diff --git a/app/CMakeLists.txt b/app/CMakeLists.txt
index bd74573ed..132c58a78 100644
--- a/app/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/app/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ set(OLIVE_SOURCES
 )
 
 add_subdirectory(decoder)
+add_subdirectory(node)
 add_subdirectory(panel)
 add_subdirectory(project)
 add_subdirectory(render)
diff --git a/app/node/CMakeLists.txt b/app/node/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eb4d9bcb7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/node/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+# Olive - Non-Linear Video Editor
+# Copyright (C) 2019 Olive Team
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+set(OLIVE_SOURCES
+  ${OLIVE_SOURCES}
+  node/node.h
+  node/node.cpp
+  node/graph.h
+  node/graph.cpp
+  node/input.h
+  node/input.cpp
+  node/output.h
+  node/output.cpp
+  node/param.h
+  node/param.cpp
+  PARENT_SCOPE
+)
diff --git a/app/node/graph.cpp b/app/node/graph.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..eebd60340
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/node/graph.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/***
+
+  Olive - Non-Linear Video Editor
+  Copyright (C) 2019 Olive Team
+
+  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+  (at your option) any later version.
+
+  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+  GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+***/
+
+#include "graph.h"
+
+NodeGraph::NodeGraph()
+{
+
+}
diff --git a/app/node/graph.h b/app/node/graph.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b70026317
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/node/graph.h
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/***
+
+  Olive - Non-Linear Video Editor
+  Copyright (C) 2019 Olive Team
+
+  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+  (at your option) any later version.
+
+  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+  GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+***/
+
+#ifndef NODEGRAPH_H
+#define NODEGRAPH_H
+
+#include <QObject>
+
+class NodeGraph : public QObject
+{
+public:
+  NodeGraph();
+
+private:
+};
+
+#endif // NODEGRAPH_H
diff --git a/app/node/input.cpp b/app/node/input.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..570e2c44d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/node/input.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/***
+
+  Olive - Non-Linear Video Editor
+  Copyright (C) 2019 Olive Team
+
+  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+  (at your option) any later version.
+
+  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+  GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+***/
+
+#include "input.h"
+
+NodeInput::NodeInput(Node* parent) :
+  NodeParam(parent)
+{
+}
+
+NodeParam::Type NodeInput::type()
+{
+  return kInput;
+}
+
+void NodeInput::add_data_input(const NodeParam::DataType &data_type)
+{
+  inputs_.append(data_type);
+}
+
+bool NodeInput::can_accept_type(const NodeParam::DataType &data_type)
+{
+  return AreDataTypesCompatible(data_type, inputs_);
+}
diff --git a/app/node/input.h b/app/node/input.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..73add2a23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/node/input.h
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/***
+
+  Olive - Non-Linear Video Editor
+  Copyright (C) 2019 Olive Team
+
+  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+  (at your option) any later version.
+
+  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+  GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+***/
+
+#ifndef NODEINPUT_H
+#define NODEINPUT_H
+
+#include "param.h"
+
+class NodeInput : public NodeParam
+{
+public:
+  NodeInput(Node *parent);
+
+  virtual Type type() override;
+
+  void add_data_input(const DataType& data_type);
+
+  bool can_accept_type(const DataType& data_type);
+
+private:
+  QList<DataType> inputs_;
+};
+
+#endif // NODEINPUT_H
diff --git a/app/node/node.cpp b/app/node/node.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..23080ce1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/node/node.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/***
+
+  Olive - Non-Linear Video Editor
+  Copyright (C) 2019 Olive Team
+
+  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+  (at your option) any later version.
+
+  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+  GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+***/
+
+#include "node.h"
+
+Node::Node(QObject *parent) :
+  QObject(parent)
+{
+}
diff --git a/app/node/node.h b/app/node/node.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b1276a406
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/node/node.h
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/***
+
+  Olive - Non-Linear Video Editor
+  Copyright (C) 2019 Olive Team
+
+  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+  (at your option) any later version.
+
+  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+  GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+***/
+
