Node reference

Time nodes

AppendClip

The inputs' clips one after another, with dissolves and fades.

Inputs: input (optional); more as you connect them.

Setting	Default	Range or choices	What it does
fade in	0	0 to 50	Frames fading in from black at the start.
fade out	0	0 to 50	Frames fading out to black at the end.
dissolve	0	0 to 50	Frames each clip overlaps and blends into the next.
first frame	1	0 to 2000	The frame where the first clip starts.

DeInterlace

The odd lines rebuilt from the even ones around them.

Inputs: input.

No settings.

FieldSelect

One field (odd or even lines), its lines doubled.

Inputs: input.

Setting	Default	Range or choices	What it does
Field	Odd	Odd, Even	Which lines are kept; the others are copied from them.

FrameBlend

Averages several frames: the current one and those before it, or a fixed range.

Inputs: input, mask (optional).

Setting	Default	Range or choices	What it does
frames	5	1 to 50	How many frames are averaged: the current one and those before it.
start frame	-1	-1 to 200	With custom range: the first frame averaged.
end frame	-1	-1 to 200	With custom range: the last frame averaged.
custom range	off		Blend startframe..endframe instead.
invert mask	off		Use 1 - the mask's alpha.
mix	1	0 to 1	How much of the result shows over the input: 0 is the input, 1 the full effect.

FrameHold

Holds the input at a frame (firstFrame); with an increment, it takes a new frame every increment frames.

Inputs: input.

Setting	Default	Range or choices	What it does
first frame	1	1 to 100	The frame held (the first one with an increment).
increment	0	0 to 10	0: always firstFrame. n: firstFrame, then every n frames the frame then.
rounding	Whole frames	Whole frames, Fractional time	Whole frames: the input time is rounded to a frame. Fractional: subframes pass through.

FrameRange

Sets the clip's frame range (what follows uses it); the pictures pass through.

Inputs: input.

Setting	Default	Range or choices	What it does
frame range	0	0 to 200	The clip's first frame (used with last frame unless last frame is -123).
last frame	-123	-200 to 200	Nuke's default -123 means the input's own range.

MotionBlur

Blurs the picture along its own motion (found by optical flow), as a camera shutter would.

Inputs: Source, Matte (optional).

Setting	Default	Range or choices	What it does
shutter samples	3	2 to 32	Places averaged along each pixel's path.
shutter time	0.75	0 to 2	How long the shutter stays open, in frames (0.5: a 180 degree shutter).
resample type	Bilinear	Bilinear, Lanczos4, Lanczos6	Nuke's (kept): ours samples bilinearly.
method	Regularized	Regularized, Local	Regularized: smoother vectors; Local: more local detail.
vector detail	0.3	0.05 to 1	How finely the motion is followed (1: a vector per pixel).
strength	1.5	0 to 5	How much the vectors are smoothed.
vector detail (local)	0.2	0.05 to 1	With the Local method: how finely the motion is followed (1: a vector per pixel).
smoothness (local)	0.5	0 to 2	With the Local method: how much the vectors are smoothed.
matte	None	None, Source Alpha, Source Inverted Alpha, Matte Luminance, Matte Inverted Luminance, Matte Alpha, Matte Inverted Alpha	Nuke's matte to separate foreground motion (kept; not used yet).
flicker compensation	off		Nuke's (kept): brightness changes between frames are already discounted here.

2D Motion Blur

Type name: MotionBlur2D (scripts, MCP and Nuke import use it).

Motion vectors from the 2D transform upstream, over the shutter, for VectorBlur.

Inputs: input.

Setting	Default	Range or choices	What it does
Output UV	motion		The layer the vectors are written to, as its .u and .v channels.
Shutter	0.5	0 to 2	How long the shutter stays open, in frames: the vectors are the motion over that time.
Shutter Offset	start	centred, start, end, custom	Where the shutter opens: at the frame (start), half a shutter before (centred), a whole one before (end), or at the custom offset.
shuttercustomoffset	0	-1 to 1	With a custom shutter offset, when the shutter opens, in frames from this one.

Whole Frames

Type name: NoTimeBlur (scripts, MCP and Nuke import use it).

Upstream rendered at whole frames: sub-frame requests (motion blur) don't reach it.

Inputs: input.

Setting	Default	Range or choices	What it does
rounding	rint	rint, floor, ceil, none	How the frame asked for becomes the frame read upstream: nearest whole frame, down, up, or none (as asked).
use single frame	on		Nuke's (kept; not used yet).

OpticalFlow

Retimes the input (slow or fast motion, or any frame), building the frames in between by optical flow (Nuke's Kronos and OFlow2).

Inputs: Source, Matte (optional).

