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NoOp

NoOp passes the input image through unchanged. It does not alter the image in any way, but can be used as an interface for controlling other nodes. To do so, right-click on the NoOp control panel, select Manage User Knobs, and add the control you need (for example, a checkbox). Then, Ctrl+Cmd+drag this control on top of a control in another node (for example, the disable checkbox of a Blur node). This creates a linking TCL expression that parents the Blur node’s disable checkbox to the checkbox in the NoOp controls, allowing you to use the NoOp controls to disable the Blur node.

You could also use a NoOp node to change the file path of multiple Read nodes using a single control.

For more information on TCL expressions, see the Expressions chapter in the Nuke User Guide or select Help > Documentation > Knob Math Expressions in Nuke.