Fill Trace

The Fill Trace node animates traced paths being drawn. Feed it the output of a Vectorizer or a Load SVG node and the shapes draw themselves on, one stroke at a time.

• One path table in, one picture out
• Runs on its own timer, or follows a Progress control you drive
• A brighter leading edge makes the moving tip read clearly
• Found under Texture in the add-operator list

The image on the right is the example patch itself — drag and drop it onto the app (or load it with File → Load) to open the full graph.

Inputs and outputs

Parameters

Opacity, Blend Mode, ALPHA — the standard operator header, on every operator. See Parameters and Controls.

• Mode — whether the paths draw one after another or all at once.
• Sequence — the order they are drawn in.
• Seed (Random sequence) (0–9999, default 0) — changes the order when the sequence is random.
• Auto Play (default on) — runs the reveal on its own timer. Turn it off to drive it by hand.
• Duration (s) (0.1–60, default 4) — how long the whole reveal takes.
• Progress (manual) (0–1, default 0) — how far through the reveal you are, when Auto Play is off. This is the one to animate or map to a controller.
• Loop (default off) — starts again when it finishes.
• Stroke Color (default white) and Intensity (0–5, default 1) — the colour and brightness of the drawn line.
• Leading Edge Width (0–0.5, default 0.05) and Leading Edge Boost (1–8, default 2) — the size and brightness of the glowing tip at the front of the stroke.
• Use Gradient (default off) — colours the stroke from a gradient instead of one flat colour, with its own projection, interpolation, width, offset, and mirror controls.
• Delay Fraction (Delayed mode) (0–1, default 0.7) — how much each path waits before it starts.

Troubleshooting

Nothing is drawing — Auto Play is off and Progress is still at 0. Either turn Auto Play on or move Progress.

It finishes and stops — turn Loop on.

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