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Updated v1.1 - Intelligent Dot with auto-connection features, quick ways to connect it, presets, and a fully customisable style.

Updated: 8 July 2018

Author: adrianpueyo

Compatible Nuke versions: 9.0 or later

Compatibility: Linux, Mac, Windows

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Comma

Overview/Tutorial video: https://vimeo.com/adrianpueyo/comma

Comma is an intelligent Dot that connects itself when needed, displays cool information and colours about what it’s connected to, lets you have a quick access to the nodes you want, customise its appearance and save it as a preset.

Features

Node graph appearance fully customizable.
Show the input’s icon, colorize the dot to the input color, display the input label or name, add extra text or code, etc.
QuickConnect list ...where you can add or remove any node that you’ll want to connect new Commas to (i.e. a Camera or a Read node with your Position or Deep data), and when creating a new Comma you’ll see the node in the list for super quick connection.
Preset functionality.
The Save Preset button stores the current state of the Comma so that whenever you create one it will appear exactly the same - with the same style, and same inputs if you saved it with any. Clear Preset will return to the default Comma for newly created ones.
Quick access to the input node properties and node graph location.
Offers a quicker way to check or change settings on the input, or show it on the node graph.

Auto-connects when copy/pasting.
So even if you’re copying a part of the node tree with several Commas, you don’t have to manually reconnect each one or press any buttons.
Fast and lightweight.
Sort of. Compared to other tools with a similar purpose, and while relying on callbacks, Comma is still fast enough to have been used by me and colleagues in many different places without problems. Happy with render farms too.
Can be opened by people that don’t have it installed.
The code each Comma needs to work lives inside of it.

Update Log

Comma v1.1 (July 7, 2018)

Fixed a display error when copy-pasting with connections.
Callback fix on copy-pasting without connections.

Feedback, bugs and suggestions appreciated!

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