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<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-namespace">Experimental</span><span class="mw-page-title-separator">:</span><span class="mw-page-title-main">Cache POP</span></h1>
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<div id="mw-content-text" class="mw-body-content mw-content-ltr" lang="en-CA" dir="ltr"><div class="mw-parser-output"><div class="mw-parser-output"><h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Summary"><div class="sectionBarPOP">Summary</div></span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/index.php?title=Template:Summary&action=edit&section=T-1" title="Edit section: Summary">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2>
<p>The Cache POP receives POP data every frame in its input and holds the most recent frames of data (up to Cache Size) in <span class="mw-lingo-term" data-lingo-term-id="52f9ec21735243ad9917cda3ca077d32">GPU</span> memory. It outputs any of these held frames, determined by Output Index, which acts like a time-delay of its input. Furthermore, <a href="/Cache_Select_POP" title="Cache Select POP">Cache Select POPs</a> and <a href="/Cache_Blend_POP" title="Cache Blend POP">Cache Blend POPs</a> can access any combination the Cache POP's set of held inputs, allowing for multi-frame blends.
</p><p>If the Cache POP's Step Size is 3, for example, the Cache POP will hold every third frame, making the amount of time covered by the Cache POP triple. This reduces the amount of memory needed for long caches. Note that the data held in <span class="mw-lingo-term" data-lingo-term-id="52f9ec21735243ad9917cda3ca077d32">GPU</span> memory is uncompressed.
</p><p>You can freeze the set of data held in the Cache POP by turning off the Active toggle parameter. You can clear and hold the cache to zero frames while the Reset parameter is on (the input is simply sent to the output), and you can hit Reset <span class="mw-lingo-term" data-lingo-term-id="ec8374db32bacb4cd9760199ec42819e">Pulse</span> to clear the cache and start growing the cache again right away. (An <a href="/Info_CHOP" title="Info CHOP">Info CHOP</a> connected to a Cache POP will show the number of frames in the cache.)
</p><p>The values you provide for Cache Index are 0 and negative integers. -2 is the third most recent cached data. Indexes that are out of range are clamped to be between and including -(Cache Size-1), and 0.
</p><p>You can also specify two channels to define the weights, one for weight and for indices.
</p><p>Cache POP gives you choices on how to number the index of the cached images.
</p><p>When the <code><span class="mw-lingo-term" data-lingo-term-id="76746356f2d9fd021f01bc051bb2114f">.toe</span></code> or <code><span class="mw-lingo-term" data-lingo-term-id="c93d2a89e225ded900ca3779a6856086">.tox</span></code> file is restarted, the cache starts cleared - nothing is saved in the file.
</p><p>Note that when frames are dropped, data in the cache may be older that they would be if frames were not dropped. The <a href="/Trail_POP" title="Trail POP">Trail POP</a>, though different in functionality, deals with frame drops more elegantly by filling in data for missing frames, and tagging each timeslice with an <code>Age</code> attribute. The Cache POP does not have this built-in.
</p><p>See also <a href="/Cache_Select_POP" title="Cache Select POP">Cache Select POP</a>, <a href="/Cache_Blend_POP" title="Cache Blend POP">Cache Blend POP</a>, <a href="/Trail_POP" title="Trail POP">Trail POP</a>, <a href="/Cache_TOP" title="Cache TOP">Cache TOP</a>, <a href="/Texture_3D_TOP" title="Texture 3D TOP">Texture 3D TOP</a>.