Setting	Default	Range or choices	What it does
input first	1	1 to 200	The input's first frame: speeds count from it.
input last	100	1 to 200	The input's last frame, kept from Nuke scripts; the timing doesn't use it.
channels	all		Nuke's (kept): every channel is retimed.
method	Motion	Frame, Blend, Motion	Frame: the nearest frame. Blend: the two around mixed. Motion: both warped along the optical flow, then mixed.
timing	Output Speed	Output Speed, Input Speed, Frame	A speed (0.5: half speed), or which source frame each output frame shows.
output speed	0.5	0 to 4	Source frames per output frame (0.5: half speed, 2: twice as fast); it may be animated.
input speed	0.5	0 to 4	Source frames per output frame (0.5: half speed), as output speed; it may be animated.
frame	1	1 to 200	The source frame shown (animate it).
resample type	Bilinear	Bilinear, Lanczos4, Lanczos6	Nuke's (kept): ours samples bilinearly.
shutter samples	1	1 to 16	How many frames are built across the shutter and averaged (1: no motion blur).
shutter time	0	0 to 2	Motion blur: source frames averaged around each output frame, times the speed.
automatic shutter time	off		Nuke's (kept; not used yet).
output	Result	Result, Matte, Foreground, Background	Nuke's (kept): ours outputs the result.
weight red	0.3	0 to 1	Nuke's luminance weight for red (kept; not used yet).
weight green	0.6	0 to 1	Nuke's luminance weight for green (kept; not used yet).
weight blue	0.1	0 to 1	Nuke's luminance weight for blue (kept; not used yet).
method	Regularized	Regularized, Local	Regularized: smoother vectors; Local: more local detail.
vector detail	0.3	0.05 to 1	How finely the motion is followed (1: a vector per pixel).
strength	1.5	0 to 5	How much the vectors are smoothed.
vector detail (local)	0.2	0.05 to 1	With the Local method: how finely the motion is followed (1: a vector per pixel).
smoothness (local)	0.5	0 to 2	With the Local method: how much the vectors are smoothed.
matte	None	None, Source Alpha, Source Inverted Alpha, Matte Luminance, Matte Inverted Luminance, Matte Alpha, Matte Inverted Alpha	Nuke's matte to separate foreground motion (kept; not used yet).
flicker compensation	off		Nuke's (kept): brightness changes between frames are already discounted here.

Retime

Plays the input range over the output range at a speed (2: twice as fast), with what happens before and after it.

Inputs: input.

Setting	Default	Range or choices	What it does
input first	1	1 to 200	The first frame of the input range.
input last	100	1 to 200	The last frame of the input range.
output first	1	1 to 200	The output frame where the input's first frame is shown.
output last	100	1 to 200	The output frame where the input's last frame is shown, when locked; otherwise the speed decides.
lock output last	off		On: the output range sets the speed. Off: the speed sets it.
speed	1	0.1 to 4	Input frames per output frame.
reverse	off		Play the input range backwards, from its last frame to its first.
before	hold	continue, loop, bounce, hold, black	Before the input range: hold its first frame, loop or bounce the range, black, or continue reading.
after	hold	continue, loop, bounce, hold, black	After the input range: hold its last frame, loop or bounce the range, black, or continue reading.
filter	box	none, nearest, box	In-between times: none (the input's own subframe), nearest, box (the input averaged over speed x shutter frames, as in Nuke).
shutter	1	0 to 2	Box filter: how many output frames of input time are averaged.

RollingShutter

Straightens a rolling shutter's lean (phones, most CMOS cameras): each row moved to where its content was at the reference row's moment, along the plate's own motion.

Inputs: img.

Setting	Default	Range or choices	What it does
readout	0.5	0 to 1	Frames from the top row to the bottom one (a phone: about 0.3 to 0.7; the camera tracker's rolling shutter option can solve it).
reference	middle	top, middle, bottom	The row left as it is; the others are moved to its moment.
method	Regularized	Regularized, Local	Regularized: smoother vectors; Local: more local detail.
vector detail	0.3	0.05 to 1	How finely the motion is followed (1: a vector per pixel).
strength	1.5	0 to 5	How much the vectors are smoothed.
vector detail (local)	0.2	0.05 to 1	With the Local method: how finely the motion is followed (1: a vector per pixel).
smoothness (local)	0.5	0 to 2	With the Local method: how much the vectors are smoothed.
matte	None	None, Source Alpha, Source Inverted Alpha, Matte Luminance, Matte Inverted Luminance, Matte Alpha, Matte Inverted Alpha	Nuke's matte to separate foreground motion (kept; not used yet).
flicker compensation	off		Nuke's (kept): brightness changes between frames are already discounted here.

Detail Vectors

Type name: SmartVector (scripts, MCP and Nuke import use it).

Vectors for VectorDistort: the frame-to-frame motion (forward.u/v, backward.u/v) on the image.

Inputs: Source, Matte (optional).

