Q100449: Exporting single frames from NukeStudio/Hiero

2.  Open the Export Dialog within the Timeline Editor

Now that the frame range has been selected, the Timeline can be exported. To do this, select the clips and open the Export window with Right-click > Export... or use Ctrl/Cmd+Shift+E:

3.  Create an Export Preset 

Within the Export dialog window, switch the Exporter drop-down box to Export as Sequence:

Once in Sequence mode you can use one of the default presets as the template for a custom preset. To do this:

a. Select an existing preset, for example: Log10 Cineon DPX 

b. Duplicate the preset with the button on the top right of the Export Window: 

You can edit the Export Structure to suit your desired export settings, and rename it for future reference, for example to: Single Frame DPX

 

4.  Set the export Range to In/Out Points

Using the export preset created above, the single frame can now be exported. Before selecting the Export button, the Range option must be set to In/Out Points:

This will set the export to use the frame range selected earlier when using the Viewer's In and Out markers.

After setting the Range option, press the Export button to export the sequence. Once this happens the Export window will close and the Export Queue tab will open.

NOTE: The exporter may display a file browser asking you to choose your project directory and if so, set up the directory to a desired location. Also, a dialog will appear asking if you would like to save your preset changes:

 

Select Yes if you want to keep the preset for use in another sequence.  

 

5.  Review the exported single frame

Once the export is complete, open the drop-down tabs by selecting the magnifying glass  in the Export Queue tab. This will open the folder location of the rendered single frame and allow you to view the result.

 

Custom Thumbnail Export Task:

You can export a single frame by adding the Thumbnail Image Export Task Python scripts to your Python Startup folder. Please find the download for the files here, or download them from the Attachments below.

The Thumbnail Image Export Task can be used in the Export dialog via Shot, Clip or Sequence Processor. To use this please do the following:

1.  Download the ThumbnailExportTask.py and ThumbnailExportTaskUI.py files and place them inside your ~/.nuke/Python/Startup directory

2. Launch Nuke Studio/Hiero, and import footage to the Timeline

3. Right-click the Sequence in the Project Bin and select Export, or select shots in the Timeline and Right-click > Export...

4. Select or create an Export Preset, then add a path to the Export Structure (+)

5. Left-click the blank CONTENT area and choose Thumbnail Exporter

NOTE: The Thumbnail Exporter also adds extra tokens you can use in the preset:
{frametype} - Position where the thumbnail was taken from (first/middle/last/custom)
{srcframe} - The frame number of the original source clip file used for thumbnail
{dstframe} - The destination frame (timeline time) number used for the thumbnail