Basic Shape

Description

This effect draws either circles or polygons at the coordinates contained in the input array. The shapes’ fill and border colors and size can be modified as can the number of sides of the polygons.

Properties

Array properties

Any properties in the input array that matches the name of these properties will be used and displayed accordingly.
These properties can also be shown as inputs on the node by toggling the icon.
In the dropdown menu you can choose how values from the array interact with values from the Editor panel or the input between : Replace, Add or Multiply.
More information can be found on the GPU Multi category page.

• X : Sets the X value for the coordinates of the effect.
  Default : WIDTH ÷ 2

• Y : Sets the Y value for the coordinates of the effect.
  Default : HEIGHT ÷ 2

• Size X : Sets the size of the shapes along the X axis
  Default : WIDTH ÷ 10

• Size Y : Sets the size of the shapes along the Y axis
  Default : HEIGHT ÷ 10

• Rotation : Applies a rotation to the shape. Evidently, applying a rotation to a circle-type shape will not produce any visible effect.
  Default : 0.0

• Border Width : Sets the size of the borders of the shapes
  Default : 0.0

• Angle Part : Defines the part of the shape to draw, as an angle. Operates between 0 (no shape at all) and 1 (full shape). Values in between will draw a certain pie-portion of the shape.
  Default : 1.0

• Fill Color : Sets the color for the fill in the shapes
  Default : White 255 / 255 / 255 / 255

• Border Color : Sets the color for the borders of the shapes
  Default : Red 255 / 0 / 0 / 255

Global properties

• Sides : Sets the number of sides. Applies only to Polygon shapes.
  Default : 6

• Shape Softness : Sets a softness on the edges of the shape. Operates between 0 (no softness, sharp edges) and 1 (much softness). Values over 1 will increase the softness a bit more until it reaches a soft limit and has no further visible effect.
  Default : 0.0

• Border Softness : Sets a softness on the borders. A value of 0 means no softness and the border edges are sharp. It also shows the real result of the border width. Values above 0 will add a softness and expand the borders outwards. There is no limit to this and the value can be increased until it fills the entire screen.
  Default : 0.0

Options

• Shape : Choose the shape to draw. Choices are : Circle or Polygon
  Default : Circle

Inputs

This lists only the inputs present by default at the creation of the node. The inputs that appear can be tuned by toggling the button in the Editor panel.

Outputs

Example

• Size X : 100
• Size Y : 100
• Rotation : Animated with an LFO between 0 and 180
• Border Width : 25
• Angle Part : 1
• FIll Color : White 255 / 255 / 255 / 255
• Border Color : Modulo Blue 0 / 153 / 255 / 255
• Shape : Polygon
• Sides : 8
• Shape Softness : 0.25
• Border Softness : 0.25