Setting	Default	Range or choices	What it does
method	Regularized	Regularized, Local	Regularized: smoother vectors; Local: more local detail.
vector detail	0.3	0.05 to 1	How finely the motion is followed (1: a vector per pixel).
strength	1.5	0 to 5	How much the vectors are smoothed.
vector detail (local)	0.2	0.05 to 1	With the Local method: how finely the motion is followed (1: a vector per pixel).
smoothness (local)	0.5	0 to 2	With the Local method: how much the vectors are smoothed.
matte	None	None, Source Alpha, Source Inverted Alpha, Matte Luminance, Matte Inverted Luminance, Matte Alpha, Matte Inverted Alpha	Nuke's matte to separate foreground motion (kept; not used yet).
flicker compensation	off		Nuke's (kept): brightness changes between frames are already discounted here.
output	Background	Foreground, Background	Nuke's, with a matte (kept; not used yet).
frame distance	6	1 to 64	Nuke's vectors' furthest frame distance (kept; ours are frame to frame).
inpainting	off		Nuke's (kept; not used yet).
matte dilation	50	0 to 200	Nuke's (kept; not used yet).

TemporalMedian

Per pixel the median of the frames before, at and after; only values further than core from it change.

Inputs: input, mask (optional).

Setting	Default	Range or choices	What it does
channels	all	rgba, rgb, alpha, all	The channels the node changes; the others pass through.
core	0.05	0 to 1	Per channel, how far a value may be from the median before it is replaced by it.
invert mask	off		Use 1 - the mask's alpha.
mix	1	0 to 1	How much of the result shows over the input: 0 is the input, 1 the full effect.

TimeBlend

The average of a few frames ending at this one.

Inputs: input.

Setting	Default	Range or choices	What it does
frames	2	1 to 20	How many frames (ours: Nuke's dump shows no knob).

TimeBlur

Motion blur from time: the input rendered several times over the shutter and averaged.

Inputs: input.

Setting	Default	Range or choices	What it does
divisions	10	1 to 50	Renders averaged over the shutter.
shutter	0.5	0 to 2	Shutter length in frames.
shutter offset	start	centred, start, end, custom	Where the shutter opens: at the frame (start), around it (centred), before it (end), or at the custom offset.
custom offset	0	-1 to 1	Frames from the current one to where the shutter opens.

TimeClip

The input's frames first to last as a clip: placed in time, reversed, faded, with black, a hold, a loop or a bounce before and after.

Inputs: input.

Setting	Default	Range or choices	What it does
first	1	0 to 200	The clip's first frame (of the input).
last	100	0 to 200	The clip's last frame (of the input).
before	black	hold, loop, bounce, black	What shows before the clip.
after	black	hold, loop, bounce, black	What shows after the clip.
frame mode	expression	expression, start at, offset	start at: the clip's first frame shows at `frame`. offset: frame f shows the input's f + `frame`. expression: `frame` is the input frame (empty: the same frame).
frame			A frame, or an expression of frame.
reverse	off		Plays the clip backwards.
fade in	0	0 to 50	Frames over which the clip fades in from black.
fade in type	soft	soft, linear	linear: a straight ramp over the fade in frames; soft: an eased ramp (squared).
fade out	0	0 to 50	Frames over which the clip fades out to black.
fade out type	soft	soft, linear	linear: a straight ramp over the fade out frames; soft: an eased ramp (squared).

TimeDissolve

Input 1 until in, input 2 from out, a dissolve between.

Inputs: 1, 2 (optional).

Setting	Default	Range or choices	What it does
in	1	1 to 100	The frame the dissolve starts at: input 1 alone until then.
out	10	1 to 100	The frame the dissolve ends at: input 2 alone from then on.
lut	curve {}		The dissolve's shape: from in (0) to out (1), how much of input 2.

TimeEcho

Merges the current frame with those before it (plus, max or average).

Inputs: input.

Setting	Default	Range or choices	What it does
mode	Max	Plus, Max, Average	How the frames merge: Plus sums them (no clamp), Max keeps the largest, Average divides the sum as Nuke does.
frames behind	1	0 to 20	How many frames are merged, the current one included (rounded down).
frames fade	1	0 to 20	Over how many frames the oldest ones fade out (Nuke's; 1 or less: no fade).

TimeOffset

Moves the input in time: +10 shows the input's frame 1 at frame 11.

Inputs: input.

Setting	Default	Range or choices	What it does
time offset	0	-100 to 100	Frames the input moves later (negative: earlier); its frame range moves with it.
rounding	Whole frames	Whole frames, Fractional time	Whole frames: the input time is rounded to a frame. Fractional: subframes pass through.

TimeShift

Nuke's older retime: an input range mapped onto an output range at a speed, held, looped or bounced outside.

Inputs: input.

