Touring the Interface with a Basic Composite - Nuke 101: Professional Compositing and Visual Effects - page 46

All Nuke script-related functions are accessible through the File menu and respond to
standard hot keys for opening and saving files.
1. Press Ctrl/Cmd-S to save the file, or choose File > Save.
2. In the browser that displays, navigate to the chapter02 directory (that you copied
onto your hard drive from this topic's disc). Name the script. Please use chapter-
02_v01. Nuke automatically adds the file extension.
3. Press Enter/Return.
Nuke just saved your script. You can quit Nuke, go have a coffee, come back,
open the script, and continue working.
By default Nuke autosaves your project every 30 seconds, or if you are not mov-
ingyourmouse,itwillsaveonceafterfiveseconds.Butitdoesn'tautosaveifyou
haven'tsavedyourprojectyet. You havetosaveyourprojectthefirsttime.That's
why it is important to save your project early on.
Note
You can change the amount of time between autosaves in the Prefer-
ences pane.
Another great feature in Nuke is the Save New Version option in the File menu.
You will save different, updated versions of your script often when compositing,
andNukehasasmartwayofmakingthiseasyforyou.Ifyouaddthesecharacters
toyourscriptname:“_v##”,wherethe#symbolisanumber,usingtheSaveNew
Version option in the File menu adds 1 to that number. So if you have a script
called nuke_v01.nk and you click File > Save New Version, your script will be
savedasnuke_v02.nk.Veryhandy.Let'spracticethiswithyourscript,whichyou
named chapter02_v01.nk earlier.
4. With nothing selected, press the Q key. This brings up the Current Info panel
( FIGURE 2.15 ) .
Figure 2.15. The Current Info panel is a quick way to see which script you
are working on.