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<ul><li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Summary"><span class="tocnumber">1</span> <span class="toctext">Summary</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Parameters_-_%5D%5D,_Page"><span class="tocnumber">2</span> <span class="toctext">Parameters - ]], Page</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Parameters_-_Common_Page"><span class="tocnumber">3</span> <span class="toctext">Parameters - Common Page</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Operator_Inputs"><span class="tocnumber">4</span> <span class="toctext">Operator Inputs</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-1"><a href="#Info_CHOP_Channels"><span class="tocnumber">5</span> <span class="toctext">Info CHOP Channels</span></a>
<ul><li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Common_POP_Info_Channels"><span class="tocnumber">5.1</span> <span class="toctext">Common POP Info Channels</span></a></li>
<li class="toclevel-2"><a href="#Common_Operator_Info_Channels"><span class="tocnumber">5.2</span> <span class="toctext">Common Operator Info Channels</span></a></li>
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<h2><span id="Parameters_-_.5D.5D.2C_Page"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Parameters_-_]],_Page"><div class="sectionBarPOP">Parameters - ]], Page</div></span></h2>
<div id="active" style=""><span class="parNamePOP">Active</span> <code>active</code> -
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<div id="cachesize" style=""><span class="parNamePOP">Cache Size</span> <code>cachesize</code> -
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<div id="cachesizeunit" style=""><span class="parNamePOP">Cache Size Unit</span> <code>cachesizeunit</code> - <span class="mw-customtoggle-cachesizeunit">⊞</span> -
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<ul><li><span class="parNamePOP">S</span> <code>seconds</code> -</li></ul><ul><li><span class="parNamePOP">F</span> <code>frames</code> -</li></ul></div>
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<div id="step" style=""><span class="parNamePOP">Step Size</span> <code>step</code> -
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<div id="stepunit" style=""><span class="parNamePOP">Step Size Unit</span> <code>stepunit</code> - <span class="mw-customtoggle-stepunit">⊞</span> -
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<ul><li><span class="parNamePOP">S</span> <code>seconds</code> -</li></ul><ul><li><span class="parNamePOP">F</span> <code>frames</code> -</li></ul></div>
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<div id="outputindex" style=""><span class="parNamePOP">Output Index</span> <code>outputindex</code> -
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<ul><li><span class="parNamePOP">S</span> <code>seconds</code> -</li></ul><ul><li><span class="parNamePOP">F</span> <code>frames</code> -</li></ul></div>
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<div id="reset" style=""><span class="parNamePOP">Reset</span> <code>reset</code> -
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<div id="bypass" style=""><span class="parNamePOP"><span class="mw-lingo-term" data-lingo-term-id="5ce88c4d66118388a69c6fd4262ca3a1">Bypass</span></span> <code>bypass</code> -
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<div id="delinputattrs" style=""><span class="parNamePOP">Delete Input <span class="mw-lingo-term" data-lingo-term-id="287234a1ff35a314b5b6bc4e5828e745">Attributes</span></span> <code>delinputattrs</code> -
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<div id="parmcolorspace" style=""><span class="parNamePOP">Parameter Color Space</span> <code>parmcolorspace</code> - <span class="mw-customtoggle-parmcolorspace">⊞</span> - Controls how all color parameters on this node are interpreted. The color values as treated as being in the selected color space, and are converted to the Working <a href="/Color_Space" title="Color Space">Color Space</a> before they are used as part of the node's operation. Note that this does not change the color space of the node itself, as that is always in the Working Color Space.
