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Quickstart
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#. Open |Blender| and :ref:`installation:Installation` the addon
   if you haven't already.
#. Switch to any supported editor e.g. the shader editor
#. Create a new material
#. Press the 'n' key to open the editor's sidebar
   if it's not visible already.
#. Use color ramp nodes initially due to their intuitive controls.
#. Convert to a custom node group by pressing 'Convert' on the sidebar.
#. Effortlessly convert back from node group to color ramp node if necessary.

.. |Blender| raw:: html

   <a href="https://www.blender.org/" target="_blank">Blender</a>