Sidebar

Node

Reference

Panel:

Sidebar ‣ Node

Node tab with a compositing Render Layers node selected.

Node

Name

A unique node identifier inside this node tree.

Label

Nodes can be given a title by modifying the text field.

Color

By default, the node’s background color is defined by the user theme. This color can be overridden by selecting a custom color in this panel. Custom node colors can be used to provide a visual cue to help distinguish some nodes from others. The button to the right of the checkbox lets you save colors as presets for reusing later on (much like a palette).

Color

Color of the node background.

• Node Color Specials

  This menu contains Operators for working with nodes with custom colors.

  • Copy Color

    Copies the color of the Active node and applies it to all selected nodes.

Properties

The properties that are shown depend on the type of node selected, e.g. a Mix node has different properties than a Mask node.

Tool

Reference

Panel:

Sidebar region ‣ Tool

Active Tool

The info in this panel changes with the selected tool.

View

Reference

Panel:

Sidebar region ‣ View

Annotations

You can select the Annotate tool in the Toolbar to make annotations in the node editor. See Annotate Tool for more info.