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<ul><li><span class="parNamePOP">sRGB</span> <code>srgb</code> - <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SRGB">sRGB</a> color space, with sRGB transfer function. Considered an SDR color space with respect to <span class="mw-lingo-term" data-lingo-term-id="63d5049791d9d79d86e9a108b0a999ca">Reference</span> White.</li></ul><p><br></p>
<ul><li><span class="parNamePOP">sRGB - Linear</span> <code>srgblinear</code> - <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SRGB">sRGB</a> color space, with linear transfer function. Considered an SDR color space with respect to <span class="mw-lingo-term" data-lingo-term-id="63d5049791d9d79d86e9a108b0a999ca">Reference</span> White.</li></ul><p><br></p>
<ul><li><span class="parNamePOP">Rec.601 (NTSC)</span> <code>rec601ntsc</code> - <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rec._601">Rec.601</a> with NTSC primaries color space, with Rec.601 transfer function. Considered an SDR color space with respect to <span class="mw-lingo-term" data-lingo-term-id="63d5049791d9d79d86e9a108b0a999ca">Reference</span> White.</li></ul><p><br></p>
<ul><li><span class="parNamePOP">Rec.709</span> <code>rec709</code> - <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rec._709">Rec.709</a> color space, with Rec.709 (same as Rec.2020) transfer function. Considered an SDR color space with respect to <span class="mw-lingo-term" data-lingo-term-id="63d5049791d9d79d86e9a108b0a999ca">Reference</span> White.</li></ul><p><br></p>
<ul><li><span class="parNamePOP">Rec.2020</span> <code>rec2020</code> - <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rec._2020">Rec.2020</a> color space, with Rec.2020 (same as Rec.709) transfer function. Considered an HDR color space with respect to <span class="mw-lingo-term" data-lingo-term-id="63d5049791d9d79d86e9a108b0a999ca">Reference</span> White.</li></ul><p><br></p>
<ul><li><span class="parNamePOP">DCI-P3</span> <code>dcip3</code> - <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DCI-P3">DCI-P3</a> color space, with D65 white point and 2.6 gamma transfer function. Considered an HDR color space with respect to <span class="mw-lingo-term" data-lingo-term-id="63d5049791d9d79d86e9a108b0a999ca">Reference</span> White.</li></ul><p><br></p>
<ul><li><span class="parNamePOP">DCI-P3 (D60)</span> <code>dcip3d60</code> - <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DCI-P3">DCI-P3 "D60 sim"</a> color space, with D60 white point, and 2.6 gamma transfer function. Considered an HDR color space with respect to <span class="mw-lingo-term" data-lingo-term-id="63d5049791d9d79d86e9a108b0a999ca">Reference</span> White.</li></ul><p><br></p>
<ul><li><span class="parNamePOP">Display-P3 (D65)</span> <code>displayp3d65</code> - <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DCI-P3">Display-P3</a> color space, with D65 white point, and sRGB gamma transfer function. Considered an HDR color space with respect to <span class="mw-lingo-term" data-lingo-term-id="63d5049791d9d79d86e9a108b0a999ca">Reference</span> White.</li></ul><p><br></p>
<ul><li><span class="parNamePOP">ACES2065-1</span> <code>aces2065-1</code> - <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Color_Encoding_System">ACES 2065-1</a> (also known as ACES AP0) color space, with a linear gamma transfer function. Considered an HDR color space with respect to <span class="mw-lingo-term" data-lingo-term-id="63d5049791d9d79d86e9a108b0a999ca">Reference</span> White.</li></ul><p><br></p>
<ul><li><span class="parNamePOP">ACEScg</span> <code>acescg</code> - <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Color_Encoding_System">ACEScg</a> (also known as ACES AP1) color space, with a linear gamma transfer function. Considered an HDR color space with respect to <span class="mw-lingo-term" data-lingo-term-id="63d5049791d9d79d86e9a108b0a999ca">Reference</span> White.</li></ul><p><br></p>
<ul><li><span class="parNamePOP">Passthrough</span> <code>passthrough</code> - When selected, the color values will be used as-is in the operation, without any modification or attempt to convert them into the Working Color Space.</li></ul></div>
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<div id="parmreferencewhite" style=""><span class="parNamePOP"><span class="mw-lingo-term" data-lingo-term-id="c36eba6886be950a031ec08f566cd724">Parameter Reference</span> White</span> <code>parmreferencewhite</code> - <span class="mw-customtoggle-parmreferencewhite">⊞</span> - When converting a parameter color value to the Working Color Space, this controls how it should be treated with respect to <a href="/Color_Space#Reference_White" title="Color Space">Reference White</a>. If the Working Color Space is the same <span class="mw-lingo-term" data-lingo-term-id="63d5049791d9d79d86e9a108b0a999ca">Reference</span> White, then no adjustment is done. If they are different, then the <span class="mw-lingo-term" data-lingo-term-id="63d5049791d9d79d86e9a108b0a999ca">Reference</span> White level (brightness) of this color will be adjusted to the range expected by the Working Color Space. For example if the project is set to have a SDR <span class="mw-lingo-term" data-lingo-term-id="63d5049791d9d79d86e9a108b0a999ca">Reference</span> White of 120 nits, and the HDR <span class="mw-lingo-term" data-lingo-term-id="63d5049791d9d79d86e9a108b0a999ca">Reference</span> White is 80 nits, then a color of (1, 1, 1), which is 120 nits in the SDR color space, will be converted to be (1.5, 1.5, 1.5), which is 120 nits still in the HDR Working Color Space.
