Wire: Unexpected order

[cosmowe]

Hey there,
I try to get into Wire....learning the nodes and their behavior.
The patch you see in the picture is nothing particular.... but shouldn't the left orange triangle be in front of the left white one?

source

Wire 7.9.0

best wishes
cosmowe


p.s.:
would be nice if it would be possible to add wire patches as a forum attachment

[Arvol]

You mean like this?:

--begin-wire-patch--
1661.3oc6Zk0aaiCD9uRfd1zf2G4MeUfcwVrEsE6KA4AZI5XgJK4JI21rE4+9NRxWJVRVNGEncqMPRL8GGRNy2bQku64mDG67yCShy7t9lu6sHMYE7G7AdIaxWuI261Ad4IvHxAd9Ks.3Hr2sOLXORQGHI0Pp2gDuGJAOvKLFFpNRUGHo0PRNY0Izs.qiCeJPVS.a.GoQAd54lvaQEQjcgs9QmPN8ryabCPOEnnmmnFw0fpT1HN8o.MMBzzfYDLsAgY41XeWMvMnhTMJT0I.gQxVZWWWdjSYv5C3fghSBb.k+6d3heXyySCmuIuZnv3pcX4GxuGlx0dwaVM2k5Mv6K1nMv.jGdXf27jMwAknV5BuaYt20BXU9ZXP9R.gAzyey6ZDioFZXbJiKIFBGKovWbu20zgTNUXHZgxPvDALNHS+HaV0tH.VVkRZTTo.MWEfQbtXNRyHVTfUoUNqTXE7hMkKMC7g8tFWJgD+OAy8KgAtD3K8ShRRgOu.dIsXb4PkGw7xEJK7ecGcRWDkXyObPwCEEG0kgAANXAtoP2YWU.b1m2DFYyco1nq9XZnM9tHmG.k7hpQIXY+UoR9knS4AykHtPwPZqUg.wIoy84bCi7b0o618coUG3kVbZeLH9ATfya4afYuSEb4lo2Cw2OXaZftOOLOvstlv8WlDBdn6kt26r49KuZbX9USKg9vVmSjObDx6vpRKQ1GqOnNbYIQaxKU5maq7gBRaKLFF9DFCQJUCUJiAqnfoeuKX6jiQTE3vMUhQFBYBZjVOlLdljIMidtji42ud6Rt8LNOII5vIbgMJy8v9LiGfk69V9lTGM3.13MQQOrO0XeftBB7cDvv3b2c0LDEVhj0V+v76Isy2NBEsKTGyI2cv2tINPQ+mBE2UuM7avFofj1XDjB1V0pb3TV7qCLi0oI9tfMP7HuKf0k4aibmQxUGq9S2PzgXiVhoTC2PIZ09H9TlVH.FF0fwLCV1NAzPoPHJL1fLSoSQh2nM5YF9jIL1yk.BpkkE.pa1n0C7b6Nd0Q3NRC+XdUZRt8QttOND0NkcWQwzlxWJIQnIbJ1.SJO0FmE0nzOYO2bLvOVHgEIoqJoWzeAnWhFnWDHqn.SYFH9lQqoZRWY+9M+50hewdQK.RSOX+YzR6OEiwWV1rwylMBxlwzH8rYBDd13Q7IimhGMa1y0X+XaXaodZQyUg9p+FjQgtieptCLDestc4qG46jEdWbkGInOQaapJ6LUjzeG8yZR15RJkxgUVAstcy.SwnPclAVjTvbn4RNIfaAeX5ytJ98sd1Kuo8Me1CzMa39yjv3RKl30tAJFiNTqXBLWxzR0gvcT4PEGqMXHnmgZjvWztpG6DVDe9h.zbBShb7ER86X99fPeo8.5Pu2yPMHR6wZdaxWpJkW9iPwyZRwq0+pp36idW8zz6zVhkvNsYkhv6Dr4wWWfTBY8EDrhWlyuiFaG+tWqFa2e6Msli8F7Pnu7pzrbnFWASHFzvX8M++MEVvAE+nXF4KC8+TrqV6SmtAvjp0xHD.8TPjCZXr1LzS2dDu5uBgEpzjqeptZC71DGtNIxldl18Zo1OZy28gfqEZlQyY6bIUxgRFWxAEKua+wYSMiAFxrInwrobDmMZBlqXjIie1M1ZWsNJLeSfq69FWj597FWr+8cUnVYoqIKVj4x6tju0KsYNTePl5.HnR7Gm7OM7tZc.eRRuZS7.O4C.8njcXd50rTbcknU1ugBBW4hyptG98S6nAOvtu83o0q9J1gOL9IsLvz54xT0E0ksF8oyq8KP1mbe8Bke4T5o3ySdB1hsS5BVhK1NrcROilHgPvmDHgLjggxVYBBinYBytXITEaHgRDPyQFItX3NZhz.sNxwbNRSmNAMkNCOkgm9Fk9Y2WwNN94hkTQQaGEhzPhllZcDHJm6Baqr0mMrUk8pKXPkSUuTbAVnwx1J5vttf0ve8K0ietVH+kq.5e.MtvFt64R7+m5ik+z1Au5bt.+B19dCMy.aoPaTXVX7cPdpzp+8.55Ix7GkR5I9XjVU7DDg06BSId4OqnsO92KXcn21aWcBD.8xtQtYinPOZpoRDzS2HzX9TwzILBe7aTGykHOoqesz.ZKrfsmDhejxuqmAI3xOT.MOIwZBCZeBZ0.yFfGPtcmJ8BZfqVY001mGUWcgLu58t3fpGGj92TzWLJJ8DJZWol9IhiV99GCibqocSZUcBO7v+ALqJu1E
--end-wire-patch--

