The Best Tips for NODE ORGANIZATION in Blender!

In this video, learn some of the best tips for keeping your nodes organized inside of Blender! We talk about everything from node groups to node frames to reroute nodes...and MORE!
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0:00 - Introduction
0:17 - Check out CG Cookie for In-Depth Blender Training!
1:06 - Enable Node Wrangler!
3:46 - Creating Groups of Nodes
5:18 - Renaming/Re-Labeling Node Groups
6:13 - Adding Group Inputs to Node Editor
7:50 - Using Frames to Organize and Label Node Groups
8:58 - Labeling a Frame Group
9:33 - Setting the Auto Shrink option for Frames
9:58 - Adding nested frames (frames in frames)
11:04 - Using Node Reroutes to control node paths
12:48 - How to delete node reroutes
13:20 - Adding Reroutes for nodes with multiple targets
13:59 - Quick node reroute delete with CTRL X
14:04 - How to make Blender noodles curve in the node editor
14:57 - Hiding unused node inputs with CTRL H
16:25 - Check out CG Cookie for In-Depth Blender Training!

[@TheCGEssentials]

Hi everyone! Let me know YOUR tips for node organization in the comments below! :)

[@doomsdaytuther5095]

I am not sure I saw you use the Shift= to align nodes. It is much quicker than some of the ways you were moving the nodes around to align them.

[@Thinkingshop]

Thanks for teaching me how to use Node group inputs & outputs!

[@TheCGEssentials]

Glad it was helpful!

[@heiro5]

I was like, "Okay, now I need to know how to put those boxes around nodes..." and here you are with just the explanation I'm looking for. Thanks again, Justin!

[@benjaminroman6646]

This is a very good video, I'm really good at organising my nodes but I still learned a few tips, like the multiple maps import (I used to do ctrl+t for only one map at once). Thanks for sharing those ! To remove the reroute points, I usually do ctrl+X that remove the selected thing while keeping the wire connected.

[@anicepop]

The reroute nodes is exactly what I was looking for, thank you very much!

[@AzrielHelpedByYehoshua]

Thank you for the knowledge shared! Great plugin.

[@hanthonypiano]

saved to blender playlist... thx for sharing this info

[@TheCGEssentials]

You're welcome!

[@silviavicenterizo3591]

This was extra useful and super clear! Thaanks!!

[@dimifisher7942]

Thank you very much, i was keeping valuable notes throughout the whole video

[@joeabstractjoe]

Thanks for sharing your knowledge Justin. Great tutorial brother. 👏👏👏👏

[@TheCGEssentials]

No problem 👍

[@rajanabeel8653]

You are very good teacher. Your tutorials are very simple and understandable. Please keep it up

[@TheCGEssentials]

Thank you! 😃

[@leekolb2027]

Great info, thanks!

[@iamvartist]

super helpful thanks a lot

[@JuanFernandez-ti5bv]

Excellent!! very helpful as usual, and so appreciated, thank you very much. +like

[@joejection]

awesome i was looking for some organization tips first video that came up! some very simple node noodle stuff that many videos skip over

[@TheCGEssentials]

Glad it was helpful!

[@victornolasco7668]

Tank you, very usefull

[@RomboutVersluijs]

You can actually use F2 to rename the node label, no need to open the n-panel. Much easier and faster

[@Andreamacor]

Great tutorial and great is Blender! Thank's

[@TheCGEssentials]

Glad you like it!

[@kaiwenlidirector]

amazing!

[@TheCGEssentials]

Thanks!

[@Pirohne95]

you are an angel

[@RomboutVersluijs]

Also checkout noodler, the addon was created by the same dev of scatter. It's a super nice addon. Really makes stuff easier. It's a bit finicky to work though if you use a tablet. That's because mouse scroll has final function for this addon

[@yasuleone9856]

I love node wrangler, but a lot of different texture types aren't recognized by the principled stop tool like ambient occlusion maps, alpha maps, etc. While node wrangler will set up your albedo, roughness, normal, and displacement, other maps will need to be set up by hand. NW saves a ton of time, but I hope they add more texture types to future updates. Node groups are the best.

[@RomboutVersluijs]

Keep in mind, if you expose propertirs of a node group and you apply the same node group to different materials. Each material will use different properties. Where as you don't expose them, the node group use globale properties. Meaning if you adjust something inside the group, all materials with that node group will get the same adjustments. This can be a bit confusing

[@JuanFernandez-ti5bv]

This is a great detail to bear in mind! thank you

[@rizkystephanie33333]

Hello, i have a question to ask, how do i change color of the slider in the color ramp, using group input? And is it possible? I try to make npr shader, and for easy to use, i use node group, thank you for help :)

[@3dblend38]

Hhhelpful ThankU

[@arcpunk]

I love the Itros of this guy. Its u unique xD

[@DileepNow]

With node wrangler on, you can select a bunch of nodes and press Shift+p to quickly put them in a frame. Btw, I was looking around for a way to make newly added nodes minimized by default. Anybody know how?

[@ronydey2696]

Great node graph area to get in a well manner hi sir myself Rony an VFX student from India

[@TheCGEssentials]

Hi there :)

[@minggnim]

How did you colorize the nodes?

[@Chillerll]

0:00 whats with the jumpscare in the beginning?

[@imranjokhio5425]

Respect from pakistan

[@TheCGEssentials]

Thanks!

[@mrmensje1]

I dont understand how I dont get a reroute dot when clicking shift and right click..

[@mrmensje1]

ok so it only works when I select a node, hover over it and then do the combination

[@carloso5599]

anxiety has left the chat. thank you!

[@urbandecay3436]

Noodle curving needs to be able to go full 90 degrees.

[@TheCGEssentials]

Wouldn't that just be...not curved at all?

[@urbandecay3436]

@@TheCGEssentials Exactly. There is reason circuit design charts are linear and not curved. It is easier to organize, and the signal flow can easily be made sense.

[@RomboutVersluijs]

One thing I find so very annoying, is that we have the shortcut to preview a node. But why isn't there a shortcut to connect the last node to the material out again. I have not found a shortcut for this. I think I'm gonna add my own operator for this. The workflow drives crazy now and then

[@CmdrTigerKing]

Whyyyyyyyyyy do you start with that odoooooooooooood start?