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Ben McEwan's Compositing Blog May 31, 2022

Ben, how do I manage my bbox size?

Managing the size of your Comp’s bounding box is one of the lowest-effort things you can do to find massive…

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Ben McEwan's Compositing Blog May 28, 2022

Ben, how do I use topnode in my Python scripts?

topnode_name = nuke.tcl("full_name [topnode %s]" % nuke.selectedNode().name()) topnode = nuke.toNode(topnode_name)…

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Ben McEwan's Compositing Blog May 27, 2022

Dynamically add/remove knobs from gizmos

Some gizmos dynamically hide/show a number of knobs with the KnobChanged python callback. This is a good option to…

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Ben McEwan's Compositing Blog May 27, 2022

Ben, how can I update Random Seed values in a template, automatically?

Some nodes in Nuke, such as the Particle Emitter or your favourite Camera Shake gizmo, have a random seed knob. This…

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Ben McEwan's Compositing Blog Mar 16, 2022

Nuke Icon Design Toolkit

I have just released the Nuke Icon Design Toolkit — a Nuke Script containing a style guide & examples, showing how to…

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Ben McEwan's Compositing Blog Mar 16, 2022

Ben, how do I add icons to different areas in Nuke?

Icons are an incredibly useful design tool to enhance user experience and readability. In Nuke, we only see icons in the…

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Ben McEwan's Compositing Blog Jan 4, 2022

My favourites of 2021!

Happy New Year 🎉 As you know, I’m all about sharing knowledge & continuously improving my skills. It has been great…

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Ben McEwan's Compositing Blog Dec 18, 2021

Ben, how do I expression-link Pulldown Knobs?

There are two common ways you can expression-link knobs in Nuke. CTRL+Dragging one knob to another Right-clicking,…

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