# Node question

**URL:** <https://blenderartists.org/t/node-question/1170775>\
**Category:** Materials and Textures\
**Created:** [July 25, 2019, 12:26am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/node-question/1170775 "2019-07-25T00:26:45Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![DOMO79](https://blenderartists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@DOMO79](https://blenderartists.org/u/DOMO79)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 12:26am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/node-question/1170775/1 "2019-07-25T00:26:45Z")

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If I get into environment

 ![Screenshot%20(14258)](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/3/c/9/3c9e8d20e5c5f64f6fed22b587e9369f8dd60f7d.png) node I cant get back into nodes for materials. Why is this?

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**Author:** ![ldo](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/ldo/32/14975_2.png) [@ldo](https://blenderartists.org/u/ldo)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 12:36am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/node-question/1170775/2 "2019-07-25T00:36:41Z")

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The second lot of icons you circled–click on the cube icon in that group. You have the World icon currently selected.

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**Author:** ![DOMO79](https://blenderartists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@DOMO79](https://blenderartists.org/u/DOMO79)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 12:58am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/node-question/1170775/3 "2019-07-25T00:58:47Z")

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![1%20(2)](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/3/a/d/3ad37cbcf2dc901052aa6e7f6bcd4ebf25164284.png) If I click on the cube nothing is there, then if I click on the node tree it goes back to the environment ![1%20(1)](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/0/1/0/010a17381e104d4dfad43ea4e5f66a16dd644ecf.png) node

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**Author:** ![ldo](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/ldo/32/14975_2.png) [@ldo](https://blenderartists.org/u/ldo)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 1:09am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/node-question/1170775/4 "2019-07-25T01:09:19Z")

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That means you haven’t got “Use Nodes” enabled for the material, only the background.

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**Author:** ![PyBlend](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/pyblend/32/459849_2.png) [@PyBlend](https://blenderartists.org/u/PyBlend)\
**Post date:** [July 25, 2019, 1:42am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/node-question/1170775/5 "2019-07-25T01:42:16Z")

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In your screenshots you have the texture work space selected. You need to select the ball on the left and the cube on the right. like so:

 ![MaterialNodes](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/b/c/e/bceb15e94b5c263cdac46eccdaf7b52fb9b604a5.jpeg)  
My icons are in a different order due to addons but it works the same.  
The left icon (the ball) is for shaders and the right icon (the cube) is for object shaders.

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**Author:** ![DOMO79](https://blenderartists.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/d/cc9497/32.png) [@DOMO79](https://blenderartists.org/u/DOMO79)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2019, 11:33pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/node-question/1170775/6 "2019-08-18T23:33:32Z")

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what addon is this?

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**Author:** ![PyBlend](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/pyblend/32/459849_2.png) [@PyBlend](https://blenderartists.org/u/PyBlend)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2019, 12:06am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/node-question/1170775/7 "2019-08-19T00:06:01Z")

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In this screenhot the extra icon is for the Animation Nodes’ editor.

> [@Animation Nodes](https://blenderartists.org/t/animation-nodes/622676):
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> The Animation Nodes (AN) addon is a node based visual scripting system designed for motion graphics in Blender. The main goal of this project is to have a very customizable and extendable node framework. You can use it as powerful driver alternative, text manipulator, animation replicator, … Download Thread Overview Leon Cheung created a [spreadsheet](https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1rdgMpl_wRl1eTrY1CmmHAMq429HEKSL5tpqejhADfzk/edit#gid=340889273)that helps to directly jump to the quality posts in this Thread. Learning AN AN has a [manual](http://animation-nodes-manual.readthedocs.org/en/latest/index.html). Also checkout the external links for more lea…