How to see output of nodes?

[Little_Devil]

there is a spy and a result node. result is result , spy hands the value *throught*.
see my example pic in your other post.

[Srek]

Also there is a print to console preset node in the X-pool
Cheers
Björn

[Navstar]

Spy and Print! Great tips!

Frankly, I think this is a feature that all nodes should have an option for: Display output value. Or have it appear in the status bar when you hover your mouse over a node.

[mayajunky]

Spy and Print! Great tips!

Frankly, I think this is a feature that all nodes should have an option for: Display output value. Or have it appear in the status bar when you hover your mouse over a node.

Yea while printing out your results is nice during setup, you wouldn't want all that overhead during render. If you had a couple hundred nodes in your setup and they all had to print their results per frame it's gonna bog your file down in a hurry. Personally I'd rather just plug a result node in at the end of an operation chain. I usually don't need to verify that my "times 2" node is calculating properly, etc... And each node does have that option, you just have to link a result/spy/print connection up to it. :P Which is the power of node-based expressions.

[tcastudios]

That's a good tip, as soon as you're "done" with a check,
disable any print and/or result nodes.

Cheers
Lennart

[Navstar]

How about a COFFEE script to auto-attach a spy to each node? And a master switch to turn them on and off ? ;)

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