Source node
Superellipse
A squircle: a shape that lives between a rectangle and an ellipse. Inner Ratio tunes how square or how round it feels, the same silhouette you see on app icons.
What it does
Superellipse 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
Sweep Inner Ratio with an LFO to morph a circle into a rounded square and back.
LFOSuperellipse (Inner Ratio)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 |
|---|---|---|
| shape | Circle, Ellipse, Rectangle, Rounded Rect, Triangle, Polygon, Star, Ring … | 15 |
| width | 16 to 4096 | 1024 |
| height | 16 to 4096 | 1024 |
| size x | 0.01 to 1 | 0.349999994 |
| size y | 0.01 to 1 | 0.349999994 |
| inner ratio | 0.05 to 1 | 0.5 |
| rotation | -180 to 180 | 0 |
| pos x | 0 to 1 | 0.5 |
| pos y | 0 to 1 | 0.5 |
| fill opacity | 0 to 1 | 1 |
| stroke width | 0 to 0.1 | 0 |
| feather | 0 to 0.1 | 0.00499999989 |
| bg opacity | 0 to 1 | 0 |
Example patch
This patch wires Superellipse 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
# Superellipse: a starting patch for the Superellipse node
node 1 Source Superellipse
id node
pos 520 300
end
node 2 Utility Output
id out
pos 1080 300
end
cable out 0 node