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1. Setting Movie Speed

   A new version announcement on Dec 3, 2012 said: "The latest version of NodeBox now has working movie export. The width / height of your canvas can be set under File Document Properties (the propertie…

   Charles McLane From the old forum

   1 reply

   5 Feb 2014 by Frederik

2. framerate :: thenth, hundredth?

   NodeBox's Viewer module/window can differenciate hundredths (0.01) whereas a movie export appears to respect integers only (1.00). To set the framerate for a movie export I use an additional "Divide"…

   thoolb From the old forum

   3 replies

   5 Feb 2014 by Frederik

3. number depends colors, on a gradient scale

   Hello there! I'm trying to get my colors to ramp on a red to blue scale depending on a number. The max and min values would be the true blue and red, respectively, while the median number grey. I've…

   Tehhrawr From the old forum

   2 replies

   5 Feb 2014 by Frederik

4. how can i add a custom node to the new node list?

   so that i can easily reuse it?

   gustaf From the old forum

   5 replies

   5 Feb 2014 by Frederik

5. Counting unique values in a list

   Hi guys, Picked up Nodebox again after a 2 year intermezzo. Been working my way through the tutorials (which is going well). But, please, help me out with this: How am I able to count every unique va…

   mark From the old forum

   3 replies

   4 Feb 2014 by Frederik

6. Microphone as audio device

   how can I have microphone as an audio device..? i'm on windows btw

   rioch From the old forum

   2 replies

   23 Jan 2014 by rioch

7. Conditional Color

   Hi I am working on NodeBox 3 and I am in love , i just work for three days on it and it is just great. I am trying to find how to color ellipses based on condition that if the index is below 50 then…

   marios.maraziotis From the old forum

   2 replies

   14 Jan 2014 by lievenmenschaert

8. generate/filter nodes

   Happy new year! Cant find any information what separates these nodes from the vanilla empty node? Gustaf

   gustaf From the old forum

   3 replies

   6 Jan 2014 by Frederik

9. Feature request: Disabling outlining fonts in PDF export

   I think it would be pretty useful to have the option of normal textpaths remaining editable when exporting to pdf in Nodebox 3? You often want to be able to make text corrections in a finalized graph…

   jonatan.hilden From the old forum

   No replies yet

   12 Dec 2013

10. how do i translate individual points with a list of offsets? (list matching?)

    Hi still trying to get the hang of list matching there is one thing i am struggling with. just been looking at the list matching section in this document http://nodebox.net/node/documentation/concept…

    gustaf From the old forum

    1 reply

    4 Dec 2013 by thoolb

11. Quit a Process || Undo a Node Connection || Ignore a Node (ON/OFF)

    Sometimes I can see the red dot in the upper right corner. It appears to tell: NodeBox is thinking. But most of the waiting time there is no red dot AND any user interaction is forced to wait. (It ap…

    thoolb From the old forum

    2 replies

    4 Dec 2013 by thoolb

12. 3d nodes

    a few 3d nodes would be nice to have... here's a test project:

    rioch From the old forum

    No replies yet

    4 Dec 2013

13. 3d nodes

    a few 3d nodes would be nice to have... here's a test project

    rioch From the old forum

    No replies yet

    4 Dec 2013

14. nb3 (mac) : GUI : value access : move or click?

    I wish the GUI would separate the 'click' from the 'move' areas / or react less sensitve on moves / in the text fields to enter values. NodeBox reacts quite quick on mouse/user action in the value fi…

    thoolb From the old forum

    8 replies

    3 Dec 2013 by thoolb

15. nb3 (mac) : Exported Movie : Black only (or Red)

    NB3 exported a movie which shows fine in OS X 10.7.5 / Quicktime 7 but appears as pure Black only in Quicktime 10 and as just Red area in AfterEffects CS5. – Any hints to solve this problem? p.s.: Wh…

    thoolb From the old forum

    5 replies

    3 Dec 2013 by thoolb

16. Syphon support?

    Any plans to develop syphon support for Nodebox?

