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30
Aug 10

Background render script for Nuke updated.

I have a little break in between shows right now, so I’ve started working my script for launching background renders from Nuke again. It’s now called “bgNukes” and has what should be a permanent home on GitHub. I’ll also try to keep it updated on Nukepedia, too.

I have two goals for it: make it work on any platform and any version from 5.2 to the current one and also provide feedback in the GUI about how the renders are progressing. both of these will require some learning on my part, but I wouldn’t have it any other way.

Update 4 September 2010: Because of some great feedback from Nukepedia, I added a feature to specify which render node (or nodes) are being executed. (Thanks Djati!)

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24
Aug 10

The Foundry hilights Dive’s work on The Road

I’m pleased as punch to announce that The Foundry just published a write-up about Dive and our use of Nuke on The Road.

Part of what I like about Nuke is that it allows small shops like ours to do really sophisticated work without having to build our own tools. There’s already lots of capability built-in. But when it is time to customize something, the plumbing is right there under the hood.

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23
Oct 08

Nuke: Launch command-line renders from the UI

I hacked up this script because I was frustrated with rendering in the Nuke UI, tired of typing out command-line render commands, and our renderfarm wasn’t alive yet. I’m posting it because I bet there’s other people in the same situation and I hope it can ease your pain.

This script launches a number of command-line render instances in the background and captures their output in log files which are saved to the same directory as the Nuke script. You are now free to keep working in the UI and have your renders happen in the background. You are also free to to launch 8 simultaneous command-line Nuke renderers and fully saturate your fancy 8-core MacPro.
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11
Apr 08

Philly murder count

Current murder and nonnegligent manslaughter stats for Philadelphia since 1 January 2008 is available here.

Pennsylvania has an interesting system for State Police stats reporting.

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