Node

The node is the processing unit in the node graph. Nodes receive input values, process them and return output values.

PixaFlux Nodes Connections Output

PixaFlux Nodes Connections Output

Values

The supported values that flow through the graph are: Image, Color, Float, Bool, Int, Point2.

Attributes

Attributes are the editable properties of the node that it uses to compute the output values. The radius of the Gaussian Blur node and the color of the Constant node are examples of attribute.

PixaFlux Node Attributes

Attribute Types

Editing Attribute

The attributes of the node are edited on the Attributes Panel in the Control Panel.

PixaFlux Constant Attributes Control Panel Constant Node Attribute Panel

Expose Attributes

Attributes can be exposed as inputs. When an attribute is exposed as an input and the input is connected to a node value, the node uses the value that comes from the input instead of the value from the attribute.

To expose an attribute as an input from the Attributes Panel right click the attribute name and check the Expose as input command in the context menu. Attribute

To expose an attribute as an input from the Node Graph right click the node and check the attributes in the Expose Node Attributes window. Attribute

Data

Some nodes require larger blocks of information to be able to process the output image. This information is the Node Data and is edited by the user in the node's user interface. The curves attributes in the [Curves node](NodesAdjustCurve.html], and the shapes attributes in the Shapes node are examples of Node Data.

Curves attributes panel Shapes attributes panel

Common Attributes

Curves attributes panel

All nodes share the following common attributes:

Enable - Disable
Nodes that are enabled are processed by the node graph, they receive their input values, modify them, and return them as output.
Nodes that are disabled are not processed by the node graph. Nodes that generate images stop generating their images. Nodes that modify the image, stop modifying the image and don't change it at all.
Select some nodes and hit the E key to Enable or Disable them.

Name
The name of the node. The name is displayed on the title of the node in the node graph.

Description
A short description for the node. The description is shown as a tooltip when the mouse hover over the node in the node graph.

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