Master Class - Python For Artists
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Included in the tools directory are the example scripts from the Nuke Master 
class held at the Curzon Soho in Jan 2009.

These examples are supplied as a starting point to hacking your own code.  
This is not release software and has not been put through the normal release 
procedure at The Foundry so there may still be bugs.  

So, use at your own risk!


Contents
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* buildingBlocks.py

Shows the the building blocks covered in the first half of the Master class 
( plus a few extras ).
To run them, open the file and cut and paste sections into the script editor.

* tools directory

Contains the tools shown in the second half of the class.

* scripts directory

Contains the sky dome example


Installation
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There are two ways to install the examples.  One is in your .nuke directory, 
the other is from a shared directory by using the NUKE_PATH environment variable.

To install into .nuke, firstly back up your existing menu.py and init.py if you 
have them and then simply copy the contents of the tools directory into your
 ~/.nuke directory. 

To install in a shared location you need to set your NUKE_PATH environment
variable to point to the tools directory.  For example on Mac OS X at a terminal 
you can run:

  export NUKE_PATH=/path/to/MasterClass/tools
  /Applications/Nuke5.1v3/Nuke5.1v3.app/Nuke5.1v3


Once you restart Nuke you will now have the Master class toolbar containing the tools.

By default the custom write node is disabled in the examples.  If you want to 
enable it open up menu.py and uncomment the last two lines.

Happy hacking!

JW - 1/02/09

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