I Need Help To Install Mocros And Plugins

[user_deleted]

I don't know how to install free plugins and macros that I've recently downloaded from fxshare. Or where to put them to make them work... If anyone cand help me with an answer I said "Thank's!!" in advance. I know that the name of the topic it's not a very good one, but I intended to be very clear of what kind of problem I have.

[user_deleted]

The manual provides very clear instructions on this. They are written far more lucidly then I could manage.

[aaron-marine]

well since the other guy did not give you a clear answer, let me assist you. all of your macros are going to go within 1 base folder on your system. This should be the "../users/owner/" section, in a folder called "nreal". for example, my exact location is "../Users/whitecrowproductions/nreal/"

This nreal folder is where shake looks to by default to find any interface changes. inside this folder you should make 2 more folders called "icons" and "include". Your icons (.nri files) should be placed in the icons folder, along with any other folders macros might come with such as a "ux" folder.

Inside your "include" folder, you should create another folder called "startup". inside this folder is where you will place any header files (.h) or plugin files (.bundle).

Aside from header files, you will need to make another folder inside the startup folder called "ui". inside this folder is where you place any UI.h files that come with your macros. Here is a simple readout so you never forget where they go...

.nri files: "../Users/Owner/nreal/icons/"
.h or .bundle files: "../Users/Owner/nreal/include/startup/"
UI.h files: "../Users/Owner/nreal/include/startup/ui/"

I hope this has been of some help to you. Please feel free to test this with some of my custom macros.

[amelie-kianha-lachance]

Thanks alot, I d'ont know if it helped the other guy but for me it did. I had a .bundle and I had no idea where it went. Even my teacher had no clue. One thing though, Is it really bad if i put them in my original nreal folder? Will it mess up something?

[joojaa]

QUOTE(kianha @ 03/03/09, 01:59 PM) [snapback]302116[/snapback]
Is it really bad if i put them in my original nreal folder? Will it mess up something?

Yes, it hampers your ability to revert back to factory preset as now you would need to know what was there and what was not. And this is useful in debugging when the application does not work as expected. Also you might inadvertently overwrite stuff you didnt intend to. Additionally it might contain stuff thats just for you and might just confuse other possibly using same computer.

Same applies to maya and most other production tools. Its not that you cant change but the hiararchy is there so you need not do so, but still get same benefits.

[aaron-marine]

i disagree with Joojaa...The nreal folder is pretty much empty when you first start out and install shake.

factory presets will not be modified by doing this and this is the secondary directory (also known as the easy access directory) that shake looks to for custom user commands and scripts such as downloaded macros.

so to answer your question about the original nreal folder, NO it will not cause any problems.