Launch terminal via Python in different linux distros
I've recently switched to KDE Neon for different experience, and realize that my python scripts for executing commands via launching terminal stopped working. And it hits me that specifying "gnome-terminal" would limit the scripts to only work on distros that comes with "gnome-terminal", and KDE Neon doesn't have it. As…
Trollbridge Shot Breakdown
I had the most fun with this shot while working on Troll Bridge, in fact so much fun I decided to make its own breakdown here. To be specific, this is the most fun I had keying and I thought it's so satisfying to see what the shot transformed into…
Developing Crowd Simulation with Nuke
[embed]https://vimeo.com/271252747[/embed] I was tasked with development of crowd simulation during our third year film production, As You Command. The scene that requires a CG crowd takes place in a huge hockey rink with action in the foreground. Director James Cunningham gathered every students and lecturers in the class and shot…
FFmpeg output from nuke
Recently I discovered that nuke in Linux doesn't have H.264 in its codec list, unlike in Windows. Asking around nuke user forum reveals that it is because of quicktime only default on Windows and Mac, and there's codec licensing issue. But to sum it up, Nuke in Linux cannot output…
Windows 10 delete reparse points in (sub)directories
Recently Windows 10 went through the fall creator's update without my permission, I found out that I can no longer access my onedrive folder while I'm booted into linux. To clarify, the folder does not shows up in gui but does shows up red when using ls command in the…
Firefox readability in KDE Plasma theme
I've started using KDE Plasma Workspace in Cent OS 7 a few weeks ago, and I love every bit of it. Except when it comes to its theme ruining firefox's readability. The worst case scenario I had is when I'm on Google Developers site it turned both background and text…
Logitech SetPoint disables media keys
In my 5 years experience of using Logitech MK700 keyboard, I've always encountered a weird issue where the media keys on top of keyboard only works when a media player is in focus on Windows. Weirdly enough I only discovered it's Logitech software that's causing problem, for its own keyboard!…
3D Topographical Map in After Effects! (soon)
It's been a while since I touch after effects, being crazy in Nuke and all. But I just decided to pick up an old project and perhaps make a template/breakdown out of it. Looking into how complicated this project was, I must say, I miss the good old days in…
More nukescripts python panel tricks
I was writing an update to my setProjDir script, which is available on nukepedia at the moment of writing this. It is afunction requested from a user, for the script to affect selected nodes only. I've decided to go a step further and include options like exclude selected nodes or…
Nuke CSP error in Linux
Encounter this problem when I decided to work on a project Troll Bridge, which I started in Windows. This nuke script requires a LUT, CSP file and it is erroring in Linux only. Same Nuke version 11.1v2, same .nuke folder loaded, just the difference in OS. The real head-scratcher is…