tomhanks Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 (edited) When I generate a flipbook my timeline doesn't update so I don´t know which frame is it, if I let the channel editor opened I can see the timeline bar but it is just a way around it(sorry the bad English). Anyone ever had this problem? Anyone knows how to fix it? thanks Edited June 7, 2010 by tomhanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFX Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 (edited) I know this behavior. Didn't think of it as a bug, but I would like to see the current frame in the timeline, too. So thanks for the workaround with the channel editor, will test that out. Edited June 7, 2010 by LFX Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbukovec Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 somewhere between v9 and v10 SESi changed something, before the frame number was displayed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunker Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 You can create a new Python object operator and put "print hou.frame()" in the code. That will be cooked on every frame and output the frame number in a Python shell Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomhanks Posted June 7, 2010 Author Share Posted June 7, 2010 Glad to know that it´s just not me, not too glad about the problem itself though. About the Python solution, it seems a good one but i never did nothing with python on houdini can you give e hint about how to create a python object operator? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunker Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 (edited) Hey tomhanks, I would'nt call that a "solution" but more a "cheap hack" really > go to : File/New Operator Type Operator Name : outputFrame Operator Label : outputFrame Operator Style : Python Type Network Type : Object Operator Save To Library : your_otl_path/outputFrame.otl Install Library To : Scanned OTL Directories > click Accept in the "code" tab, add: print hou.frame() ,after the 2 yellow lines of code. > click Accept in your network editor, you can now lay down a "outputFrame" node ( in Object Level ) that will display the frame number in a python pane have fun with Python ! Glad to know that it´s just not me, not too glad about the problem itself though. About the Python solution, it seems a good one but i never did nothing with python on houdini can you give e hint about how to create a python object operator? Edited June 7, 2010 by bunker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomhanks Posted June 7, 2010 Author Share Posted June 7, 2010 Thank you very much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loudsubs Posted June 7, 2010 Share Posted June 7, 2010 When I generate a flipbook my timeline doesn't update so I don´t know which frame is it, if I let the channel editor opened I can see the timeline bar but it is just a way around it(sorry the bad English). Anyone ever had this problem? Anyone knows how to fix it? thanks You can use the font sop, with $F as the text. Just place it off to the side and uncheck the center text options. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bunker Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 Another really simple solution: - create a single point with an ADD sop ( place it on the corner of your frame ) - Create an attribute called "myframe" and set its valued to "$F" - use the display options to display that attribute as a text. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
old school Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 - create a single point with an ADD sop ( place it on the corner of your frame ) - Create an attribute called "myframe" and set its valued to "$F" - use the display options to display that attribute as a text. Now that is very clever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
malexander Posted June 8, 2010 Share Posted June 8, 2010 This is fixed in H11, the current frame is in the status message along the bottom. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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