render API discussion

[J_the_Ninja]

@Lord Crc

In addition, better pynode support would be nice. IIRC there’s still some things we can’t do (such as a custom color ramp-like node).

This one was about “special” properties in Python, in general. You can’t currently make custom Python props in certain types, like ramps, curves, or ID linkers. This is why there’s no colorramp node in LuxBlend, and why the image node needs to be pointed to files on disk rather than the much more elegant link to an image datablock. (in the “classic” mat editor we get around that one by hijacking the regular “Image” texture type).

Custom curves, ramp and ID-link props in Python would be nice.

[Rhys]

Yeah it’s pretty important for nodes to be able to link to other data. Like the images or material it is a part of.
It’s not ideal when you link in a material from another file and the nodes don’t come with it.