Set Fonts Via Tcl In Custom Gizmos/groups?

[newskraft]

hey...

is there a way...

I have an almost totally platform and resolution independent slate and crop generator I'll post soon but I'm curious if anyone has been able to set font fields with linked user knobs... they're not expression-able... is there a way of triggering this to happen?

rob

[user_deleted]

what version of Nuke are you on?
It should both be possible to expose a fonts selector from a node a Text node inside a group (if that os what you're after) and/or to put an expression into the fonts browser. Something like "[value test]" if your user knob was called "test". That's without the quotes.
I'm on linux but this should be working on windows/mac as well.
Here is an example of both:

Group {
inputs 1
addUserKnob { 20 "" User }
addUserKnob { 1 test test }
addUserKnob { 41 font font T Text1.font }
name Group1
selected true
xpos -75
ypos -80
test "/job/COMMON/lib/fonts/Arial Black.ttf"
}
Input {
inputs 0
name Input1
xpos -130
ypos -74
}
Text {
font "[value test]"
translate {100 100}
p1 {100 400}
p0 {100 100}
name Text1
xpos -210
ypos -90
}
Output {
name Output1
xpos -210
ypos -52
}
end_group

[newskraft]

running nuke 4.5.3 on debian linux...

I have a filename user knob called 'font'...

I tried setting the value in the filename field of the text node to '[value font]'

I get "Can't read font file [value font]" as a response....

i see how your eg. is working but i'd like to set the value of about 20 text nodes with one field... i think i would need 20 user knobs... i guess i could try with hidden knobs set by expressions...

[user_deleted]

you need to specify the node name you want to link to.
something like:
[value Text1.font]

to link to the font in the node called Text1.

Or if you're inside a gizmo do [value parent.font] to link to the gizmo's user knob called "font"

QUOTE(motus @ 05/17/06, 09:49 AM) [snapback]237528[/snapback]
running nuke 4.5.3 on debian linux...

I have a filename user knob called 'font'...

I tried setting the value in the filename field of the text node to '[value font]'

I get "Can't read font file [value font]" as a response....

i see how your eg. is working but i'd like to set the value of about 20 text nodes with one field... i think i would need 20 user knobs... i guess i could try with hidden knobs set by expressions...

[newskraft]

good for one text node... but is there a way to link to more than one node within your group...
ie. one field sets the font of 20 text nodes...

thanks...

[newskraft]

got it... i set up two dummy text nodes within my group and linked to them... thanks for the tips... i uploaded the gizmo...

rob