Stamps Manager

Anchors & stamps management

What is Stamps?

Stamps is a free, open-source plugin created by Adrian Pueyo that adds anchor and stamp nodes to Nuke. Anchors act as named sources and stamps are lightweight references that connect to them — replacing long wires across the DAG with clean, readable connections.

Requirement: Stamps must be installed separately for the Stamps Manager to be available in NGT. Download it from github.com/adrianpueyo/Stamps and follow its installation instructions.

Stamps Manager

The Stamps Manager provides a centralized interface for browsing, searching, and managing all anchor and stamp nodes in your Nuke script. Instead of scrolling through the DAG to find a specific stamp or anchor, open the manager and locate it instantly.

The Stamps Manager with all anchors and stamps listed as visual cards.

Visual Cards

Each anchor and stamp is displayed as a color-coded card. Colors correspond to tags and categories, making it easy to visually identify groups. Cards show the stamp title, anchor name, and connection count.

Cards are color-coded by tags and categories. Anchors and stamps are visually distinct.

Search & Filter

Type in the search field to filter stamps and anchors. The search supports multiple words — each word is matched independently, so typing bg plate will find a stamp named "BG_plate_main". Results update in real time as you type.

Multi-word search narrows results in real time.

Interactions

  • Click — Select the node in the DAG.
  • Double-click — Select the node and zoom to it in the DAG.
  • Right-click — Context menu with additional actions:
    • Replace anchor — Reconnect all stamps pointing to this anchor to a different anchor.
    • Delete — Remove the stamp or anchor node.

Creating Stamps

Select a node in the DAG and use the + button in the manager to quickly create a new anchor or stamp from the current selection.

Drag & Drop

Drag an anchor card from the Stamps Manager directly onto the Node Graph to create a new stamp connected to that anchor at the drop position.

Drag an anchor from the manager onto the DAG to create a connected stamp.

ALT+Hover Preview

Hold Alt and hover over any stamp card to visualize its source — the Viewer switches to show the anchor's output in real time. This lets you quickly identify what each stamp carries without navigating to the node in the DAG.

Hold Alt and hover over a stamp to preview its source in the Viewer.