Text node: controls, inputs and a free patch

What it does

Text 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

Drop a title at the top of your Layer Stack and hit it with Bloom for a glowing lower-third.

Text Bloom Layer Stack

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
size	8 to 300	160
tracking	-10 to 40	0
pos x	0 to 1	0.5
pos y	0 to 1	0.5
align	Left, Center, Right, Justified	1
scale x	0.1 to 4	1
scale y	0.1 to 4	1
word wrap	on or off	off
outline	0 to 20	0
width	16 to 4096	1024
height	16 to 4096	1024

Example patch

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