Which exact node, component and property names in an Open RV v4.0.2 session carry pen strokes, text and shape annotations, and what is documented versus only in code?
The RV reference manual documents pen and text component properties (width, gauss/circle brush, normalised points, join, cap, over/erase mode, start frame and duration; text position, colour, spacing) under names pen:id:frame:user; the interactive Mu mode actually appends the user and a process id, and Python/OTIO writers use the literal 'annotation' (CA-AM-0040). The node code also handles rect, ellipse, arrow and line components not listed in the table (producer reading).
The RV reference manual documents pen and text component properties (width, gauss/circle brush, normalised points, join, cap, over/erase mode, start frame and duration; text position, colour, spacing) under names pen:id:frame:user; the interactive Mu mode actually appends the user and a process id, and Python/OTIO writers use the literal 'annotation' (CA-AM-0040). The node code also handles rect, ellipse, arrow and line components not listed in the table (producer reading).
Curator qualifications: Docs and code read 2026-10-22; no session saved. Extra component types and text font properties from producer reading.
Limitations: Docs and code read 2026-10-22; no session saved.
Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.
Structured fields
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"url": "https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenRV/blob/27db5464a90ca19a9a30d540988ee109ee06bb7e/docs/rv-manuals/rv-reference-manual/rv-reference-manual-chapter-sixteen.md",
"note": "rv-reference-manual chapter sixteen RVPaint property table; annotate_mode.mu L446"
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"url": "https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenRV/blob/27db5464a90ca19a9a30d540988ee109ee06bb7e/src/lib/ip/IPBaseNodes/PaintIPNode.cpp",
"note": "rv-reference-manual chapter sixteen RVPaint property table; annotate_mode.mu L446"
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}Evidence claims
- [sourced_fact] The RV reference manual documents pen and text component properties (width, gauss/circle brush, normalised points, join, cap, over/erase mode, start frame and duration; text position, colour, spacing) under names pen:id:frame:user; the interactive Mu mode actually appends the user and a process id, and Python/OTIO writers use the literal 'annotation' (CA-AM-0040). The node code also handles rect, ellipse, arrow and line components not listed in the table (producer reading). · locator: rv-reference-manual chapter sixteen RVPaint property table; annotate_mode.mu L446 source
Rights
| component | license | hosting | redistribution | modification | training | Evidence and notes |
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| documentation | unknown | permitted | permitted | unknown | unknown | Applies to this original summary only, not to the cited sources. |
Linked records
- cites → https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenRV/blob/27db5464a90ca19a9a30d540988ee109ee06bb7e/docs/rv-manuals/rv-reference-manual/rv-reference-manual-chapter-sixteen.md
- cites → https://github.com/AcademySoftwareFoundation/OpenRV/blob/27db5464a90ca19a9a30d540988ee109ee06bb7e/src/lib/ip/IPBaseNodes/PaintIPNode.cpp