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<ul><li><span class="parNamePOP">Default For Color Space</span> <code>default</code> - Will use either the SDR or the HDR <span class="mw-lingo-term" data-lingo-term-id="63d5049791d9d79d86e9a108b0a999ca">Reference</span> White, based on the color space selected.</li></ul><p><br></p>
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<ul><li><span class="parNamePOP">Input 0: </span> -</li></ul><p><br></p>
<h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Info_CHOP_Channels"><div class="sectionBarPOP">Info <span class="mw-lingo-term" data-lingo-term-id="8b9d2cce2836537aabe6f2e0dd5da293">CHOP</span> Channels</div></span></h2>
<p>Extra Information for the Cache POP can be accessed via an <a href="/Info_CHOP" title="Info CHOP">Info CHOP</a>.
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<h3><span class="mw-headline" id="Common_Operator_Info_Channels"><div class="customBar">Common Operator Info Channels</div></span></h3>
<ul><li><span class="parName">total_cooks</span> - Number of times the operator has cooked since the process started.</li></ul><ul><li><span class="parName">cook_time</span> - Duration of the last cook in milliseconds.</li></ul><ul><li><span class="parName">cook_frame</span> - Frame number when this operator was last cooked relative to the component timeline.</li></ul><ul><li><span class="parName">cook_abs_frame</span> - Frame number when this operator was last cooked relative to the absolute time.</li></ul><ul><li><span class="parName">cook_start_time</span> - Time in milliseconds at which the operator started cooking in the frame it was cooked.</li></ul><ul><li><span class="parName">cook_end_time</span> - Time in milliseconds at which the operator finished cooking in the frame it was cooked.</li></ul><ul><li><span class="parName">cooked_this_frame</span> - 1 if operator was cooked this frame.</li></ul><ul><li><span class="parName">warnings</span> - Number of warnings in this operator if any.</li></ul><ul><li><span class="parName">errors</span> - Number of errors in this operator if any.</li></ul><p><br>
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navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/Experimental:Grid_POP" title="Experimental:Grid POP">Experimental:Grid </a></span>• <span class="catList navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/Experimental:Group_POP" title="Experimental:Group POP">Experimental:Group </a></span>• <span class="catList navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/Experimental:Histogram_POP" title="Experimental:Histogram POP">Experimental:Histogram </a></span>• <span class="catList navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/Experimental:Import_Select_POP" title="Experimental:Import Select POP">Experimental:Import Select </a></span>• <span class="catList navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/Experimental:In_POP" title="Experimental:In POP">Experimental:In </a></span>• <span class="catList navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/Experimental:Limit_POP" title="Experimental:Limit POP">Experimental:Limit </a></span>• <span class="catList navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/Experimental:Line_Break_POP" title="Experimental:Line Break POP">Experimental:Line Break </a></span>• <span class="catList navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/Experimental:Line_Divide_POP" title="Experimental:Line Divide POP">Experimental:Line Divide </a></span>• <span class="catList navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/Experimental:Line_Metrics_POP" title="Experimental:Line Metrics POP">Experimental:Line Metrics </a></span>• <span class="catList navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/Experimental:Line_POP" title="Experimental:Line POP">Experimental:Line </a></span>• <span class="catList navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/Experimental:Line_Smooth_POP" title="Experimental:Line Smooth POP">Experimental:Line Smooth </a></span>• <span class="catList navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/Experimental:Line_Thick_POP" title="Experimental:Line Thick POP">Experimental:Line Thick </a></span>• <span class="catList navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/Experimental:Lookup_Attribute_POP" title="Experimental:Lookup Attribute POP">Experimental:Lookup Attribute 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POPs">Experimental:Points, Vertices and Primitives in s </a></span>• <span class="catList navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/Experimental:Polygonize_POP" title="Experimental:Polygonize POP">Experimental:Polygonize </a></span>• <span class="catList navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/Experimental:Primitive_POP" title="Experimental:Primitive POP">Experimental:Primitive </a></span>• <span class="catList navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/Experimental:Projection_POP" title="Experimental:Projection POP">Experimental:Projection </a></span>• <span class="catList navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/Experimental:Proximity_POP" title="Experimental:Proximity POP">Experimental:Proximity </a></span>• <span class="catList navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/Experimental:Quantize_POP" title="Experimental:Quantize POP">Experimental:Quantize </a></span>• <span class="catList navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/Experimental:Random_POP" title="Experimental:Random POP">Experimental:Random 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<p>The Graphics Processing Unit. This is the high-speed, many-core processor of the graphics card/chip that takes geometry, images and data from the CPU and creates images and processed data.
