Installation and launching¶
There are three potential ways of launching smartRescue:
- Using the provided executable in standalone mode
- Using a backed executable that we provide in a separate download
- Using Nuke
Launching via the executable¶
After having downloaded smartRescue, unzip it to any location you like.
smartRescue offers executables that launch the main window so you can directly start trouble shooting your working files. We offer an executable for each of the main operating systems.
These executables are located in this package’s root directory in the executables folder:
Simply double click the executable or drag it into your terminal and press enter. The smartRescue main window will launch.
When running in standalone mode, you must have PySide installed on your machine. If you are not sure if PySide is installed on your system, please have a quick look at the installing pyside section.
Tip
You don’t need to always navigate inside the executables directory. You can create an alias that points to the executable of your operating system and launch smartRescue directly from your terminal. For more information on that please refer to the Tips and tricks section.
Launching smartRescue in Nuke¶
After having downloaded smartRescue, unzip it.
If you use our free cragl connect tool, then
you can simply drop the unzipped folder into ~/.nuke/cragl/_cragl_tools
and connect will register smartRescue automatically to Nuke.
If you require to, you can also manually add smartRescue to Nuke. This is how it goes. In your init.py file add the following line:
nuke.pluginAddPath('path/to/smartRescue_vX.X.X')
Make sure to update this path accordingly to your environment.
When relaunching Nuke, smartRescue can be accessed via Nuke’s menu bar: cragl-> smartRescue -> smartRescue
Baked executable¶
We also offer baked executable files that have everything included that you need. Simply double clicking them will launch smartRescue. These executables can be downloaded here.
When using a MacOS operating system, unfortunately, you will still require PySide being installed on your machine. That is due to the MacOS architecture that requires it so that smartRescue will work correctly.