+#ifndef NODE_H
+#define NODE_H
+
+#include <QObject>
+
+class Node : public QObject
+{
+public:
+  Node(QObject* parent = nullptr);
+};
+
+#endif // NODE_H
diff --git a/app/node/output.cpp b/app/node/output.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..309890f92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/node/output.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+/***
+
+  Olive - Non-Linear Video Editor
+  Copyright (C) 2019 Olive Team
+
+  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+  (at your option) any later version.
+
+  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+  GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+***/
+
+#include "output.h"
+
+NodeOutput::NodeOutput(Node *parent) :
+  NodeParam(parent)
+{
+
+}
+
+NodeParam::Type NodeOutput::type()
+{
+  return kOutput;
+}
+
+const NodeParam::DataType &NodeOutput::data_type()
+{
+  return data_type_;
+}
+
+void NodeOutput::set_data_type(const NodeParam::DataType &type)
+{
+  data_type_ = type;
+}
diff --git a/app/node/output.h b/app/node/output.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..248990d47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/node/output.h
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+/***
+
+  Olive - Non-Linear Video Editor
+  Copyright (C) 2019 Olive Team
+
+  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+  (at your option) any later version.
+
+  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+  GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+***/
+
+#ifndef NODEOUTPUT_H
+#define NODEOUTPUT_H
+
+#include "param.h"
+
+class NodeOutput : public NodeParam
+{
+public:
+  NodeOutput(Node* parent);
+
+  virtual Type type() override;
+
+  const DataType& data_type();
+  void set_data_type(const DataType& type);
+
+private:
+  DataType data_type_;
+};
+
+#endif // NODEOUTPUT_H
diff --git a/app/node/param.cpp b/app/node/param.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0c871e291
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/node/param.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/***
+
+  Olive - Non-Linear Video Editor
+  Copyright (C) 2019 Olive Team
+
+  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+  (at your option) any later version.
+
+  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+  GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+***/
+
+#include "param.h"
+
+#include "node.h"
+
+NodeParam::NodeParam(Node *parent) :
+  QObject(parent)
+{
+
+}
+
+bool NodeParam::AreDataTypesCompatible(const NodeParam::DataType &output_type, const NodeParam::DataType &input_type)
+{
+  if (input_type == output_type) {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  if (input_type == kNone) {
+    return false;
+  }
+
+  if (input_type == kAny) {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  // Allow for up-converting integers to floats (but not the other way around)
+  if (output_type == kInt && input_type == kFloat) {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  return false;
+}
+
+bool NodeParam::AreDataTypesCompatible(const DataType &output_type, const QList<DataType>& input_types)
+{
+  for (int i=0;i<input_types.size();i++) {
+    if (AreDataTypesCompatible(output_type, input_types.at(i))) {
+      return true;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return false;
+}
diff --git a/app/node/param.h b/app/node/param.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9899d08c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/node/param.h
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/***
+
+  Olive - Non-Linear Video Editor
+  Copyright (C) 2019 Olive Team
+
+  This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+  it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+  the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+  (at your option) any later version.
+
+  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+  GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+***/
+
+#ifndef NODEPARAM_H
+#define NODEPARAM_H
+
+#include <QObject>
+
+class Node;
+
+class NodeParam : public QObject
+{
+public:
+  enum Type {
+    kInput,
+    kOutput,
+    kPassthrough
+  };
+
+  enum DataType {
+    kNone,
+    kInt,
+    kFloat,
+    kColor,
+    kString,
+    kBoolean,
+    kFont,
+    kFile,
+    kTexture,
+    kMatrix,
+    kBlock,
+    kAny
+  };
+
+  NodeParam(Node* parent);
+
+  virtual Type type() = 0;
+
+  static bool AreDataTypesCompatible(const DataType& output_type, const DataType& input_type);
+  static bool AreDataTypesCompatible(const DataType& output_type, const QList<DataType>& input_types);
+
+private:
+
+};
+
+#endif // NODEPARAM_H
diff --git a/app/project/item/sequence/sequence.h b/app/project/item/sequence/sequence.h
index 76b420d90..64e1197b8 100644
--- a/app/project/item/sequence/sequence.h
+++ b/app/project/item/sequence/sequence.h
@@ -21,9 +21,10 @@
 #ifndef SEQUENCE_H
 #define SEQUENCE_H
 
+#include "node/graph.h"
 #include "project/item/item.h"
 
-class Sequence : public Item
+class Sequence : public Item, public NodeGraph
 {
 public:
   Sequence();