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Accessing smartCollect
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smartCollect can be accessed directly inside Nuke and as a standalone application.

Running from the menubar
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To access smartCollect directly inside Nuke let's navigate to our menubar and
click on **cragl -> smartCollect -> smartCollector**.

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Running standalone
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To run smartCollect as standalone application, let's navigate to our smartCollect
installation directory. In here we will find a folder called **standalone** which
contains a run file for each operating system. Simply double click the run file and this will launch
smartCollect as a standalone application.

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**Please note:** smartCollect requires multiple nuke specific functionality.
You will need a Nuke installation on your machine. When running standalone, smartCollect
will find the Nuke installation automatically. It will use the first found
Nuke installation and its PySide.

Running smartCollect as a standalone application creates a terminal output
window that displays valuable information about the current processes.

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