Locks UVs to a reference frame, stabilising projections on deforming surfaces while fixing seams and artifacts so paint and patches stick cleanly over time... without requiring a 3d model.
UV Projection Sticky
First submitted: 8 February 2026
Author: Marty Blumen
Website: https://www.martyblumen.com/
Compatible Nuke versions: 14.0 or later
Compatibility: Windows
UV Projection Sticky makes textures stick to moving renders, fully functional without a 3D model.
You choose a reference frame where the projection looks right. At that moment, the tool freezes the UV–surface relationship and uses it as the anchor for the rest of the shot. The texture is pushed into UV space at that frame, where it becomes stable, then mapped back onto the animated surface each frame using the moving UVs. Because the texture itself never changes in UV space, it does not slide, crawl, or drift as the geometry moves.
To deal with real production problems, the node also handles UV island seams. Internal islands can be detected without affecting the silhouette, then softened, removed, or inpainted so paint does not split as the surface deforms. Inverse splatting and light UV-space blur help fill gaps, recover missing pixels, and reduce aliasing caused by the unwrap and rewrap passes.
The result is a workflow that feels like painting on a still image but plays back like it was part of the model. It is built for beauty fixes, texture patches, decals, and late-stage problem solving, and works even without a 3D model, without touching upstream UVs or going back to 3D.
BSD 3-Clause License
Copyright (c) 2026, Marten Blumen
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