A lightweight drawing / sketch overlay for the Foundry Nuke Viewer — annotate directly over your comp for reviews, notes and quick explanations, without adding any node to your script.
LiveDraw
First submitted: 29 July 2026
Author: Gabin vidal
Website: https://gabinvidal.com
Compatible Nuke versions: 16.0 or later
Compatibility:
A floating pen button pinned to the Viewer corner (or Shift+D) toggles a translucent palette. Only the Viewer's pan/zoom is captured, so the Node Graph, Properties and timeline stay fully usable while you draw.
Install
Copy the
LiveDrawfolder into your Nuke user folder (~/.nuke/LiveDraw)Add the block from
menu.pyto the end of your~/.nuke/menu.pyRestart Nuke
Usage — press Shift+D or click the pen button in the top-left corner of the Viewer, draw, then Save. Files are written to a LiveDraw/ folder next to your .nk (or ~/Documents/LiveDraw/ if the script isn't saved).
Requirements — Nuke / NukeX 16 (PySide6), with a PySide2 fallback for older versions. Windows, macOS or Linux.
Features
Tools: pen (freehand), line, rectangle, ellipse, eraser
10 colors, 3 brush sizes, global opacity slider
Undo / Redo (including Clear) and Hide strokes
Versioned Save: exports the flattened Viewer with your strokes and a transparent PNG of the strokes only, auto-numbered (sketch_v001.png, …)
One-click button to open the sketches folder in your file explorer
Auto-persistence: your drawing comes back when you reopen LiveDraw
Adds no node to your script and no menu to Nuke's top bar
Source, updates and full docs: https://github.com/gabinvidal/LiveDraw
MIT License — see LICENSE: https://github.com/gabinvidal/LiveDraw
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