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> Maybe as I for one vary between left hand side and right hand side for my
>> A pipe depending on how the script is constructed. So in your example I
>> would vote '-1' as it limits the way I work, ie neither their solution or
>> yours works for me.
>>
>> Or maybe no-one asked.
>>
>> However there are other versions available.
>>
>> The beauty of the way nuke has been developed is the users can create new
>> interface tools that are not available and share them. It's then down to
>> other uses to download them.
>>
>> I have never been satisfied with the way nuke handles selecting above or
>> below the selected node so I rolled my own and published it in nukepedia
>> recently. Simple bit of code. I find it very useful, others won't care less
>> but it's there to share.
>>
>> I've asked for a load folder option. Never got it. Wrote my own, and it
>> nearly works all the time. (at least my windoze savvy version I just fixed
>> and need to publish)
>>
>> Once written these tools and out there, does nuke need to rewrite them?
>> Only really if they can do it better I guess.
>>
>> But thanks to the efforts of frank and nukepedia, these resources are
>> there to explore, and use. There are some brilliant tools out there (mine
>> border on basic).
>>
>> That's a ramble but the point being (not to you but noobies and others)
>> if the tool has been written and published, then explore nukepedia/
>> creative crash, and grab these tools. Some even work! Don't expect the
>> foundry to rewrite them when they work. (my / diogo's bookmark tool demoed
>> I believe at a foundry masterclass is afaik not included in nuke but alive
>> and well on nukepedia. )
>> H
>>
>> p.s. I know plenty of people who comp left to right. Can't stand it
>> myself but it suits some. So you can't win really. Oh well.
>>
>>  ------------------------------
>> * From: * Jason P Nguyen <[email protected]>;
>> * To: * Nuke user discussion <[email protected]>;
>> * Subject: * Re: [Nuke-users] Alignment Layout A over B in Nuke
>> * Sent: * Wed, May 23, 2012 9:05:42 PM
>>
>>   Hey Deke,
>>
>> I did have those scripts.  They are great.  I'm just curious as why the
>> foundry hasn't recognize this when everyone is obviously comping vertically
>> in the 'down the tree' fashion with B as a backbone.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> J
>>
>>
>> On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 9:29 AM, Deke Kincaid <[email protected]>wrote:
>>
>>> There are a few autolayout scripts on nukepedia which I use that are a
>>> little more robust:
>>>
>>> http://www.nukepedia.com/python-scripts/nodegraph/alignnodes/
>>>
>>> http://www.nukepedia.com/gizmos/python-scripts/nodegraph/ym_alignnodes-node-align-tool/
>>>
>>> Also check out Frank's nice mirror and scale nodes and someone elses I
>>> forget, called "dots".
>>>
>>> -deke
>>>
>>> On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 1:55 AM, J Bills <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> > yes, a long standing request.  would be nice to make L actually usable,
>>> > right?
>>> >
>>> > too bad the autoplace code isn't "open sourced" - someone somewhere
>>> would
>>> > fix it, or maybe even a group effort would get 'er done.
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 6:43 PM, Adam Hazard <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Exactly, Same feelings.
>>> >>
>>> >> I tend not to use layout shortcut for anythign that is connected, as
>>> it
>>> >> never gives desired results in my experience.
>>> >>
>>> >> -Adam
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> On 05/22/2012 06:35 PM, Richard Bobo wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> +1
>>> >>
>>> >> I'm still new to Nuke, but I also find myself using B as a backbone.
>>> It
>>> >> makes more sense to be adding the A channel on top of B…
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> Rich
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> Rich Bobo
>>> >> Senior VFX Compositor
>>> >>
>>> >> Mobile:  (248) 840-2665
>>> >> Web:  http://richbobo.com/
>>> >>
>>> >> "The world stands aside to let anyone pass who knows where he is
>>> going."
>>> >> - David Starr Jordan
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> On May 22, 2012, at 8:56 PM, Jason P Nguyen wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> It has always puzzled me when using the alignment's shortcut "L"
>>> would put
>>> >> your A nodes to the top & B nodes to the left like,
>>> >>         A           A
>>> >>   B__| __ B__|
>>> >>
>>> >> The new 'breakout layers' option for psd also align the nodes that
>>> way,
>>> >> but must of the artists, including me working the other way around to
>>> keep
>>> >> the B pipe as a backbone like,
>>> >>
>>> >>         B
>>> >>   A__|
>>> >>         B
>>> >>   A__|
>>> >>
>>> >> So, the question is, isn't the foundry suppose to fix this so that
>>> when we
>>> >> hit "L" (lower case) it would align B on top & A on the left?
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> Just curious.
>>> >>
>>> >>
>>> >> J
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