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Understanding Nodes

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Written by Noam Gichon
Updated this week

Nodes are the fundamental building blocks of your Weavy creative workflows.

What is a Node?

A node is a function with specific inputs and outputs:

  • Inputs appear on the left side of the node

  • Outputs appear on the right side of the node

Each node performs a specific action or transformation on your content. Nodes can take input from another node or from direct user input, then process that information
to generate an output.

Connecting Nodes

To create a workflow, you'll connect multiple nodes together:

  1. Make sure you're connecting compatible content types (e.g., text to text, image to image)

  2. Click and drag from an output handle on one node to an input handle on another node

  3. The connection will appear as a line between the nodes

  4. Ensure that the output handle content type matches the input handle content type (text to text, image to image, etc.)

Types of Nodes

Weavy offers two primary categories of nodes:

Generative AI Nodes

  • Feature a "Run" button

  • Require credits for each generation

  • Generate new content based on inputs

  • Help cover licensing and cloud costs of AI models

Non-Generative Nodes

  • Include manual input tools like painter, blur, or multi-layer composition

  • May perform specific functions (e.g., prompt concatenator to combine text inputs)

  • Don't require credits to run

Adding Nodes to Your Canvas

You can add nodes in several ways:

  • Browse or search the left side menu for available nodes

  • Pro tip: Right-click anywhere on the canvas to see a menu of all nodes, then start typing to search for a specific node by name

Nodes Properties

Most nodes have customizable properties:

  1. Click on a node to select it

  2. The right-side panel will display all available parameters for that node

  3. Adjust settings like aspect ratio, prompt adherence, and other model-specific parameters

Nodes Color Guide

Weavy’s nodes have different colors to easily signify different inputs and outputs:

Green - Image Node

Purple - Text Node

Red - Video Node

Purple - LoRA

Blue - Array / List Node / 3D

White - Multiple inputs option

Lime - Mask

Running Models

To execute a generative AI model:

  1. Ensure all required inputs are properly connected

  2. Click the "Run" button on the node

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