[Zoltán]

but shouldn't the left orange triangle be in front of the left white one?

In Wire, the video mixer's bottom layer is the bottom inlet.

If you add slices to a patch, they get multi instance. Every slice gets it's own instance.
That will make the Slice to shape, and then the Video mixer multiple instances.
Shape render however renders a multi channel shape to a single texture, and that will be blended 4 times with each of your shapes, then the output will be merged with Alpha blend to the texture output.

So, your top slice, the left triangle is the top layer at the end, and below that, you see the shape render result, and below that, the previous mixer results.

If you add a shape render to the video mixer's top inlet, the mixer won't instance, the patch will be much faster, and you can mix the shapes together.
If you'd like to have the orange shapes on top, you'd need to connect those to the top inlet in the Mixer.

[cosmowe]

@Arvol: Yes I mean this - Would be nice if you can also tell me where to find it. Because I apparently don't see it. My apologies

@Zoltán:
Thank you for the detailed information.

Is there a way in wire to simulate a slice configuration just like "Wire Logo" option inside the "Texture In" node? For me as a wire "student" it's a bit abstract working on a Slice Patch without any values.
(My workaround for now: Strg+S )

Best wishes
cosmowe

[bart]

> it's a bit abstract working on a Slice Patch without any values

Yes this is not great at the moment, we're adding test/dummy slices to the Slice Input node in Wire in the next release, 7.10.

[Arvol]

@Arvol: Yes I mean this - Would be nice if you can also tell me where to find it. Because I apparently don't see it. My apologies

@Zoltán:
Thank you for the detailed information.

Is there a way in wire to simulate a slice configuration just like "Wire Logo" option inside the "Texture In" node? For me as a wire "student" it's a bit abstract working on a Slice Patch without any values.
(My workaround for now: Strg+S )

Best wishes
cosmowe

Oops, I forgot to post how lol. Sorry.

Select all nodes, then click "Copy for sharing" and just paste it into Slack, FB, or here on the forums and then people can quickly share (small to medium sized) patches.

[cosmowe]

Oops, I forgot to post how lol. Sorry.

Cheers buddy!

Yes this is not great at the moment, we're adding test/dummy slices to the Slice Input node in Wire in the next release, 7.10.

Best wishes
cosmowe