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<p>To "pulse" a parameter is to send it a signal from (1) an <a href="/Export" title="Export">exported</a> CHOP channel or (2) a python command or (3) a mouse click that causes a new action to occur immediately. A pulse via python is via the <code>.pulse()</code> function on a pulse-type parameter, such as Reset parameter in a <a href="/Speed_CHOP" title="Speed CHOP">Speed CHOP</a>. A pulse from a CHOP is typically a 0 to 1 to 0 signal in an exported channel.
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<p>TOuch Environment file, the file type used by TouchDesigner to save your entire project.
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<p>TouchDesigner Component file, the file type used to save a <a href="/Component" title="Component">Component</a> of your TouchDesigner project.
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<p>An operator whose Bypass flag is set does nothing: All data going into its first input appears at its output unaffected.
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<p>Information associated with <a href="/SOP" title="SOP">SOP</a> geometry. <a href="/Point" title="Point">Points</a> and <a href="/Primitive" title="Primitive">primitives</a> (polygons, NURBS, etc.) can have any number of attributes - position (P) is standard, and built-in optional attributes are <a href="/Normals" title="Normals">normals</a> (N), texture coordinates (uv), color (Cd), etc.
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<p>A <a href="/Link" title="Link">Link</a>. The grey dashed lines between nodes is a Reference or Link that indicates one operator is getting data from another operator from any <a href="/Operator_Family" title="Operator Family">Operator Family</a>.
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<p>The grey dashed lines between nodes is a Reference (or <a href="/Link" title="Link">Link</a>). A Reference is (1) a <a href="/Parameter_Reference" title="Parameter Reference">Parameter Reference</a>, a parameter in an OP that is a name or path to another operator, (2) a <a href="/index.php?title=Node_Reference&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Node Reference (page does not exist)">Node Reference</a>, an expression in a parameter or DAT script that contains the name or path of another operator, (3) a DAT Cell Reference or (4) a CHOP Channel Reference.
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<p>A Link or Reference is a dashed line between nodes that represent other data flowing between nodes. Examples are CHOP <a href="/Export" title="Export">Exports</a>, node <a href="/Network_Path" title="Network Path">Paths</a> in parameters, and <a href="/Expression" title="Expression">expressions</a> in parameters referencing CHOP channels, DAT tables and other nodes. In contrast is a <a href="/Wire" title="Wire">Wire</a> that connects nodes in the same <a href="/Operator_Family" title="Operator Family">Operator Family</a>.
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<p>A parameter reference can be setup between any two parameters by putting an expression in one parameter that refers to another parameter. This creates a <a href="/Link" title="Link">Link</a> between the two parameters such that when one changes, the other will change automatically (known in other software as a "constraint").
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<p>An <a href="/Operator_Family" title="Operator Family">Operator Family</a> which operate on <a href="/Channel" title="Channel">Channels</a> (a sequence of numbers (<a href="/Sample" title="Sample">Samples</a>)) which are used for animation, audio, mathematics, simulation, logic, UI construction, and data streamed from/to devices and protocols.
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