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title: "Negate"
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description: "This page covers the Negate node of the Scene Nodes system in Cinema 4D. It flips a value's sign — positive becomes negative and vice versa — for …"
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# Negate

> **Note:** **What is it about?**
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> This page covers the **Negate node** of the Scene Nodes system in **Cinema 4D**. It flips a value's sign — positive becomes negative and vice versa — for reversing directions and gradients.

This function inverts the value's algebraic symbol. A positive value will be negative and vice-versa.