FastBackdrop

🧩 Introduction

FastBackdrop is a tool designed to quickly create Backdrops in Nuke.

🎯 Call it, name it, done.

Press Alt + B to open FastBackdrop, type a custom label, hit Enter, and a Backdrop is created instantly with a random color.

🎨 Presets & custom colors

Choose from color presets by clicking one of the color swatches, or pick any color you want using the color‑picker icon.

⚙️ Customize the default behavior

In FastBackdrop.py, you can adjust default settings, such as font, font size, padding, and other stylistic preferences to match your needs.

☢️ Nuke Compatibility

• FastBackdrop was developed in Nuke 12.1v5 and it's currently being tested with new versions, but it's designed to work between all Nuke versions.
• It works for commercial and non-commercial versions (except Indie due to the Python limitation).

📥 Download & Install

• Download the latest release of FastBackdrop:

👉 Download FastBackdrop

• Extract the FastBackdrop folder and place it inside your .nuke directory (usually located at C:/Users/%USERNAME%/.nuke).

• Open (or create) the init.py file inside .nuke and add the following line:

nuke.pluginAddPath('./FastBackdrop')

• Launch Nuke and go to Edit → FastBackdrop (or press Alt + B) to open the tool.

Enjoy!

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