SDF Nodes

Nuke plugin for generating, editing, rasterizing, and visualizing Signed Distance Fields (SDFs) from alpha masks. Uses GPU-accelerated BlinkScript kernels for real-time performance.

First submitted: 20 June 2026

Updated: 11 October 2026

Author: dshot92

Compatible Nuke versions: 14.0 or later

Compatibility: Linux, Source

SDF Nodes

A Nuke plugin for generating, editing, rasterizing, and visualizing Signed Distance Fields (SDFs) from alpha masks. Uses GPU-accelerated BlinkScript kernels for real-time performance.

Nodes

SDF From Alpha

Converts image alpha into an SDF using a fast CUDA Eikonal solver

SDF Shape

Generates circles, boxes, stars, rings, capsules, eggs, and many more

SDF Operation

Dilate/erode, onion, modulo contours, negate, abs, sine

SDF Combine

Sharp or smooth union, intersection, difference, plus interpolate, round, chamfer

SDF Transform

Translate, rotate, scale

SDF Colorize

Maps distance to color bands, with optional distance-driven opacity

SDF Rasterize

Converts an SDF back to antialiased pixels or masks

SDF Rebuild

Restores a degraded SDF around any iso contour and re-vectorizes it

License

SDF Nodes is licensed under the **GNU General Public License v3.0 (GPLv3)**.

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