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Download an installer and follow the steps below. After installation, activate a plugin account in the plugin before first use (if you already have one, just sign in). During the open beta, use the trial code 8888 for a 30-day free trial.
The two packages contain the same plugin; choose either one. After downloading, you can compare the SHA-256 checksum below to make sure the file is complete. The current version of both is 0.4.7, released on 2026-10-20. Downloads are rate-limited; if you are told that downloads are too frequent or that too many people are downloading today, please try again later, and contact us if you still cannot download.
Recommended. Double-click setup.exe and follow the prompts. The installer is available in English and Chinese.
v0.4.7 2026-10-25
For manual installation, for example when company computers do not allow running exe files, or when you want to inspect the files first.
v0.4.7 2026-10-25
If your browser says the installer “isn't commonly downloaded” or “may be dangerous” after downloading, the download has not failed and there is no need to download it again; keep the file as described in Security prompts when downloading and installing.
Methods 1 to 3 all install into your .nuke directory with the same result; choose any one. If your computer manages Nuke plugins through a shared plugin directory, use method 4.
Double-click pixrepaint-0.4.7-setup.exe, choose the language and follow the prompts.
Unzip the zip package and double-click install.bat inside it.
Copy the whole unzipped pixrepaint folder to:
%USERPROFILE%\.nuke\pixrepaint\If the HOME environment variable is set on the computer, install to %HOME%\.nuke\pixrepaint\ instead (the same order Nuke uses to find its .nuke directory). Then open menu.py in the same .nuke directory (usually %USERPROFILE%\.nuke\menu.py; create it if it does not exist) and add this line at the end:
import pixrepaint.menuIf the line is already there, you do not need to add it again.
If your computer points the NUKE_PATH environment variable at a shared plugin directory (where each plugin has its own subfolder and loads automatically, for example a directory set up by a Nuke plugin installer tool), put the whole unzipped pixrepaint folder into that directory; there is no need to edit menu.py.
Use either methods 1 to 3 or method 4, not both. If pixRepaint is installed in both places, the plugin shows a message when Nuke starts, listing the location and version of each copy; remove the one you do not use as described under Uninstalling and restart Nuke. The one-click installer and install.bat also warn you if they find a copy of pixRepaint in a shared plugin directory; this is only a warning, and they do not delete anything from that directory.
After installing, restart Nuke; Nodes › pixRepaint appears in the node menu.
The installer is not code-signed yet and has few downloads so far, so after downloading, your browser may say the file “isn't commonly downloaded” or “may be dangerous” and not save it yet. The download has not failed and there is no need to download it again; keep the file as follows:
After keeping the file, you can compare it with the SHA-256 checksum above to make sure it matches the one published on this page.
The installer is not code-signed yet, so Windows may show a SmartScreen prompt the first time you run setup.exe. Click “More info”, then “Run anyway” to continue. To avoid the prompt, install manually from the zip package instead.
To install a new version, install it again the same way as before: the one-click installer and install.bat replace the old version automatically; for a manual copy or a shared plugin directory, delete the old pixrepaint folder first and then put the new one in place. Settings files (pixrepaint_*.json in the .nuke directory) are kept, and you stay signed in with the API Keys saved on the computer. You can also update from inside Nuke with “Check for Updates…” in the pixRepaint menu.
Uninstall the same way you installed:
install.bat or by manual copy: double-click uninstall.bat in the zip package.pixrepaint folder from that directory.Uninstalling from Windows Settings or with uninstall.bat removes only the installation directory and the import line added to menu.py. None of these methods delete the settings files, so you can continue where you left off after reinstalling.
After installing and restarting Nuke, click the pixRepaint icon in the left-hand node toolbar and open Account & Licence › Activate…. Choose a username and password, enter the subscription code, choose the platform where your RunningHub account is, enter your RunningHub ID and an API Key under that ID (you can leave the key empty and add it later in “Manage Account…”), and click “Activate”.
To use an activated account on another computer, choose “Sign in…”. See Activation for detailed steps.
The plugin includes ffmpeg.exe (built by the FFmpeg project, licensed under GPL v3; the license text is in bin\LICENSE in the package, and the source code is available at ffmpeg.org), used to transcode uploads when “Transfer quality” is “Fast” and to convert returned videos. The plugin still works if you delete this file; only the Fast setting becomes unavailable.
The plugin also ships the official embeddable Python distribution (bin\python\, Python Software Foundation License; the license text is in bin\python\LICENSE.txt, see python.org). It is used only to run the service program on another computer on your local network when Rp Enhance uses Topaz Video AI installed there; the plugin itself uses the Python built into Nuke.
See the changelog for version history.