Affectors - Notch Reference Manual

Introduction
User Interface
- Resources Panel
- Properties Panel
- Viewport
- Nodegraph
- Timeline
- Curve Editor
- Other Windows
- Performance Panel
- Render Queue
- Exporting Video
Keyboard Shortcuts
Nodes
- Cameras
  - Camera
  - Camera Focus Target
  - Cylindrical Camera
  - Exposable Camera
  - Fisheye Camera
  - Hardware Tracking Camera
  - Multi Camera
  - Orbit Camera
  - Proxy Camera
  - Region Camera
  - Stereo Camera
  - UV Camera
  - VR 360 Camera
  - VR Headset Camera
- Cloning
  - Clone Cache
  - Clone To Image
  - Clone To Mesh
  - Clone To Particles
  - Clone To Point Cache
  - Clone To Procedurals
  - Clone To Spline
  - Clone To Transform Array
  - Clone To Volume
  - Cloner
  - Convert Geometry To Boxes
  - Random Cloner
  - Effectors
- Deformers
  - 3D Plasma Deformer
  - Chunk Effector Deformer
  - Colour Map Deformer
  - Colour Ramp Deformer
  - Cull Deformer
  - Curl Noise Deformer
  - Displacement Deformer
  - Displacement Map
  - Distortion Deformer
  - Face Tracking Deformer
  - FFT Deformer
  - Generate Fertilizer Times Deformer
  - Generate UVs
  - Generate Weightmap Deformer
  - MDD Deformer
  - Mirror Deformer
  - Ocean Wave Deformer
  - Particle Bone Deformer
  - Particle Mesh Deformer
  - Plain Deformer
  - Point Deformer
  - Quantise Deformer
  - Ripple Deformer
  - Sine Deformer
  - Smoothing Deformer
  - Spline Deformer
  - Taper Deformer
  - Turbulence Deformer
  - Twist Deformer
- Fields
  - Field Cache
  - Field Level Set Root
  - Field Root
  - Affectors
  - Deformers
    - Fbm Deformer
    - Sine Deformer
  - Emitters
  - Rendering
- Generators
  - Cells
  - Curve Mask
  - FFT Texture
  - Flat Colour
  - Fractal Noise
  - Freehand Mask
  - Gradient
  - Grid
  - MIDI Keyboard Texture
  - Noise
  - Plasma
  - Polygon
  - Star
  - Tile Sheet
  - Tiles
  - Truchet
  - Voronoi
- Geometry
  - 3D Object
  - Auto Bounding Box
  - Bone
  - Bounding Box
  - Combine Geometry
  - Convex Hull
  - Decal
  - Exposable Null
  - Extruded Spline
  - Face Tracking Geometry
  - Geometry Exporter
  - Geometry Network Receiver
  - Geometry Network Sender
  - IK Chain
  - Image Plane
  - Depth Camera / Kinect Mesh
  - Kinect1 Skeleton
  - Kinect2 Skeleton
  - Imported 3D Scene
  - Line Renderer
  - Lines
  - Mocap Stream
  - Node Trail
  - Null
  - Optitrack Mocap Skeleton
  - Perception Neuron Mocap Skeleton
  - Shape 3D
  - Shatter Primitive 3D
  - Skybox
  - Slice Geometry
  - Spline
  - Text
  - Transform Array
  - Transform Array Extractor
  - Tweening Null
  - XSens Mocap Skeleton
- Interactive
  - Artnet Recording Playback
  - Blacktrax Tracked Body
  - Blacktrax Transform Array
  - Clock Time Modifier
  - CSV/Table Transform Array
  - Hot Zone
  - Keyboard Modifier
  - Mouse Picker
  - RSS Feed Node
  - RSS Text Selector
  - TUIO Transform Array
  - VR Controller
  - VR Look-At Trigger
- Lighting
  - Ambient Light
  - Area Light
  - Area Lights From Polygons
  - Bake Lighting
  - Bake Lighting To Object
  - Directional Light
  - Environment Map
  - Fog Scattering
  - Light
  - Planar Environment Map
  - Planar Reflection
  - Point Cache
  - Point Lights From Vertices
  - Probe Lighting
  - Project Image
  - Screen Space Ambient Occlusion
  - Screen Space Reflections
  - Shadow Volume
  - Sky Light
  - Volumetric Lighting
  - Voxel Cone Lighting
- Logic
  - Execute Child Nodes
  - Jump to Time
  - Loop Time
  - Select Child Node
  - State Machine
  - State Machine Event
  - State Machine State
- Materials
  - Alpha Blend (Transparent) Material
  - Diffuse Material
  - Emissive Material
  - Global Material List
  - Metallic Material
  - Multi Material
  - Shadow Catcher Material
  - Material
  - Substance Material
- Modifiers
  - Accumulator
