Duplicate node - possible to control location of copies?

With the Duplicate node, the extra copies are spread out along a horizontal line.

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Is it possible to control the location of the copies? For instance, spreading the copies around a circle?

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I am not sure, but I think that if you move the pivot off-center and then adjust the angle the duplicates will move in a circular way.

More advanced options can be found in the Cloner Fuse from Steve Watson that's available from Reactor.
It's like Duplicate on steroids. It's also a lot faster.

Is there any way for each figure to retain its upright orientation, rather than being rotated to appear like radiating spokes of a wheel?

I am not sure. Depending on what you want to do, sometimes it's just easier to make 4 duplicates. Or create the rotating animation first and then duplicate that with a time off-set.
(which is probably a good way to do this, come to think of it)

Edit: Yup. Definitely the way to go. This took 2 minutes to set up.

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{
   Tools = ordered() {
      Rectangle1 = RectangleMask {
         Inputs = {
            Filter = Input { Value = FuID { "Fast Gaussian" }, },
            BorderWidth = Input { Value = 0.01, },
            Solid = Input { Value = 0, },
            MaskWidth = Input { Value = 1920, },
            MaskHeight = Input { Value = 1080, },
            PixelAspect = Input { Value = { 1, 1 }, },
            ClippingMode = Input { Value = FuID { "None" }, },
            Center = Input {
               SourceOp = "Vector1",
               Source = "Position",
            },
            Width = Input { Value = 0.0791889824024483, },
            Height = Input {
               Value = 0.140780413159908,
               Expression = "Width*(1920/1080)",
            },
         },
         ViewInfo = OperatorInfo { Pos = { 55, -16.5 } },
      },
      Vector1 = Vector {
         CtrlWZoom = false,
         Inputs = {
            Distance = Input { Value = 0.25, },
            Angle = Input {
               Value = -1173,
               Expression = "-time*3",
            },
         },
      },
      Duplicate1 = Fuse.Duplicate {
         CtrlWZoom = false,
         Inputs = {
            Copies = Input { Value = 12, },
            TimeOffset = Input { Value = 12, },
            RandomSeed = Input { Value = 26024, },
            Background = Input {
               SourceOp = "Background1",
               Source = "Output",
            },
         },
         ViewInfo = OperatorInfo { Pos = { 220, 49.5 } },
      },
      Background1 = Background {
         Inputs = {
            GlobalOut = Input { Value = 500, },
            Width = Input { Value = 1920, },
            Height = Input { Value = 1080, },
            ["Gamut.SLogVersion"] = Input { Value = FuID { "SLog2" }, },
            TopLeftGreen = Input { Value = 1, },
            TopLeftBlue = Input { Value = 0.016, },
            EffectMask = Input {
               SourceOp = "Rectangle1",
               Source = "Mask",
            }
         },
         ViewInfo = OperatorInfo { Pos = { 110, 49.5 } },
      }
   }
}

create the rotating animation first and then duplicate that with a time off-set.
(which is probably a good way to do this, come to think of it)

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Thanks, that's what I'm looking for -- but your code seems to not be able to go above 4 copies? Even when increasing the copy-number above 4, the actual copies stop at 4.

That's probably because they're overlapping. If you change the time off-set, you will see the copies that are actually there.

That's probably because they're overlapping. If you change the time off-set, you will see the copies that are actually there.

No, sorry, that didn't see to improve it. In the attached screenshot, the items only seem to be visible in the 1st quadran, nowhere else.

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Another try. This time, the 3/4 of the circle can be displayed, but one quadrant cannot be displayed.

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In this screenshot, I have his code and it is set to 12 copies.

For many inputs, you can overdrive the value by typing a number bigger than the slider's maximum. Or smaller than its minimum.