CompoLink

Updates & Upcoming

News

Latest releases, upcoming features and community announcements.

Mar 2026

Update

v1.4.0 — Tier system & Pulse redesign

New contributor tier system (Newcomer · Contributor · Veteran) based on shared setups. Pulse filters by status & tier. Row highlight colors. Note system for Need help mode.

Mar 2026

Update

v1.3.0 — Sanity tab improvements

9 checks now run in parallel threads. Focus button zooms to any issue directly in the Nuke DAG. Auto-expand on issues, collapsed when clean.

Soon

Upcoming

Roots — Community grant for junior compositors

Every shared setup contributes $1 to the fund. When it hits $500, the community votes. Winner receives Nuke Indie + Foundry Learn + Spotlight. In partnership with The Foundry.

Soon

Upcoming

Student pricing — USD$29

Discounted license for VFX school students. Grants eligibility for the Roots grant cycle. Launching alongside the Roots tab.

Always

Community

Discord — Coworking sessions every week

The #coworking-room voice channel is open 24/7. Hop in, work alongside other compositors, ask questions, share discoveries. No agenda, no pressure.

What's inside

7 tabs. One panel. Built for compositors.

CompoLink lives inside Nuke as a dockable panel. Every tab was designed around real compositing workflows — not feature checklists.

01 · Pulse 02 · Share 03 · Copilot 04 · Sanity 05 · Tree Nation 06 · Discord 07 · Roots ↗

TAB 01

Pulse

Real-time presence & node sharing

See every compositor online right now. Send node setups instantly. Ask for help and describe your problem via a shared note.

Live presence table with status & tier
Send & receive node setups in one click
Filter by status or contributor tier
Need help mode with note system
Auto-refresh every 5 min

TAB 02

Community preset vault

A shared library of Nuke presets contributed by the community. Browse, filter, import in one click — no file transfer needed.

Browse all community presets
Filter by user, date or keyword
One-click import into Nuke script
Optional AI training consent

TAB 03

Copilot

Contextual actions + documentation

Select a node in Nuke — Copilot instantly shows what you can do with it. Curated actions + inline docs, no commands to memorize.

Detects selection every 300ms
Actions & Doc modes
Community voting on best actions
Offline-capable via copilot_data.json
Keyword filter

TAB 04

Sanity

9-point script health checker

Run a full diagnostic of your Nuke script in one click. 9 checks run in parallel threads — your UI never freezes.

Oversized bounding boxes
Missing reads, orphan nodes, expressions
Duplicate names, missing plugins
Focus button zooms to issue in DAG
Auto-expand sections with issues

TAB 05

Tree Nation

Community environmental impact

Every shared setup increments a live counter. Every 10 setups = 1 real tree planted in the CompoLink forest on Tree-Nation.

Live global tree counter (top bar, always visible)
Direct link to the CompoLink forest on Tree-Nation
Automatic — no action needed from the user

TAB 06

Discord

Community hub

One-click access to the CompoLink Discord server, right from inside Nuke. QR code for instant phone join.

QR code scannable from phone
Opens invite link in browser
Main place for feedback & discoveries

TAB 07 · UPCOMING

Roots

For the next generation

A community-driven initiative to help junior compositors break into the industry. Built by the people already in it.

Coming after launch
More details soon…

Tab 01

Pulse

Real-time presence & node sharing. See who's online, what they're working on, and send them your Nuke setup in one click.

Presence

See who's online right now

Every compositor using CompoLink appears in the Pulse table. Status updates in real time — green for Active, orange when someone needs help.

Filter by status: All · Active · Need help
Filter by tier: Newcomer · Contributor+ · Veteran
Click a row to open their help note
Auto-refresh every 5 minutes

Online Compositors · 4 online

alex3531

0 min

🔥 Veteran

maya_vfx

3 min

⚡ Contributor

pierre_cg

8 min

🌱 Newcomer

jsmith

14 min

🔥 Veteran

Node sharing

Send setups instantly

Select nodes in Nuke, click a user, hit Offer Selected Node(s). They receive your full setup — encoded and transferred via Firebase, no files to send.

Base64-encoded .nk transport via Firestore
Recipient pastes directly into their script
Thank button shows appreciation
Every shared setup plants trees 🌱

Tier System

🌱

Newcomer

0 – 24 setups shared

⚡

Contributor

25 – 49 setups shared

🔥

Veteran

50+ setups shared

Tab 03

Copilot

Contextual actions + documentation. Select a node — Copilot tells you what you can do with it. No commands to memorize.

Actions

Context-aware, always

Copilot polls your Nuke selection every 300ms. Select a Grade → grade-specific actions. Select a Merge → merge actions. No selection → global script tools.

