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Backdrop

A coloured box behind nodes.

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A coloured box behind nodes. Dragging its title bar moves the nodes on it; drag the bottom-right corner to resize. Appearance is Fill (a coloured box) or Border (an outline only); z_order sets which backdrop sits in front.

NodeBackdrop
MenuOther › Backdrop
Names in each format
.oink comp (JSON)"type": "OC_N_backdrop"
.nk scriptBackdropNode (how .nk import works)
Pythonnuke.createNode("BackdropNode")
Assistant (MCP)create_node(type="Backdrop")
Tab searchbackdrop

Inputs and outputs

No image inputs or outputs.

Knobs

Panel tab Backdrop, in panel order.

KnobLabelTypeDefaultRange / values.nk knobDescription
bd_labellabeltext
note_font_sizefont sizefloat206 to 100 (integer)note_font_size
tile_colortile colorcolour ×30.557, 0.557, 0.220 to 1
appearanceappearancemenuFillFill, Borderappearance
bd_widthwidthfloat40040 to 4000 (integer)bdwidth
bd_heightheightfloat24030 to 4000 (integer)bdheight
z_orderz orderfloat0-10 to 10 (integer)z_order

Other knobs (Python, .nk and the assistant; not on the panel)

KnobLabelTypeDefaultRange / values.nk knobDescription
gl_colorViewer Controls Colorfloat ×30, 0, 00 to 1
postage_stamp_frameStatic Frameint1-2147483648 to 2147483647
lifetimeStartLifetime Startint0-2147483648 to 2147483647
lifetimeEndLifetime Endint100-2147483648 to 2147483647
useLifetimeUse Lifetimebooleanfalse
cachedCachedbooleanfalse
bookmarkBookmarkbooleanfalse
dope_sheetDope Sheetbooleanfalse
clone_groupClone Groupstring
link_sourceLink Sourcestring
link_overridesLink Overridesstring
split_viewsSplit Viewsstring

Knob names in .nk scripts

.nk knobKnob here
bdwidthbd_width
bdheightbd_height

Other .nk knobs use the same name here. See .nk import.

AddTimeCode

Pass-through that keeps the timecode knobs.

StickyNote

StickyNote: a yellow note showing its label (HTML allowed) in the Node Graph.

On this page

Inputs and outputsKnobsOther knobs (Python, .nk and the assistant; not on the panel)Knob names in .nk scripts