Popular TOPs
Texture operators (TOPs) are colored purple and manipulate 2D images and videos.
Basics
Null TOP
Provides a snapshot of sorts of a point within your network. Commonly used to help look at the effects of major changes later and remove them easily when necessary.
Constant TOP
Provides a solid color chosen by a color picker or RGB values. Can adjust transparency.
Noise TOP
For when you want some randomness.
Using absTime.seconds in different parameters can make this move!
Switch TOP
Takes in multiple texture operators (TOPS) and creates an array. A single element of the array can be accessed by the Switch TOP's Index parameter. ALSO, for TOPs, you can blend between each element. This is great for fading in and out images and videos or representing number values as shades of color.
Select TOP
Provides a visual "copy" that references another texture operator. This is great for large projects where you are referencing TOPs in other areas far from the one you need it for.
Click and drag the original TOP into the Select TOP or type in the original TOP's name in the Select TOP's parameter.
Effects
Level TOP
Where you access elements such as contrast, brightness, gamma, etc.
Blur TOP
Adds Blur
Crop TOP
Crops image
Mirror TOP
Mirrors part of the image.
Shapes / Primitives / Transforms
Circle TOP, Rectangle TOP, Text TOP
Creates shapes or text
Transform TOP
Manipulates position, rotation, scale, etc.
Images and Videos
Movie File In TOP
Load any image or video. This banana image is a default image.
Movie File Out TOP
Exports animation, image, and video files.
Video Device In TOP
Webcam or any other camera attached.
Video Device Out TOP
A way to output to a video device.
Blending Modes
The best one is Composite TOP where you can choose the mode within the parameters, but TOPs exist for individual modes.
Composite TOP
Blends two TOP operators into a single image - similar to blending two Photoshop layers. The layer mode can be updated through the Operation parameter.
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