  - Beat Pulse Modifier
  - Combiner
  - Condition Modifier
  - Continuous Modifier
  - CSV/Table Read Modifier
  - Delay Value
  - Direction-Weighted Motion Modifier
  - Envelope Modifier
  - Expression
  - Extractor
  - FPS Counter Value
  - Gradient Remap Modifier
  - Input Selector Modifier
  - Limiter Modifier
  - MIDI Modifier
  - Math Modifier
  - OSC Modifier
  - Proximity Modifier
  - Quantise Modifier
  - Range Remap
  - Smooth Envelope Modifier
  - Sound Modifier
  - Speed Tracking Modifier
  - Triggerable Envelope Modifier
  - Video Sampler Modifier
- Nodes
  - Colour
  - Colour Ramp
  - Comment
  - CSV/Table Entry As Text
  - Debug Log
  - Image 2D
  - Image 2D Equirectangular
  - Image File Loader
  - Layer Precomp
  - Mapping
  - Motion Direction Follower
  - Motion Predictor
  - OSC Output
  - OSC Text String
  - Parent To Vertex
  - Region
  - Render Layer
  - Render To Surfaces
  - Render To Texture
  - Root
  - Screen Projection
  - Spline Follower
  - Time Counter As Text
  - Time Stretch
  - Timecode As Text
  - Triangle Octree Node
  - Value As Text
- Particles
  - Particle Bounding Box
  - Particle Cache
  - Particle Event
  - Particle Root
  - Affectors
  - Emitters
  - Rendering
  - Shading
- Physics
  - Physics / Rigid Body Root
  - Rigid Body
  - Rigid Body Collision Mesh
  - Rigid Body Depth Image
  - Rigid Body Force Affector
  - Rigid Body Procedural
- Post-FX
  - Antialiasing
    - FXAA Antialiasing
    - Temporal Antialiasing
  - Blur
  - Colour Processing
  - Distortion
  - Generators
  - Image Compression
    - Compress UV Animation
    - Decompress UV Animation
  - Image Processing
  - Stylisation
  - Warping
- Procedural
  - Procedural Root
  - Cloning
    - Clone
    - Mirror
    - Repeat
  - Displacement
  - Generators
  - Render Nodes
  - Texturing
    - Meshing Texture Map
  - CSG Operation
- Ray Tracing
  - RT Denoiser
  - RT Mirror Reflection
- Scripting
  - Javascript Node
- Shading Nodes
  - Fractal Noise Shading Node
  - Gradient Shading Node
  - Grid Shading Node
  - Noise Shading Node
  - Procedural Shading Node
  - Texture Shading Node
- Sound
  - Capture Sound
  - Play Sound
- Video Processing
  - Video Null
  - Depth Processing
    - Luminance From Depth
  - Feature Tracking
    - Face Tracker
  - Image Processing
  - Input Output
  - Motion Processing
    - Temporal Filter
    - Video Motion Blur
Blend Modes
Node Hierarchies
Javascript
- Anatomy of a Notch JS Script
- Adding a JS script to your scene
- Manipulating the scene with JS
- API Reference
Devices & Protocols
- ArtNet
- Audio Devices
- Intel Realsense 2.0 Camera Setup
- Kinect Setup
- NDI
- OSC
- Video Capture
- Web / HTTP API
Standalone
- Standalone – Multi-head Output
Media Servers
- Managing Performance in Media Servers
- Using Notch in 7thSense Delta
- Using Notch in Ai
- Using Notch in disguise (formerly d3)
- Using Notch in Hippotizer
- Exposing Attributes
- Proxy Block
Codemeter Licensing
VR
- Using Headset VR
- Creating VR / 360 Videos
Web GUI
FAQ
- Apple macOS Support
- Issues when installing or starting Notch
- Extending GPU Timeout Detection
- Multi-GPU
- Optimising 3D Scenes for Notch
- 0.9.22 Project Upgrade Guide
- Supported Video Codecs
Remote Network Editing
Release Notes
- Notch 0.9.22 Release Notes
NotchLC
- NotchLC Plugin for Adobe CC
- NotchLC for AVI & Legacy Quicktime
- NotchLC FAQs

Method

Affector nodes modify the velocities of voxels in a field. Affectors need to be connected to a Field Root, and they will only affect voxels within that field system (unless modified appropriately).

Gallery


Curl Noise Affector	Fluid Affector	Image Affector	Primitive Affector	Turbulence Affector

Velocity Affector	Vortex Affector

Field Root

3D Object Collision Affector