How to make node eval knobs after setValue?

Hi,

I have hundreds of trackers to matchmove or stabiliz one sequence. I want to swtich them, set the ‘transform’ and the reference frame by scripting. However when I use the following script it doesn’t evaluate even the number in the knobs appears changed. the image still have no effects, it doesn’t move! But if I manually double click the node to make it active. Then run the script, it works!

Code:

tracker = toNode('Tracker1')
tracker['reference_frame'].setValue(2332, 0, 2332, 'Viewer1')
tracker['transform'].setValue('stabilize')


Anyone have idea why this happens?

Thanks

Problem with primatte !

HI
I have a shot with bad green background .I add Rotopaint node to draw mask around my actor
To make it easier for keyer . After that I add premultiply node to multiply RGB with Alph channel
And everything look ok. But after I add primatte node for keying ,primatte ignore my mask .
I know I can use crop knob in primatte node, but it’s so linear and you should crop with just four lines.
How should force primatte to don’t look outside of the mask.

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Upgrading a CPU?

Hi everyone

hope someone can help me even though I not much of a technical person when understanding hardware and I been thinking of upgrading my CPU for awhile now. Main reason being I’ve been having trouble rendering, whenever I try to render in Maya with mental ray the PC shuts itself off (to me it looks like it can’t handle the information) and it has a blinking light (power light), the only way to restart the PC is to unplug the mains power source.

The PC is a custom built and has the following specs-

Dual Core AMD Opteron ™ Processor 2216 2.41 ghz
4GB RAM
nvidia Quadro FX 1700 512MB
Windows XP Professional Edition X64 Service Pack 2

I’m using Maya 2008

My main piority is for the PC to be able to render out passes and I believe that it maybe the processor that is the issue. So the main item I’m been considering to upgrading is the processor as I dont have much of a budget. So what do people suggest to upgrading the processor? How much would it cost (UK prices)? Any help welcome thanks.

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FumeFX

i have a scene of an explosion with fume fx, i am using 2 containers and one is the fire and the mushroom shape and the other is the shock wave…
i want the fire in the mushroom container to affect the lightning of the shock wave….

is there anyway to connect the 2 ffxgrids so the fire in the grid 01 aftereffects the lightning of the smoke in grid 02?????

or i have to do it manually whit ommi lights??
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