# Node question **URL:** \ **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:** 1\ **Showing post:** 7
**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")
In this screenhot the extra icon is for the Animation Nodes’ editor. > [@Animation Nodes](https://blenderartists.org/t/animation-nodes/622676): > > 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… --- _[View the full topic](https://blenderartists.org/t/node-question/1170775)._