Function Nodes Overview

This page provides a full overview of all function nodes and explains color coding used for Function Data Types.You can click through to more detailed pages with further explanations.

These function nodes are accessible by right-clicking in the graph function editor, and choosing Element, by pressing Spacebar or Tab in a function, or through the Functions section of the Library.

Color Coding

Function Nodes and their Link wires are Color Coded according to the following scheme:

Float Colors

Float (1)

Lime Green

Float2

Flat green

Float3

Light Blue

Float4

Flat Blue

Integer Colors

Integer(1)

Flat Yellow

Integer2

Warm Yellow

Integer3

Orange

Integer4

Flat Red

Other Colors

Boolean

White

String

Lila

Node List

Element	Type	Input	Output	Description
Constant	Float	-	Float	Defines a constant floating value, eg 0.1
	Float2	-	Float2	Defines a constant vector of 2 floating values, eg (0.1, 0.2)
	Float3	-	Float3	Defines a constant vector of 3 floating values, eg (0.1, 0.2, 0.3)
	Float4	-	Float4	Defines a constant vector of 4 floating values, eg (0.1, 0.2, 0.3, 0.4)
	Integer	-	Integer	Defines a constant integer value, eg 1
	Integer2	-	Integer2	Defines a constant vector of 2 integer values, eg (1, 2)
	Integer3	-	Integer3	Defines a constant vector of 3 integer values, eg (1, 2, 3)
	Integer4	-	Integer4	Defines a constant vector of 4 integer values, eg (1, 2, 3 ,4)
	Boolean	-	Boolean	Defines a constant boolean value, eg True, or False
	String	-	String	Defines a constant String value, eg "Substance"
Vector	Vector Float2	Float1	Float 2	Casts 2 floating values in a vector with 2 coordinates
	Vector Float3	Float1 / Float2	Float 3	Casts 2 floating values in a vector with 3 coordinates
	Vector Float4	Float1 / 2 / 3	Float 4	Casts 2 floating values in a vector with 4 coordinates
	Swizzle Float1	Vector Float	Float1	Extracts a floating coordinate from a vector
	Swizzle Float2	Vector Float	Float2	Extracts 2 floating coordinates from a vector
	Swizzle Float3	Vector Float	Float3	Extracts 3 floating coordinates from a vector
	Swizzle Float4	Vector Float	Float4	Extracts 4 floating coordinates from a vector
	Vector Integer2	Integer2	Vector Integer2	Casts 2 integer values in a vector with 2 coordinates
	Vector Integer3	Integer3	Integer3	Casts 2 integer values in a vector with 3 coordinates
	Vector Integer4	Integer4	Integer4	Casts 2 integer values in a vector with 4 coordinates
	Swizzle Integer1	Vector Integer	Integer1	Extracts an integer coordinate from a vector
	Swizzle Integer2	Vector Integer	Integer2	Extracts 2 integer coordinates from a vector
	Swizzle Integer3	Vector Integer	Integer3	Extracts 3 integer coordinates from a vector
	Swizzle Integer4	Vector Integer	Integer4	Extracts 4 integer coordinates from a vector
Variables	Set	any	input type	Sets a variable
	Get Integer1	-	Integer1	Get a function or graph Integer value input
	Get Integer2	-	Integer2	Get a function or graph Integer2 value input
	Get Integer3	-	Integer3	Get a function or graph Integer3 value input
	Get Integer4	-	Integer4	Get a function or graph Integer4 value input
	Get Float1	-	Float1	Get a function or graph floating value input
	Get Float2	-	Float2	Get a function or graph Float2 value input
	Get Float3	-	Float3	Get a function or graph Float3 value input
	Get Float4	-	Float4	Get a function or graph Float4 value input
	Get Boolean	-	Boolean	Get a function or graph boolean value input
Samplers	Sample Grey	Vector Float2	Float4	Returns the greyscale value of an input image at the given UV coordinates (float2)
