Compositing node

Group

A resizable, colored backdrop for organizing the node editor — not a functional processing node, it has no output of its own. Any node sitting inside it gets dragged along when you move the group's header.

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The Group node in Infinite, showing its controls and output.

What it does

Group is a compositing node: it layers, masks and routes pictures. It has no input and gives picture out, so it starts a chain.

Try it

Wrap a whole "generator" section of a big patch in a Group so you can drag the entire subsystem around at once.

Inputs and outputs

Inputs

  • None. It starts a chain.

Outputs

  • picture out

Example patch

This patch wires Group 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
rev 2
# Group: a starting patch for the Group node
node 1 Compositing Group
  id node
  pos 520 300
end
node 2 Utility Output
  id out
  pos 1080 300
end
cable out 0 node

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