I’m excited to release Precomp Switcher v1.0, a Nuke plugin that speeds up your precomp workflow.

Features:

• A quick panel to create your precomp setup
• A color-coded Backdrop shows the precomp state at a glance:
• White – Bypass
• Blue – Rendering
• Red – Precomped
• Toggle between Precomped and Bypass simply by disabling the Switch node.
• User Guide for everyday Artists & Developer Guide for how to hook it up with pipeline.
• Optional Feature for Localizing your precomps, for folks working with large files over a network.

Why use it?

• Consistency. Every precomp in every script looks and behaves the same.
• Readability. Tile color and label tell you at a glance whether a precomp is live, mid-render, or rendered.
• Speed. One hotkey to build, one to render, one to read back and flip/toggle.
• Pipeline-friendly. If your studio has its own render command, custom Write Node, custom Read Node or read-from-write tool, a TD can configure this tool to use those hooks to their own pipeline commands, instead of native Nuke ones.

Hotkeys

• Shift+W to create the Write, Switch, and Backdrop precomp setup
• F7 to render
• Alt+R to read back and toggle

Links

Github Repo:
https://github.com/CreativeLyons/PrecompSwitcher

Latest Release:
https://github.com/CreativeLyons/PrecompSwitcher/releases/latest