# Shake 4.1 "layer" Node Gone?

**URL:** https://forum.highend3d.com/t/shake-4-1-layer-node-gone/9564
**Category:** Compositing
**Tags:** shake
**Created:** [October 14, 2006, 2:52pm UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/shake-4-1-layer-node-gone/9564 "2006-10-14T14:52:14Z")
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### Author: ![uwe](https://forum.highend3d.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/c57346/32.png) [@uwe](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/uwe)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2006, 2:52pm UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/shake-4-1-layer-node-gone/9564/1 "2006-10-14T14:52:14Z")

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Hi all,  
This is concerning version 4.1 (Mac).  
I am wondering what happened to the node "Layer", that used to be in the layer-section. it used to be there in version 3.5. I can get it into 4.1 loading an older script, but not without that trick. I know I could use multi-layer, but that little "Layer" was so convenient for quickly trying different modes....  
regards  
Uwe Wiesemann

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### Author: ![user\_deleted](https://forum.highend3d.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/u/35a633/32.png) [@user\_deleted](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/user_deleted)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2006, 5:40pm UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/shake-4-1-layer-node-gone/9564/2 "2006-10-14T17:40:47Z")

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as you guessed, they replaced layer with multilayer.  
you could prolly get it back by making a macro out of a old scripts layer node or some oher hack though.  
++ christoph ++

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### Author: ![deke-kincaid](https://forum.highend3d.com/user_avatar/forum.highend3d.com/deke-kincaid/32/178_2.png) [@deke-kincaid](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/deke-kincaid)
#### Post date: [October 14, 2006, 7:51pm UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/shake-4-1-layer-node-gone/9564/3 "2006-10-14T19:51:33Z")

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Look through the nrui.h file. I think I remember seeing Layer in there being commented out. Just copy it into another UI.h file and uncommment it.

Only thing is it is eactly the same as the multilayer. You can still quickly try different modes. The only difference is multilayer allows you to add more then 2 layers in a single node.

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### Author: ![director](https://forum.highend3d.com/user_avatar/forum.highend3d.com/director/32/412_2.png) [@director](https://forum.highend3d.com/u/director)
#### Post date: [October 19, 2006, 11:51pm UTC](https://forum.highend3d.com/t/shake-4-1-layer-node-gone/9564/4 "2006-10-19T23:51:02Z")

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If the layer node is gone does that affect my ability to make macros because I have to use a multilayer now, or has the "multilayer - inside of a macro" bug been fixed?