Hiero network scripts notes

Posted by on Mar 25, 2013 in blog | No Comments

—Setting up shared network path for Hiero—

set the following environment variable:
HIERO_PLUGIN_PATH=/Volumes/VFX/MISC/hieroscripts

######FOLDER STRUCTURE######

hieroscripts
       Python
               TaskPresets
                       Processors
                               hiero.exporters.FnShotProcessor.ShotProcessor
                                       __Preset__Exporter.xml
Templates
        baseProject.hrox
######FOLDER STRUCTURE######

* the baseProject.hrox will load when you create a base project.
* if you create a new exporter inside Hiero, it will need to be manually copied to the network location. Currently Hiero won’t work out of that network folder, so you’ll need to copy over the ___Preset_Exporter.xml file from $HOME/.hiero/TaskPresets/Processors/hiero.exporters.FnShotProcessor.ShotProcessor/ to the network location for it to be picked up.

 

 

 

FFMPEG endoding tips for VFX

Posted by on Dec 28, 2012 in blog | No Comments

 

Nice writeup on using ffmpeg in a VFX pipeline

https://ffmpeg.org/trac/ffmpeg/wiki/vfxEncodingGuide

 

Installing PyQt on MacOS X 10.6.8

Posted by on Nov 16, 2011 in blog, development | No Comments
  1. Make sure you have the latest Mac OS X Update installed (10.6.8 or 10.7)
  2. Make sure you have the latest version of Xcode installed (available from Apple
  3. Download the Cocoa Mac binary package for Qt from Nokia
  4. Run the Qt installer and wait for it to finish
  5. Download the latest stable build of SIP from Riverbank Computing
  6. Download the latest stable buildof PyQt from Riverbank Computing
  7. Create a new folder called ‘OpenSource’ inside your user directory
  8. Move the SIP and PyQt tar.gz packages to this folder
  9. Double-click on the SIP and PyQt tar.qz to decompress them
  10. Rename the SIP and PyQt folders something shorter e.g. ‘SIP’ and ‘PyQt’
  11. In Terminal type the following to install SIP (each line separately followed by enter):
    • cd ~/OpenSource
    • cd SIP
    • python configure.py -d /Library/Python/2.6/site-packages --arch x86_64
    • make
    • sudo make install
  12. In Terminal type the following to install PyQt4 (each line separately followed by enter):
    • cd ..
    • cd PyQt
    • python configure.py -d /Library/Python2.6/site-packages/ --use-arch x86_64
    • make
    • sudo make install
  13. Log out of the new user account and back into your regular account
  14. Check PyQt is working
  15. Delete the recently created user account from system preferences/accounts

You should now be able to run Python programs that use PyQt4 on your Mac.