Enhancing Workflow

Some nodes in the Other category of the Nodes toolbar are used to enhance the workflow. The StickyNote node is used to add notes to the Node bpanel. The notes can be text or HTML markup. Generally, they are used as annotations to other nodes in the Node Graph panel. You can use the Dot node to make bends in the connecting pipes. It helps you in organizing your script better. The PostageStamp node is used to display a thumbnail render of the output at the current frame. This node does not alter the data stream. The nodes used to enhance the workflow are discussed next.

Using the StickyNote Node
The StickyNote node is used to add annotation to nodes in the Node Graph panel. To add a note to the Node Graph panel, click on the area of the Node Graph panel where you need to add a note. Next, choose the Other button from the Nodes toolbar; the Other menu will be displayed. Now, choose StickyNote from the menu; the note will be displayed in the Node Graph panel. To change the note text, enter new text in the label field of the StickyNote# node properties panel. You can also enter HTML markup such as <b> your_note_text_here </b> for note to appear in bold or <i> your_note_text_here </i> for note to appear in italics in the Node Graph panel. You can also add an image to your note. To do so, use <img src=”your_logo.png”/> HTML markup.

Note: The commonly used image formats can be used for the logo but using the png format is highly recommended. Also, you need to save the image files in the plug-in path directory (C:\Program Files\Nuke7.0v4\plugins) in order to make images appear on the notes.

The Precomp node is also used to enhance the workflow. To know more about this node, click here. The Dot node is used to create bend in the pipes that connects two nodes. This node helps in organizing the node network in the Node Graph panel. To know the use of this node, click here.

This article is taken from the Nuke Book: The Foundry Nuke 7 for Compositors.