Docs Network
PasteFromClipboard
Paste the image on the clipboard into the current network as a Movie File In, a Script TOP or an annotation. Windows only.
⇄ Network windows only by DotSimulate and Lake Heckaman
Shortcuts
Global: they fire anywhere in TouchDesigner. Shortcuts scoped to a single panel are a local control scheme and stay off this list.
- Alt+V
Clipboard Image Paste
Windows only! Implemented by DotSimulate and Lake Heckaman, integrated by Function Store
Copy an image to your clipboard and paste it directly in TD with alt+v shortcut
- You will be met with three options (hotkeys 1,2,3): 🟢 Paste as Movie File In, 🔵 Paste as locked Script TOP, 🟠 Paste as Annotate
- When pasting as Movie File, the image also gets saved in the folder specified by the tool's own Save Folder parameter (default:
clipboard_images) 📂 - The other two options will produce a locked TOP which increases your
.toefile size but avoids external dependencies - ❗ WINDOWS ONLY. If anyone knows of a native Mac solution (not using external Python libs), let us know!
Parameters
Its Registry page comes from FNS_ConfigRegistry.
Settings
| Control | Type / default | What it does |
|---|---|---|
Paste ImagePasteimage |
button | Paste image from clipboard as TOP |
Paste As ScriptOPPastescriptop |
button | Paste image from clipboard as a scriptTOP |
Paste As NotePasteannotate |
button | Paste image from clipboard as an annotate component |
ShortcutShortcut |
textalt.v | Key that pastes the image on your clipboard into the current network. Once pressed, 1 / 2 / 3 choose Movie File In, locked Script TOP or Annotate. |
Save FolderFolderpath |
textclipboard_images | Folder to save images |
Position at MousePositionatmouse |
on / offon | Position image at current mouse location |
Copy Pasted FilesCopyfiles |
on / offon | When the clipboard holds image files copied in Explorer, copy each one into the Save Folder so the pasted File In keeps working if the original moves. Off: the File In reads the original file where it is. |
StatusStatusread-only |
textempty | What the tool is doing, or why it cannot: read-only. It reports the Windows-only limitation here rather than failing silently on macOS. |
Image WidthImagewidthread-only |
number0 | Width of last pasted image |
Image HeightImageheightread-only |
number0 | Height of last pasted image |
About
| Control | Type / default | What it does |
|---|---|---|
BypassBypass |
on / offoff | Switch the whole component off. It is set automatically on anything but Windows, where the clipboard route this tool uses does not exist. |
Show Built-in ParametersShowbuiltin |
on / offoff | Show TouchDesigner's built-in parameter pages on this component alongside its custom ones. Off keeps the parameter dialog to just this tool's own controls. |
ChatTD OperatorChattd |
operatorempty | Optional: a ChatTD operator for this component to talk to. Leave it empty unless you use DotSimulate's ChatTD. |