Setting	Default	Range or choices	What it does
in start	1	0 to 1000	The first input frame of the range, shown at the output start.
before	hold	continue, loop, bounce, hold, black	Before the input range: hold its first frame, loop or bounce the range, black, or continue reading.
end	100	0 to 1000	The last input frame of the range.
after	hold	continue, loop, bounce, hold, black	After the input range: hold its last frame, loop or bounce the range, black, or continue reading.
out start	1	0 to 1000	The output frame where the input start is shown.
enable	off		With the output end's enable on too, the speed is set so the input end lands on the output end.
end	100	0 to 1000	The output frame where the input end is shown, when both enables are on.
enable	off		With the output start's enable on too, the speed is set so the input end lands on the output end.
speed	1	-4 to 4	Input frames per output frame; negative plays backwards. Ignored when both enables are on.
filter	none	none, nearest, box	How pixels are resampled when the picture moves or scales.
shutter	0.5	0 to 1	Nuke's (kept; not used yet).

TimeWarp

Shows the input at the time a curve gives: animate lookup (output frame -> input frame) to speed up, slow down, hold or reverse.

Inputs: input.

Setting	Default	Range or choices	What it does
lookup	0	0 to 200	The input frame shown at each output frame (a new TimeWarp: the frame itself).
length	1	0 to 4	Input frames each output frame spans from its lookup (box averages them; Nuke's).
filter	box	none, nearest, box	none: the exact time; nearest: one whole frame; box: the frames the span covers, averaged.

VectorDistort

Carries a fix painted on the reference frame through the shot along the plate's motion (src: the fix; vectors: SmartVector's output, or the plate itself).

Inputs: src, vectors.

Setting	Default	Range or choices	What it does
reference frame	1	1 to 100	The frame the fix was painted on.
hold frame	on		src is taken at the reference frame.
frame distance	1 frame	1 frame, 2 frames, 4 frames, 8 frames, 16 frames, 32 frames, 64 frames	Nuke's (kept): ours goes straight to the reference frame, or a frame at a time along given vectors.
output	warped src	warped src, st-map, st-map inverse	warped src: the fix moved to this frame; st-map: each pixel's place at the reference frame (in R and G, as STMap reads it); st-map inverse: the other way round.
blur size	0	0 to 10	Nuke's (kept; not used yet).
channels	rgba	rgb, rgba, alpha, all	rgb, rgba, alpha, all, or a layer (depth) or channel by name, as Nuke's.
vector filter	cubic	impulse, cubic, Keys, Simon, Rifman, Mitchell, Parzen, notch, Lanczos4, Lanczos6, sinc4	Nuke's (kept): ours is bilinear.
image filter	cubic	impulse, cubic, Keys, Simon, Rifman, Mitchell, Parzen, notch, Lanczos4, Lanczos6, sinc4	Nuke's (kept): ours is bilinear.
method	Regularized	Regularized, Local	Regularized: smoother vectors; Local: more local detail.
vector detail	0.3	0.05 to 1	How finely the motion is followed (1: a vector per pixel).
strength	1.5	0 to 5	How much the vectors are smoothed.
vector detail (local)	0.2	0.05 to 1	With the Local method: how finely the motion is followed (1: a vector per pixel).
smoothness (local)	0.5	0 to 2	With the Local method: how much the vectors are smoothed.
matte	None	None, Source Alpha, Source Inverted Alpha, Matte Luminance, Matte Inverted Luminance, Matte Alpha, Matte Inverted Alpha	Nuke's matte to separate foreground motion (kept; not used yet).
flicker compensation	off		Nuke's (kept): brightness changes between frames are already discounted here.

Motion Vectors

Type name: VectorGenerator (scripts, MCP and Nuke import use it).

Motion vectors: forward.u/v, where each pixel goes in the next frame, and backward.u/v, where it was in the previous one (optical flow).

Inputs: Source, Matte (optional).

Setting	Default	Range or choices	What it does
method	Regularized	Regularized, Local	Regularized: smoother vectors; Local: more local detail.
vector detail	0.3	0.05 to 1	How finely the motion is followed (1: a vector per pixel).
strength	1.5	0 to 5	How much the vectors are smoothed.
vector detail (local)	0.2	0.05 to 1	With the Local method: how finely the motion is followed (1: a vector per pixel).
smoothness (local)	0.5	0 to 2	With the Local method: how much the vectors are smoothed.
matte	None	None, Source Alpha, Source Inverted Alpha, Matte Luminance, Matte Inverted Luminance, Matte Alpha, Matte Inverted Alpha	Nuke's matte to separate foreground motion (kept; not used yet).
flicker compensation	off		Nuke's (kept): brightness changes between frames are already discounted here.
output	Foreground	Foreground, Background	Nuke's, with a matte (kept; not used yet).

VectorToMotion

Forward vectors into the motion layer, scaled.

Inputs: input.

No settings.