Nuke 6.2v3 Released

Version
Nuke 6.2v3

This is a maintenance release of Nuke with feature enhancements and bug fixes.

Release Date
22 March 2011

Supported Operating Systems
• Mac OS X 10.5 “Leopard” and 10.6 “Snow Leopard” (32- and 64-bit)
• Windows XP SP2, XP64, Windows 7 64-bit
• Linux RHEL 5.4 64-bit

New Features
There are no new features in this release.

Feature Enhancements
• Several improvements have been made to the file browser. • BUG ID 12177 – CornerPin: Added an invert button for swapping the
from values to to values and vice versa.
• BUG ID 14032 – R3D reader: The gamma curve control’s default value
was fixed to ensure compatibility between Nuke versions.
• BUG ID 14782 – Python: It’s now possible to add a channel using Python.
For example:
nuke.Layer(‘myLayer’, [‘red’, ‘green’, ‘blue’, ‘alpha’])
• BUG ID 15018 – Python: Added three callbacks nuke.addAutoSaveFilter(), nuke.addAutoSaveRestoreFilter(), and nuke.addAutoSaveDeleteFilter().
• BUG ID 15779 – Python: Cascading menus were added for enumeration knobs. For example:
knob = nuke.CascadingEnumeration_Knob( "Knob" , "testknob", ["test", "menu/menu a/one", "menu/menu a/two"] )
• BUG ID 16106 – Python: Added a filenameValidate callback for validating file names in Write nodes.
• BUG ID 16165 – Python: Added a Python Flipbook example on using RV flipbooking tool. For more information, see p. 573 of the Nuke User Guide.
• BUG ID 16293 – File browser: The Next button now has a tooltip.
• BUG ID 16371 – Python callbacks were added for Background render
progress tasks: nuke.addBeforeBackgroundRender, nuke.addBeforeBackgroundFrameRender, nuke.addAfterBackgroundRender, and nuke.addAfterBackgroundFrameRender.
• BUG ID 16425 – A write time code checkbox and input/timecode metadata field have been added in order to embed timecode in QuickTime movie files.
• BUG ID 16569 – It’s now possible to set an expression link from the views control in the Write node to other controls.
• BUG ID 16623 – Python: Added the ability to specify the group in which you want to create a new node. For example:
t = nuke.nodes.Group()
k = nuke.nodes.NoOp(parent = t)
• BUG ID 16718 – A new use 8-bit root LUT option was added to Primatte. By default, Primatte will work in sRGB space. If you enable this option, it will use whatever colorspace is set for the 8-bit LUT in the root settings, as in Nuke versions prior to 6.1.
• BUG ID 16729 – Python: A format() function was added to nuke.Node class to enable querying for the format that a particular node uses.
• BUG ID 16781 – Added auto detection support for Iridas ITX LUTs.
• BUG ID 16961 – Added a link to the Nukepedia website in the Help menu.
• BUG ID 17266 – Project3D: A crop option was added for clipping to
camera near and far clipping planes.
• BUG ID 17331 – Python: Added an ability to specify flipbook format. For example, to change the format to cin, you would amend renderdialog.py with the following:
import nukescripts
nukescripts.setFlipbookDefaultOption(‘intermediate Format’, ‘cin’)

Full Release Notes

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Applying Grain with a Grain Plate

So I dislike using the ReGrain node because I can’t control the amount of grain in the highlights and dark areas of the plate. The high and low gain controls don’t work that well cuz you can’t tell them what is high and what is low.

So I made a grain plate using the DeNoise on one of the plates I’m working on. My problem is I’m unsure of how to apply the grain to the plate. I’ve taken a Luma key and applied the grain in the areas I want but I’ve tried pretty much all of the different operations in the the merge nodes and nothing works. The best was just using an "over" node and turning down the mix but then it still effects the blacks in the plate.

Anyone know how to apply grain from a grain plate onto another plate? (and no not sampling the grain plate with a ReGrain node :P)

‘Diary of a Salesman’ – Short Film

Hello Guys

My name is Dennis and i’m an amateur filmaker and i have just finished my first short film.

It is made with no budget and with the help of many good friends. I worked 1 year on it on my spare time.

Synopsis
Michael is a salesman willing to use any tactic to close the deal. When the rush of seducing customers begins to fade and sales falter, he must consider his past and remember what is important in life.

Please let me know what you think.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Odv-r_vPftM&hd=1


Thank you,
Dennis

Charlie Wan

Emotive sensibility to colour and light in photography by Charlie Wan

need help in fusion wire removal

i am a beginner to vfx. help me on this.how should i remove this wire in fusion…?it has the camera moment.what is the procedure to remove. i attached 3 images on different frames for reference.

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Help with Shadow Pass

I am having an issue with a shadow pass.

Info:
1. Rendered with Max
2. Mental Ray
3. Using Direct Light
4. Raytraced Shadows

I have some wierd outlines around the objects. Help Please…

Thanks

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Annecy animation festival

Beautiful animation to promoto the Annecy Animation Festival by CRCR.

Bending with Arri Alexa

Hi everybody !

We’re on a prod who use the camera Alexa and we have some bending problems when we re-created gradients. Does anybody meet this problem before ? What could be the solution ? We have tried to render gradients in tiff – 16 bits but it doesn’t fix the problem. The bending only appears with the rendering.

Thanks a lot ! 🙂

YUV422 to sRGB

Is there a method to convert a quicktime YUV422 file in NUKE to sRGB in such a way it is the same color conversion that Compressor makes? I know it is a strange problem but actually it would save me a lot of work.

Billy the Exterminator Parody(lool)

my new film, hope its funny used a few effects to get this done:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cml33VwMzMM