Texture Node

The Deep Pixel Texture node uses the UV channels exported by the 3D engine (Blender, Maya, Houdini, Fusion's Renderer 3D) to apply a 2D texture to the rendered geometry. For example, it lets you replace the texture of 3D text or a sign without a re-render.

Different from the Texture 2D node (3D Texture category), which textures the 3D geometry directly before rendering. Here, you work in 2D compositing on the already rendered image.

• Effects Library: Tools > Deep Pixel > Texture
• Quick add: right-click in the Node Editor → Add Tool > Deep Pixel > Texture

Texture 2D (3D Texture category)

Applies a texture upstream of the 3D render to a material that will be mapped onto the geometry.

Texture (Deep Pixel)

Applies a texture downstream of the render through the UV channels. Replaces the original texture on the rendered pixel.

Rule: pre-render → Texture 2D. Post-render (compositing) → Texture Deep Pixel.

• Input (orange) - a 2D image containing the UV channels (from a 3D multilayer EXR).
• Texture (green) - the 2D texture to apply (replaces the original texture).
• Effect Mask (blue) - optional.

Replace the texture of a rendered 3D object:
EXR (RGBA + UV channels) ─┐
                          │
NewTexture (image) ───────┴── Texture (Deep Pixel)
                                ↓
                              MediaOut

With offset and scale:
EXR + UV → Texture (U Scale = 2, V Scale = 2,
                    U Offset = 0.1, V Offset = 0)
        → tiled + offset texture

Animated texture:
Animation (loader sequence) ─┐
                             │
EXR + UV ────────────────────┴── Texture
                                    ↓ MediaOut
   = a texture that changes frame by frame on the 3D object

Multi-pass:
EXR + UV → Texture (TextureA for the body)
        + Mask → Texture (TextureB for a limited area)
        → Merge

Flip Horizontal / Flip Vertical (buttons)

Flips the texture horizontally / vertically before applying it.

Swap UV (checkbox)

Swaps the U and V channels (rotates the texture by 90°).

Rotate 90 (checkbox)

Rotates the applied texture by 90°.

U Scale / V Scale

Scale of the texture on each UV axis. >1 = tile (repeated texture), <1 = stretch.

U Offset / V Offset

Offset of the texture on each UV axis. Lets you reposition it without a re-render.

• Replacing the texture on Text 3D - 3D text rendered with UVs: change the texture of the text without a re-render.
• Texture variants - produce several versions of the same 3D asset with different textures = several Texture nodes in parallel.
• Animated texture on static geometry - a video / animated sequence applied as a texture = dynamic effects on geometry that does not move.
• Offset / tile - adjust the position of a texture without changing the source 3D UV mapping.
• Texture review pipeline - iterate quickly on different textures during a client review.

• UV channels are required - without U and V channels in the source image, the node does nothing. Enable the UV AOV export in 3D.
• Adapt the texture - the texture must have a UV mapping compatible with that of the 3D asset. Otherwise you get strange offsets.
• Combine it with masks - apply several textures to different parts with an Effect Mask = a multi-zone texture.
• U/V Scale 1.0 by default - start at 1 and adjust if you want tiling / stretching. Too far off = an artificial look.
• Neutral performance - Texture Deep Pixel is a simple UV lookup. No significant cost compared to native 3D rendering.
• For complex material changes (specular, normal, roughness), you either have to re-render in 3D or use several Texture nodes, one per pass.