You can expand the things that Vuo can do by adding nodes to your Node Library.
One way to add a new node to your Node Library is by building a composition out of existing nodes and using Using subcompositions inside of other compositions.
or . For an explanation of subcompositions, seeAnother option is to implement a new node with text programming, using Vuo’s API. See Developing Node Classes and Types for Vuo.
Other people in the Vuo community have created nodes that you
can download and install. Once you’ve downloaded a
subcomposition file (.vuo
) or node file
(.vuonode
), you can install it with the
following steps.
First, place the file in one of Vuo’s Modules folders. Subcomposition files can only be installed in the User Modules folder, while node files can be installed in either the User Modules or the System Modules folder. You can get to these folders via menu items in the Editor:
Or, if you’d rather find the folder yourself: In your home folder, go to Library/Application Support/Vuo/Modules. (On macOS 10.7 and above, the Library folder is hidden by default. To find it, go to Finder, then hold down the Option key and select the menu option.)
Or, if you’d rather find the folder yourself: In the top-level folder on your hard drive, go to Library/Application Support/Vuo/Modules.
For node files, you’ll typically want the User Modules folder, since yours will be the only user account on your computer that needs access to the node. Use the second option only if you have administrative access and you want all users on the computer to have access to the node.
Second, restart the Vuo Editor. The node should now show up in your Node Library.