Nuke Examples

Initializing Kiko

from kiko import initialize
initialize()

Export/Import a kb file in Nuke

import tempfile
import nuke
from kiko.apps.nuke import manager
from kiko.constants import KB_FILE_EXTENSION

manager = manager.NukeKikoManager()
kb_file = tempfile.mkstemp(suffix=KB_FILE_EXTENSION)

# this will export the selected objects
node = nuke.toNode("Axis1")
node.setSelected(True)
manager.export_to_file(kb_file )

# import the kb file trying to find the objects with the same name as the ones originally exported
manager.import_from_file(kb_file, ignore_item_chunks=True)

Export/Import a kb file from Nuke and apply it to a different object

import tempfile
from maya import cmds
from kiko.apps.nuke import manager
from kiko.constants import KB_FILE_EXTENSION

manager = manager.NukeKikoManager()
kb_file = tempfile.mkstemp(suffix=KB_FILE_EXTENSION)

# this will export the selected objects
node1 = nuke.toNode("Axis1")
node.setSelected(True)
manager.export_to_file(kb_file)

# import the kb file onto locator2 mapping the original name "locator1" to "locator2"
node2 = nuke.createNode('Axis')
obj_mapping = {node1.name(): node2.name()}

manager.import_from_file(file_, objects=[node2.name()], obj_mapping=obj_mapping, ignore_item_chunks=True)