Notch Reference Manual

Freehand Mask

Method

This node allows a black and white mask to be sketched by clicking and dragging with the left most button in the viewport. When the right button is pressed the mask is cleared.

Processed texture
Example Nodegraph

Attributes

Name Description
Active Turn the effect on or off. Values < 0.1 will turn the effect off, and deferred rendering must be on.
Preview In Viewport Preview the effect blended with alpha in the viewport.
Preview Alpha In Viewport Preview the alpha values in the viewport.
Width The resolution of the effect along its width.
Height The resolution of the effect along its height.
Update Time Mode Change how the effect is generated with respect to the scene’s timecode.
  • Locked To Timecode, The effect is locked to the time code.
  • Running / Loopable, The effect is generated seperated to the timecode.
Static Image (Process Only Once) Only process the image once, making a more efficient scene. Animated Post-FX nodes will not function with this enabled.
Feather Makes a blur which follows around the edges of the curve mask shape.
Animate Points Allows the points to be keyframe animatable.
Show Point Properties Shows the position and bezier controls for all the points individually in the property window.
Editor Colour Change the colour of the curve mask line, visualised in the viewport.

Rendering

Name Description
Colour Add a colour filter over the image.
Blend Amount The amount the generator is blended with the output.
Blend Mode Choose how the image blends with the scene. See Blend Modes for details.

Contours

Contains an array of all the points included to create the mask, for internal use.

Inputs

Name Description Typical Node Input
Colour Ramp Specifies a range of colours the generator can use. Colour Ramp
Transform Modifier Links all transform properties to the input node. Null
Target Node Always faces the x-axis towards the inputs anchor point. Null
Local Transform Override Override the transformation values of the node, relative to its parent. Null

Outputs

Can be connected to any node which requires an image input.