We just released another new course, this one targeted towards TDs using Nuke. Though it’s also sure to be popular with artists who want to learn some coding skills to help them get the job done. It’s taught by Hugo Léveillé, who is currently head of compositing at Mels studios in Montreal. With over 10 years of VFX experiences, he also share he’s work time by creating and integrating pipeline tools for Nuke.

In NUKE Tips & Tricks for TDs, you’ll learn some useful python techniques for Nuke that you can use in your own code. Léveillé will be looking at the regular expressions module, which is a module that a lot of people don’t use because of its somewhat complicated syntax.You’ll also see how to build a shot time calculator inside Nuke using the threading module as well as some other techniques along the way.

Here’s a rundown of the five-part course:

• Class1: We take a look at the regular expressions module to find text patterns in paths
• Class 2: Timelog, Part 1. We build all the functions needed to make a script to calculate the time a user spends on each shot during the day so that he does not have to guess numbers at the end of the day
• Class 3: Timelog, Part 2. We continue from the previous class by making a function that will auto-detect of an artist is currently working on a shot or if the Nuke instance is idled
• Class 4: Timelog, Part 3. We finish our timelog script by making an interface with Nuke’s python panels
• Class 5: We make a gizmo filled with python code that will help you to organize your script