Saving Relative file path in Shake 4

#1

I need to be able to share my shake scripts with other people in our building, but can’t work out how to save the file with relative file paths. I’ve had a look at the new features manual and found there is a …/ (enable relative file path button) next to the Add favourites button, but this isn’t there when i Save Script As. So how can I save the .shk file so that it can be opened on another computer or different location without having to manually change each file path?

Also while i’m here, and excuse the newbieness on this one, but what is the shortcut key for stop when i’m playing the timeline? From what i’ve found in the manual, there doesnt seem to be one? But surely i’m missing something… Spacebar does it in most other programs, and stops playing in the flipbook, but when playing the timeline, it only maximises the current view???

And one more question… in quickpaint, i seem to be able to choose a soft or hard brush, but can’t seem to specify exactly how soft it is… it’s either one or the other… is there some way of doing this that i have just missed?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Cheers,

Justin

#2

You might want to use environment variables:

// Input nodes

TestImage = SFileIn("$HOME/Projects/Shake/TestImage.tif",
“Auto”, 0, 0, “v1.1”, “0”, “”);

$HOME should resolve to the home directory so you can use common directory naming based upon your home directory.

Hope that helps!

#3

There is a setting for the file browser also,

In the startup directory:
gui.fileBrowser.keepRelativePaths = 1;

This doesn’t work for me at the moment, but it should work… Really annoying since we are in the middle of a large project and rendering on multiple machines is essential!.. more tips and trix on relative file path settings are welcome!

Hope this helps anyway! :slight_smile:

The Quickpaint is somewhat primitive, but if you use the settings for flow and opacity you might find something that works!

#4

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