PixaFlux is

PixaFlux is a node based image processing application. PixaFlux creates and edits images in a non destructive way, using a Nodes Graph to organize the workflow without restrictions of size, position or color mode. The user adds nodes to the workspace and connects them together, creating a flow through the graph.

First Project

  1. Open PixaFlux.

  2. Drag and Drop the Wall_Brick.png image into the Graph Viewport.

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  3. In the Left Toolbar, click the Compose Nodes button, and from the Compose Group drag and drop the Resize icon into the Node Graph, to the right of the Reader node.

  4. In the Resize Attributes panel, set the size to 450 x 300

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  5. In the Left Toolbar, click the Generate Nodes button, and from the Generate Group drag and drop the Reader node into the Node Graph, just below the Wall Brick node.

  6. In the Reader Attributes panel, click the large button and open the Stop.png image.

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  7. Add a Resize node next to the output of the Stop.png Reader node. Set the size to 300x300.

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  8. In the Left Toolbar, click the Compose Nodes button, and from the Compose Group drag and drop the Transform icon into the Node Graph, to the right of the Resize node in the Stop.png branch.

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  9. From the Compose Nodes group drag and drop the Mix icon to the right of the Resize node in the Wall_Brick.png branch. The Mix icon autoconnects to the Resize node. Drag the node to the right.

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  10. In the Node Graph, click the Img output socket of the Transform node, and drag it to the empty (-) input socket in the Mix node.

  11. In the Mix Attributes Panel, set the Mix method to comp_over.

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  12. Select the Transform node and set it as the Active Node by pressing the A key. Make sure that the Mix node is still the Display Node, if not, select the Mix node and press the D key.
    Tip: The Active node has a green fill color. The Display node has a red thick border.

  13. In the image viewport, click and drag the Transform Manipulator from an arrow to move the Stop image. Click and drag the arc circle areas to rotate the image, and click and drag the rectangles to scale the image.

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  14. In the Main menu, go to File > Save Display Image. Save the image:

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