Nuke

AlignDots
A keyboard shortcut to quickly align selected dots in straight corners with their input and output nodes

Auto run .nk as NukeX
Windows registry key that opens NukeX instead of Nuke

Breakdown_Maker
A gizmo that makes your breakdowns

CardInFrustum
Make a card that fits precisely in the selected camera’s frustum (with the option to link it to its animation)

CloseAllProperties
A keyboard shortcut to close all open property windows

CycleOperations
Keyboard shortcuts to cycle back and forth through common knobs on selected nodes

DotConnect
A keyboard shortcut to auto-connect in/out dots with the same label invisibly

GoToDirectory
A keyboard shortcut to open the path on the clipboard in explorer/finder

GrayAutoBackdrop
Quickly make gray backdrops with labels around selected nodes. Stacked backdrops will be darker.

MergeConnect
A keyboard shortcut to connect selected merge nodes to selected non-merge nodes, with dots in corners

NukeShared
A script that automatically installs all gizmos and other add-ons for Nuke

Offbranch
Moves the selected node over to a side-stream of its pipe

PixelRepeat
A Blinkscript gizmo that directionally stretches and mirrors pixels.

PixelSort
A plugin that sorts pixels to create glitch-like effects

QuickShortcutEditor
A script that makes adding/changing key-bindings easy

readZEISSdata
A script that can read ZEISS lensdata to Nuke

SetLoop
A script that can loop sets of nodes, like an iterator

ShiftRGB
A plugin example from my C++ tutorial on how to set up an NDK project

SmoothScrub
Smooth scrubbing in the viewer by playing back at 0 fps (performance hack).

WordArt 1997 haha yes
Microsoft Office’s amazing text designs – now available for Nuke

WrapItUp
A script that collects all media required to make a Nuke script work to one folder

Houdini

RATConvert
RAT convert and relink all textures in the current HIP file

TouchDesigner

SpeechToImageSearch
Uses Microsoft Azure speech services to search for Google/Internet Archive images in realtime. Also has a nice rainbow text.

Maya

BooleanBatch
A script to batch-execute a boolean over all selected objects

RandUV
A script to randomly scatter UVs to reduce repetition in textures

Lens Studio

Butterfly Generator
Generates butterflies. They can land on the world mesh, or follow an animated position.

Grain Generator
A customizable film grain generator (post effect)

Keyboard
A prefab for an on-screen keyboard in a snaplens

LSQuickScripts
A cheat sheet of custom JS functions I use often
E.g. converting quaternions into human-readable Euler rotations, or converting HSV to RGB

Mane Fur
Fur material for Lens Studio

OBJBuilder
A Python script which converts .obj models to JavaScript files for Lens Studio’s MeshBuilder

Ocean Shader
An example Lens Studio/Shader Graph project for a procedural ocean shader

Particle Redirect
A Python script and VFX Editor Sub-graph for spawning particles within a 2D image

Planet Generator
An example Lens Studio/Shader Graph project for the Planet Generator lens

Raycast
Raycasting setup that works with any mesh

Sakura scene
Project files for a talk on materials I did at Lens Fest

Shader Graph Editor examples
Various examples on how to make materials in Lens Studio

Triplanar Voronoi noise subgraph
A shader subgraph for triplanar Voronoi noise

Spark AR

AreaColourSample
Spark AR Patch that samples the average colour of an area in a texture

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Auto run .nk as NukeX (Windows registry key)

When opening a Nuke script, automatically run it as NukeX.

Nukepedia

AlignDots (Python)

This will align all selected dots with their input and output node, effectively placing them in a straight corner.
Running this script multiple times will make the dot switch between possible positions.

Keyboard shortcut: alt+shift+z
(can be changed in the menu.py file!)

aligndots nuke auto align dot corner

NukePedia

Breakdown_Maker (Gizmo)

Quickly make a customizable breakdown that plays the shot while the layers are wiping sequentially.

Nukepedia

Project page

CardInFrustum (Python)

Make a card that is oriented towards the selected camera node, and fit it in its frustum. Can be expression-linked, or placed on one frame.

nuke place card in camera frustum

NukePedia

CloseAllProperties (Python)

Closes all property boxes at once (especially useful if you like to use floating windows).

Keyboard shortcut: \
(can be changed in the menu.py file!)

NukePedia

CycleOperations (Python)

Scrolls through the possible operations on selected nodes. Works with nodes like Merge, ChannelMerge, Keyer, Shuffle, and others.

Keyboard shortcut: alt+w, and alt+shift+w for backwards scroling
(can be changed in the menu.py file!)

nuke cycleoperations knob

NukePedia

DotConnect (Python)

A keyboard shortcut to auto-connect in/out dots with the same label, using hidden pipes.

Keyboard shortcut: alt+shift+c
(can be changed in the menu.py file!)

nuke dotconnect hidden input connections

NukePedia

Project page

GoToDirectory (Python)

Keyboard shortcut to open the folder of the path currently on the clipboard.
If a Read or Write node is selected, it opens that folder instead.

Keyboard shortcut: alt+shift+r
(can be changed in the menu.py file!)

Nuke open directory from clipboard

NukePedia

GrayAutoBackdrop (Python)

Modified version of Nuke’s AutoBackdrop script – it makes a gray backdrop around the selected nodes, and gives you a dialog box for the label text.
Stacked backdrops will be darker, and the backdrops are slightly bigger. Also does stickynotes, if no nodes are selected.

