Reference node

A Reference node holds one file. It does not make anything on its own — it is the way you get something you already have into the graph, so other nodes can work from it.

This is the node you use most. Anything you capture elsewhere in Root Film ends up here. A still from a Re-angle scene, a frame from a video, an image from the Create panel, or a photo from your camera roll.

1. Drag a file straight onto the canvas, or add a Reference node and click it to pick one.
2. You can also choose something already in your project's Assets.
3. Drag from the dot on the right of the node to the node you want to feed.
4. Drop the wire on the input you want: init, ref, style, last, audio, performance or mask.

The input you connect to changes what the receiving node does with your file. Wire it to init and it is the starting picture. Wire it to ref and it is guidance for the look or the subject. Wire it to style and only the look is borrowed.

A Reference node costs nothing. It never runs, so it never spends credits.