    XedMada From the old forum

    4 replies

    3 Dec 2013 by Frederik

17. Network not giving the results (that I) expeced

    What I do: create a "range" node (1-10) create an "add" node connected to the range node right click and turn add node into a subnetwork enter the network create a "first" node to the add node set th…

    gustaf From the old forum

    6 replies

    3 Dec 2013 by Frederik

18. nb3 : GUI : Colorize : Decimals (tenth, hundredth)

    The NB ability to specify even decimals in HSB color definition appears to run into irritations. Such sensitive color seems to result in an obvious but unwanted jump on screen between hundrtedths of…

    thoolb From the old forum

    3 replies

    2 Dec 2013 by thoolb

19. nb3 : Export Movie : Pixel Dimension/Size Limitation?

    It appears that a Movie Export with a width of at least somewhere between 5001 – 6000 pixels results in a no result. Though it obviously becomes rendered in the preview window up to its last frame it…

    thoolb From the old forum

    2 replies

    2 Dec 2013 by thoolb

20. Beginner (easy)- Test NodeBox in command line

    Hi, I installed Nodebox in my server Apache CentOs6 I installed it in usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/ I didt get any error duriing the installation Here is what I get when I type : from nodebox.grap…

    Daniel From the old forum

    5 replies

    2 Dec 2013 by Daniel

21. Clipping masks in PDF export

    Nodebox 3.0.35 creates a clipping mask the size of the artwork bounds, for each individual object that is multiplied with a Grid or Copy node. When exporting something with many individual items, thi…

    Jonatan Hildén From the old forum

    1 reply

    2 Dec 2013 by Frederik

22. nb3 (mac) : CPU : Processor Cores

    When exporting a movie in NodeBox 3 on Mac the OSX application Activity Monitor says NodeBox uses over 100% of CPU whereas alltogether more than 50% CPU is still inactive. Do I assume correct that th…

    thoolb From the old forum

    1 reply

    2 Dec 2013 by Frederik

23. nb3 : GUI : Rename Node : NO number first

    I'd like to rename nodes with numbers (like their default names do, too). When I rename a node with a number as first letter the error message in the screenshot below appears. It might be useful to e…

    thoolb From the old forum

    2 replies

    2 Dec 2013 by Frederik

24. nb3 (mac) : GUI : import csv / replace file / message window

    If a .ndbx with an imported .csv moves to a different location then the path of the .csv might get lost. When reimporting (replacing) the .csv this message below appears: with cropped text. It might…

    thoolb From the old forum

    1 reply

    2 Dec 2013 by Frederik

25. Connect to Databases

    It would be so great if we could connect to a database (ODBC, JDBC and Neo4J...REST/JSON), then we could use any data coming from any database source and combine it with the power of NodeBox

    njssnjss From the old forum

    1 reply

    2 Dec 2013 by Frederik

26. Noise / Perlin

    Is there a way of getting noise (perlin, simplex, alligator) rather than just totally random values?

    daniel.samson From the old forum

    2 replies

    26 Nov 2013 by daniel.samson

27. download

    The download of nodebox 3 gives the error "You don't have permission to access /downloads/nodebox-3.0.37-setup.exe on this server.". Where can I find it then?

    Gert From the old forum

    No replies yet

    7 Nov 2013

28. Typography - French accents

    Is there a way to add support for french accents when using the textpath node in NodeBox? Thank!

    Raymond Lanctot From the old forum

    2 replies

    29 Oct 2013 by Raymond

29. Hi. Problem exporting to PDF and PNG. "Width and Height cannot equal 0".

    Hi. I get this error when trying to export this picture to PNG, and if I try to export to PDF I get a blank pdf. I had already posted about a related issue, (with another account I think) but this is…

    kenzenichinyokiai From the old forum

    3 replies

    24 Oct 2013 by kenzenichinyokiai

30. Creating a starburst in NodeBox 3

    Hi. Attempting to create a starburst using Nodebox. Attaching a visual, created in Photoshop illustrating what I'd like to achieve. I want to concentrate the points at the centre then diffuse outward…

    Jon From the old forum

    2 replies

    17 Oct 2013 by Jon