If you often make backdrops with labels, this will save you some time.

Keyboard shortcut: alt+b
(can be changed in the menu.py file!)

gray auto backdrop nuke

NukePedia

MergeConnect (Python)

Select merge nodes and nodes to connect to them as their ‘A’ input, and all selected nodes will be connected to their respective Merge nodes – with a dot in a straight corner!

Keyboard shortcut: shift+y
(can be changed in the menu.py file!)

nuke auto connect merge node

nuke connect merge keyboard shortcut

NukePedia

NukeShared (Python)

Automatically load plugins in Nuke when they’re placed in the right folder. Can also be used as a plugin repository on a server.

Nukepedia

Project page

Offbranch (Python)

Moves the selected node over to a side-stream of its pipe.

Keyboard shortcut: shift+g
(can be changed in the menu.py file!)

nuke offbranch node

Nukepedia

PixelRepeat (Blinkscript gizmo)

Directional pixel repeating.

pixelrepeat nuke

Nukepedia

Project page

PixelSort (C++ plugin)

Sort pixels in an orderly fashion.

pixel sorting in nuke

Nukepedia

Project page

QuickShortcutEditor (Python)

Quickly change keyboard shortcuts for all nuke nodes or menu items.

nuke how to set keyboard hotkeys

Nukepedia

readZEISSdata (Python)

Read ZEISS lens data files to a Nuke node. Adds supplementary features to ZEISS’ own plugin (e.g. animated curves for data like focus distance, works on all versions of Nuke).
The ZEISS plugin is not needed for this to work, but it can be downloaded here.

nuke read zeiss data zlcf nuke read ZEISS data import lens

NukePedia

SetLoop (toolset, python)

Loop nodes an amount of times, like an image solver/iterator. Useful when, for instance, rendering fractals or reaction diffusion in Nuke.

Nukepedia

Project page

ShiftRGB (C++ example project)

Tutorial for setting up the Nuke NDK using Visual Studio and writing/compiling a basic plugin.

Nuke NDK plugin knobs

Project page

SmoothScrub (Python)

Smooth scrubbing in Nuke’s viewer by playing back at 0fps. Odd performance hack. Also scrubbing anywhere in viewer instead of just on the timeline.

SmoothScrub viewer scrubbing Nuke

Nukepedia

WordArt 1997 (toolset)

A few of Microsoft Office’s amazing text designs – now available for Nuke.

nuke wordart nuke wordart 2003 graphic design is my passion wordart

Nukepedia

WrapItUp (Python)

Collect all media, gizmos and other necessary files to make a Nuke script work, and copy it to one specific folder.
Features: auto-relinking, checks for duplicates, a command-line interface, a nice user interface when run in Nuke.

nuke get media for nukescript wrap it up

Project page

NukePedia

RATConvert (Python, shelf tool)

Batch-convert and relink textures from path parameters to RAT files, using iconvert.
Works with UDIMs.

Install the shelf tool by placing it in $HOUDINI_USER_PREF_DIR/toolbar/
and adding it to a shelf using right click > ‘Edit Shelf Tab…’ > ‘Tools’.

(Or make a new shelf tool and add the Python script to it.)

auto convert and replace rat files

houdini rat file convert and relink

Download Python + shelf tool

SpeechToImageSearch (.toe file, Python)

Uses Microsoft Azure speech services to search for Google/Internet Archive images in realtime.
Also has a nice rainbow text.

GitHub

BooleanBatch (MEL)

Batch the boolean command for one object with all selected objects.
Example: Subtract one object from many others without merging them.

boolean batch maya maya booleanbatch boolean batch

Download

RandUV (MEL)

Randomly scatter the UVs of all selected objects within variable maximum bounds.

randuv random scatter uv maya

Download

Butterfly Generator (Script, Asset)

An asset that adds butterflies to your scene.
If the device has Lidar capabilities, the butterflies can land on the world mesh.

Lens Studio butterflies

Project Page

GitHub

Snaplens for testing (project included in download)

Grain Generator (Post Effect, Shader)

A post effect (material graph) generating procedural cinematic film grain.

grain generator cinematic grain lens studio material graph

cinematic grain lens studio material

GitHub

Keyboard (Prefab, JavaScript)

An on-screen keyboard for Lens Studio
(for use in Snapchat AR Snaplenses).

lens studio keyboard

Project page

GitHub

LSQuickScripts (JavaScript, Lens Studio)

Cheat sheet for most-used JS snippets in Lens Studio. Will update this every once in a while. Example project included.

GitHub

Mane Fur (Lens Studio)

Fur material for Lens Studio.

GitHub

OBJBuilder (Lens Studio, Python)

A Python script which converts .obj models to JavaScript files for Lens Studio’s MeshBuilder.

GitHub

Ocean Shader (Lens Studio)

An example shader for Lens Studio.

ocean shader

GitHub

Raycast (Lens Studio Project, JavaScript)

Setup to raycast any mesh in Lens Studio.

GitHub

Particle Redirect (Python, Lens Studio Sub-Graph, VFX Editor)

A Python script and VFX Editor Sub-graph for spawning particles within a 2D image.
Also useful for morphing particles between multiple positions.

lens studio particle redirect morph

GitHub

Planet Generator (Lens Studio Project, JavaScript, Material Graph)

All project files and media for my ‘Planet Generator’ lens!
Might be useful to those trying to learn how to use the Shader Graph, and combine it with script.

GitHub

Snapchat Lens