BuddySystem

 The BuddySystem 

This is a suite of tools & scripts I've been working on, which is designed to help compositors of all skill levels accomplish fundamental tasks, quickly and intuitively

If you'd like to learn about the BuddySystem you can find a lot more info here, and feel free to reach out if there are any issues, or if you have ideas to improve it!

Use one of the many production tested Buddy tools to help create world/depth masks, cards, projections, reflections, animations, and more!

Use NodeGraphBuddy and its many python modules to align, scale, distribute, and mirror nodes in the Node Graph

Have some fun with silly scripts, that can rotate nodes, randomize them, apply secret ciphers!

 Installation

You can read the full installation guide here 

The quick version is as follows: 

1: Locate your .nuke folder. This is typically found in:

    Windows: C:\Users\[your_username]\.nuke
    Linux: /home/[your_username]/.nuke

2: Download, unzip and copy the entire BuddySystem folder into your .nuke directory

3: Add the following 2 lines to your menu.py file. If you don't have a menu.py file in your .nuke directory, you can create one with any text editor
    (You can remove the import nuke line if you already have it)

import nuke
nuke.pluginAddPath('./BuddySystem')

Version History

https://www.hiramgifford.com/buddy-system#version-history

v01.4.0

• Added Create Big Text generator fun script to NodeGraphBuddy

• Updated Align | Stack | Match scripts to fix frame navigation in curve editor/dopesheet

• Added panel icons to NodeGraphBuddy

• Caesar Shift labels script house cleaning

• Updated ProjectionBuddy to v01.01