Toggle bypass, set gain, copy values to all Grades
Connect to Viewer, select upstream nodes
Community voting — best actions float to top
Doc mode: description, tips, common mistakes
Works fully offline via copilot_data.json

Copilot · Grade · Grade3

↔Toggle bypass

◎Connect to Viewer

⬡Copy values to all Grades

✦Set gain value…

✦Set mix value…

+Add ColorCorrect after

↺Reset all knobs to default

▲Select upstream nodes

Tab 04

Sanity

9-point script health checker. One click — full diagnostic. Issues expand automatically, clean sections stay collapsed.

Diagnostics

Catch problems before render

All 9 checks run simultaneously in background threads — your Nuke UI never freezes. Each issue has a Focus button that selects the node and zooms to it in the DAG.

Oversized bounding boxes
Expression errors
Missing Read files & orphan nodes
Duplicate node names
Missing plugins
Local Read paths
Uncached heavy nodes

Sanity · 2 issues · 7 clean

⚠ Oversized Bounding Box2 issues

⚠ Missing Read Files1 issue

✓ Expression Errorsclean

✓ Orphan Read Nodesclean

✓ Duplicate Node Namesclean

✓ Missing Pluginsclean

✓ Local Read Pathsclean

Tab 05

Tree Nation

CompoLink plants real trees. Every 10 setups shared by the community = 1 tree planted in the CompoLink forest on Tree-Nation.

Environmental Impact

Sharing knowledge, growing forests

The global tree counter is always visible in the CompoLink top bar, across every tab. No action required — just share setups and watch the forest grow.

Live counter visible on every tab (top bar)
Every 10 setups = 1 real tree planted
Direct link to the CompoLink forest on Tree-Nation
100% automatic — no extra steps

🌱

6 trees

planted by the community

🌍 View our forest on Tree-Nation →

Tab 06

Discord

More than a chat server — a structured community built around sharing, mentorship, and virtual coworking. Accessible in one click directly from inside Nuke.

Community

A space built for compositors

The CompoLink Discord is organized around three pillars that mirror how compositors actually work together: sharing knowledge, growing skills, and staying connected while working remotely.

#job-opportunities — industry openings shared by the community
#ressources & #need-help — ask anything, share discoveries
#ask-for-mentor — connect with a senior willing to give time
#ask-for-feedback — post your work, get honest critique
#coworking-room — voice channel to work alongside others in silence or collaboration
#green-supporters — follow the Tree Nation impact

CompoLink · Discord Server

Sharing

# job-opportunities

# ressources

# need-help

# green-supporters

Mentor

# ask-for-feedback

# ask-for-mentor

# mentor-volunteer

Coworking

# coworking-chat

🔊 coworking-room ● 3 online

Virtual coworking — a growing practice in the community

Remote compositing can be isolating. The #coworking-room voice channel brings back the studio atmosphere — hop in, work on your script in silence alongside others, ask a quick question when stuck, or just feel less alone during a long render wait. No agenda, no pressure. Just compositors being present together.

Join the CompoLink server

Installation

Up and running in 3 steps

No build step. Files load directly at Nuke startup.

Extract the zip

Unzip CompoLink_vX.X.X.zip and copy the CompoLink/ folder into your ~/.nuke/ directory.

Register the panel

Add the following lines to your ~/.nuke/menu.py (already included in the zip):

import sys, os
sys.path.insert(0, os.path.expanduser("~/.nuke/CompoLink/python"))
import CompoLinkMainWidget
CompoLinkMainWidget.add_compolink_pane()

Activate your license

Launch Nuke. A dialog will prompt for your username and license key from Gumroad. Enter them once — CompoLink activates and remembers your config in ~/.nuke/CompoLink/config.json.

Pricing

Simple, one-time pricing

No subscription. One license, all updates included.

Community

Free

Join on Discord

CompoLink Discord server
Community discussions
Feedback & announcements

Join Discord →

Pro · One-time

$89

🎁 10 free beta spots — limited availability

All 6 active tabs
Unlimited node sharing
Community preset vault
Copilot + Sanity + Tree Nation
Discord community access
All future updates included
Roots tab (when released)

Buy now at $89 →

Student · Coming soon

$49

$89

Something is brewing for the next generation of compositors.

All features included
For VFX school students
More details soon…

News

v1.4.0 — Tier system & Pulse redesign

v1.3.0 — Sanity tab improvements

Roots — Community grant for junior compositors

Student pricing — USD$29

Discord — Coworking sessions every week

7 tabs. One panel. Built for compositors.

Pulse

See who's online right now

Send setups instantly

Share

The collective knowledge of the community

Copilot

Context-aware, always

Sanity

Catch problems before render

Tree Nation

Sharing knowledge, growing forests

Discord

A space built for compositors

Roots

Up and running in 3 steps

Extract the zip

Register the panel

Activate your license

Simple, one-time pricing