Preferences

It is possible to customize your user preferences in Nuke Stage, which will apply to all sessions with all Projects..

Go to Edit > Preferences (or Alt+Return) to open up the Preferences panel. The left-hand tree-view panel displays all available settings. Click on the desired setting to open up the preference options for that setting.

You can restore all default settings by clicking the button Restore defaults.

You can restore the default setting for a specific preference by clicking the reset icon ().

Documentation

Setting	Type	Details
Source	Dropdown	Where to source Nuke Stage documentation from. Choose between: • Online (learn.foundry.com) • Local

Files

Setting	Type	Details
Group sequences	Checkbox	Whether to group file sequences in the file broswer.

Licensing

Setting	Type	Details
License Server
IP address	Text field	IP address for license server.
Port	Text field, increments	Port for license server.

Panels

Feed Map

Setting	Type	Details
Auto-select texture	checkbox	If enabled, the first available texture will automatically be selected in the Feed Map.
Clear colour	Text field, slider, colour picker	The background color for the Feed Map panel
Display pixel pith	increments	The pixel pitch of displays represented in pixels per meter. This is used only for the auto-layout option within feed mapping.

Gallery

Setting	Type	Details
Config path	Text input/Browse button	The path to which gallery configuration is saved.
Show hidden assets	Checkbox	If enabled, any hidden assets will be shown.

Node Graph

Setting	Type	Details
Colours
Category colour for body	Checkbox	Use the category color for the body of the node.
Colours > Categories
Channel	Text field, slider, color picker	The color of nodes in the Channel category, such as Shuffle nodes.
Colour	Text field, slider, color picker	The color of nodes in the Colour category, such as Grade nodes.
Draw	Text field, slider, color picker	The color of nodes in the Draw category, such as Lightcard nodes.
Filter	Text field, slider, color picker	The color of nodes in the Filter category, such as Blur nodes.
Image	Text field, slider, color picker	The color of nodes in the Image category, such as Read nodes.
Keyer	Text field, slider, color picker	The color of nodes in the keyer category, such as ChromaKeyer nodes.
Merge	Text field, slider, color picker	The color of nodes in the Merge category, such as Merge nodes.
Ocio	Text field, slider, color picker	The color of nodes in the OCIO category, such as Colourspace nodes.
Output	Text field, slider, color picker	The color of nodes in the Output category, such as Output nodes.
Transform	Text field, slider, color picker	The color of nodes in the Transform category, such as Reformat nodes.
Utility	Text field, slider, color picker	The color of nodes in the Utility category, such as Custom nodes.
Colours > General
Backdrop	Text field, slider, color picker	The default color of a backdrop.
Body	Text field, slider, color picker	The color of the body of a node.
Deactivated	Text field, slider, color picker	The color of the ‘x’ drawn on the node when deactivated.
Edges	Text field, slider, color picker	The color of the edge between two connected ports.
Error	Text field, slider, color picker	The color of the body of a node that produced an error.
Error outline	Text field, slider, color picker	The color of the outline around the body of a node that produced an error.
Font	Text field, slider, color picker	The color of the font of the name and label of a node.
Hovered	Text field, slider, color picker	The color of the background of a hovered node.
Selected body	Text field, slider, color picker	The color of the body of a selected node.
Selected outline	Text field, slider, color picker	The color of the outline around the body of a selected node.
Colours
Draw grid	checkbox	When enabled, draws the background grid.
Edge style	Dropdown	Defines how the edges between nodes should be drawn. Choose between Curved and Straight.
Node label scale	Text field, increments	The scale of the label in respect to the font size of the name of the node.
Snap to grid	checkbox	If enabled, node positions will be snapped to a grid.

Properties

Setting	Type	Details
Objects displayed	Text field, increments	The maximum number of objects to display in the properties panel.

Python

Setting	Type	Details
Highlight current line	Checkbox	Whether to highlight the current line in the code editor.
Highlight trailing whitespace	Checkbox	Whether to highlight the trailing whitespace in the code editor.
Show line numbers	Checkbox	Whether to show line numbers down the left side of the code editor.

Render Debug

Setting	Type	Details
Sync updates	Checkbox	Whether to sync updates to debug overlay state across RenderNodes.

Sequencer

Setting	Type	Details
Default autokey	Checkbox	If checked, autokeying will automatically be enabled for new keyframed tracks.
Default curve mode	Dropdown	Defines the default curve mode to use for new keyframed tracks. Choose between None, Overlaid curves, Separate curves, Dopesheet.
Default repeat mode	Dropdown	The default repeat mode to use for new clips. Choose between Repeat and No Repeat.
Placement behaviour	Dropdown	Defines where to place newly created keyframes, cues and clips. Current Frametime will place them at the current sequence frametime. Under mouse cursor will place them at the frametime under the mouse cursor.

Timeline

Setting	Type	Details
Frame step size	Text field, increments	How many frames to step at a time in the timeline.
Label mode	Dropdown	How to define labels on the timeline. Either Timecode, Frame number or No Labels.

Image Viewer

Setting	Type	Details
Auto-select texture	Checkbox	If enabled, the first available texture will automatically be selected in the Image Viewer.
Clear Colour	Text field, slider	The background color for the Image Viewer panel.

Viewport

Setting	Type	Details
Camera gizmo far plane distance	Text field, slider	The distance to draw for the far plane in each viewport camera gizmo.
Clear colour	Text field, slider, color picker	The background color for the Viewport panel.
Freecam
Clip distances	Text field, increments	The near and far clip distances for the viewport freecam.
Field of view	Text field, slider	Horizontal field of view for the viewport freecam, in degrees.

Performance

Setting	Type	Details
Render frequency	Dropdown	How frequently the Viewport and Image Viewer panels should render. This does not affect the render frequency of RenderNodes. Choose between: • Never render • Render every frame • Render every 2 frames • Render every 24 frames • Render every 30 frames • Render every 48 frames • Render every 60 frames • Render every 100 frames • Render every 200 frames • Render every 500 frames

Start-up

Setting	Type	Details
Default Relay address	Text field	The network address of the Relay to connect to on start-up, in the form ip:port. Leave empty to always connect manually.
Default workspace list	Text field	The path of the workspace list to load on start-up. Leave empty to use the application provided workspace list.
Show splash screen	Checkbox	When enabled, shows the splash screen on start-up.

Vault

Setting	Type	Details
Capture mode	Dropdown	When data should be written to the Vault: • From start-up: Start capturing data immediately upon start-up. • From first take: Start capturing data upon starting the first take. • Only during takes: Start capturing data upon starting a take, and stop capture once the take is stopped. • Never: Never enable capture, disabling the Vault entirely.
Database
Database directory	Text field	The directory to which database files are saved
Database pattern	Text field	A pattern used to create database files within the specified database directory. This may contain the following tags that are substituted for temporal information: • {date}: The calendar date, in the form yyyy-mm-dd. • {year}: The calendar year. • {month}: The calendar month. • {day}: The calendar day. • {time}: The wallclock time, in the form hh:mm:ss. • {hour}: The wallclock hour. • {minute } : The number of minutes past the wallclock hour. • {second}: The number of seconds past the wallclock minute. These can be used to control the granularity of database files. For example, a pattern of NukeStage_{date} will generate a database per day, appending any data to that file throughout the day.
Snapshots
Auto-snapshot enabled	Checkbox	If checked, snapshots will automatically be created using the interval below
Auto-snapshot interval	Text field, increments	The number of minutes between auto-snapshots, if enabled.