[Bf-committers] Compositor nodes-rerouting

François T. francoistarlier at gmail.com
Thu Sep 1 22:17:54 CEST 2011


what is this frame thing you guys are talking about, I don't see what you
are talking about ?

talking about groups, any reason why the expand is blocking everything else
?

cheers,

F.


2011/9/1 Lukas Tönne <lukas.toenne at googlemail.com>

> > Isn't that basically how group nodes work?
>
> Sorry, going a bit OT here :)
>
> No, the frame nodes are a new (experimental) feature purely for layout
> organization. Groups on the other hand allow instancing (use in
> multiple places), but they are more work to set up and only one of
> them can be edited at a time (currently).
>
> The idea of frame is to separate the layout part from the instancing
> functionality. If you want to group nodes to make your tree more
> easily navigatable you can use a frame. If you want to create a
> complex setup that can be reused (often called an "asset") you use a
> node group.
>
> That concept is not totally smooth yet, both the old group nodes and
> the frames need a bit of testing, discussion and work, but let's do
> that in another thread :)
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