	Sample Color	Vector Float2	Float4	Returns the color value of an input image at the given UV coordinates (float2)
Cast	To Float	Integer1	Float1	Converts an integer in a float
	To Float2	Integer2	Float2	Converts an Integer2 in a Float2
	To Float3	Integer3	Float3	Converts an Integer3 in a Float3
	To Float4	Integer4	Float4	Converts an Integer4 in a Float4
	To Integer	Float1	Integer1	Converts a Float in an Integer
	To Integer2	Float2	Integer2	Converts a Float2 in an Integer2
	To Integer3	Float3	Integer3	Converts a Float3 in an Integer3
	To Integer4	Float4	Integer4	Converts a Float4 in an Integer4
Operator	Add	Vector Float / Integer	Type of a & b	Adds 2 values of the same type: a + b
	Subtraction	Vector Float / Integer	Type of a & b	Subtracts 2 values of the same type: a - b
	Multiplication	Vector Float / Integer	Type of a & b	Multiplies 2 values of the same type: a * b
	Scalar Multiplication	Vector Float	Type of a	Multiplies a value by a floating value: a * scalar
	Division	Float1 / Integer1	Type of a & b	Divides 2 values of the same type: a / b
	Negation	Float1 / Integer1	Type of a	Returns the negation value: -a
	Modulo	Float1 / Integer1	Type of a	Returns the modulo value: mod(a, divisor)
	Dot Product	Vector Float	Type of a & b	Returns the dot product of 2 values of the same type: dot(a, b)
Logical	And	Boolean	Boolean	Returns true if the 2 boolean entries are true. Returns false if one the entry is false.
	Or	Boolean	Boolean	Returns true if 1 of the boolean entries is true. Returns false if they are both false.
	Not	Boolean	Boolean	Returns the negation boolean of the entry: !a
Comparison	Equal	Float1 / Integer1	Boolean	Returns true if a = b
	Not Equal	Float1 / Integer1	Boolean	Returns true if a != b
	Greater	Float1 / Integer1	Boolean	Returns true if a > b
	Greater or Equal	Float1 / Integer1	Boolean	Returns true if a >= b
	Lower	Float1 / Integer1	Boolean	Returns true if a < b
	Lower or Equal	Float1 / Integer1	Boolean	Returns true if a <= b
Function	Absolute	Float1 / Integer1	Float1	Returns the absolute value of a: abs(a)
	Floor	Float1 / Integer1	Float1	Returns the highest value lower or equal to a: floor(a)
	Ceil	Float1 / Integer1	Float1	Returns the smallest value upper or equal to a: ceil(a)
	Cosine	Float1 / Integer1	Float1	Returns the cosine value of a: cos(a)
	Sine	Float1 / Integer1	Float1	Returns the sine value of a: sin(a)
	Tangent	Float1 / Integer1	Float1	Returns the tangent value of a: tan(a)
	Arc Tangent 2	Vector Float2	Float1	Returns the arc tan 2 value of a vector2 entry: arctan2(xa, ya)
	Cartesian	Float1	Float2	Converts 2 polar coordinates to cartesian coordinates: carth(rho, theta)
	Square Root	Float1 / Integer1	Float1	Returns the square root value of a
	Logarithmic	Float1 / Integer1	Float1	Returns the logarithmic value of a: log(a)
	Exponential	Float1 / Integer1	Float1	Returns the exponential value of a: exp(a)
	Pow 2	Float1 / Integer1	Float1	Returns the power of 2 value of a
	Linear Interpolation	Float1 / Integer1	Float1	Returns the linear interpolation between 2 values, depending on a floating value : (1-x)a + x * b
	Minimum	Float1 / Integer1	Type of a & b	Returns the minimum value between a and b
	Maximum	Float1 / Integer1	Type of a & b	Returns the maximum value between a and b
Random		Float1	Float1	Generates a floating value between 0 and a
Control	Sequence	any	Type of input	Allows to choose which value to compute first between 2 values.
	If...Else	Boolean / a & b	Type of a & b	Returns true if the condition in If is true. Returns false if it's false.