Field Pixel node: controls, inputs and a free patch

Field Pixel

Runs your kernel once per pixel, compiled straight to a real GPU shader — an image generator or effect you write from scratch instead of picking off a shelf. It can declare its own state, a persistent texture it remembers between frames, so feedback-style effects that need memory are possible in one self-contained node.

What it does

Field Pixel is a source node: it makes a picture from nothing, so it sits at the start of a visual chain. It has no input and gives picture out, so it starts a chain.

Try it

Write a kernel that reads its own state and blends in the new frame for a self-contained feedback trail in one node.

FieldPixel Bloom Output

Inputs and outputs

Inputs

None. It starts a chain.

Outputs

picture out

Controls

Every control with a range can be driven by a modulator, a note, an audio level or a sketch.

Control	Range or options	Default
width	16 to 4096	1024
height	16 to 4096	1024
animate	on or off	on
expose state texture output	on or off	off

Example patch

This patch wires Field Pixel to what it needs and shows the result. Download it, then use File, Open in Infinite, or read it here: it is plain text.

infinite-patch 1
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# Field Pixel: a starting patch for the Field Pixel node
node 1 Source FieldPixel
  id node
  pos 520 300
end
node 2 Utility Output
  id out
  pos 1080 300
end
cable out 0 node