diff --git a/src/controls/QskQuick.cpp b/src/controls/QskQuick.cpp
index 6a8f045f..c2888db9 100644
--- a/src/controls/QskQuick.cpp
+++ b/src/controls/QskQuick.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 
 QSK_QT_PRIVATE_BEGIN
 #include <private/qquickitem_p.h>
+#include <private/qquickwindow_p.h>
+#include <private/qsgrenderer_p.h>
 QSK_QT_PRIVATE_END
 
 #include <qpa/qplatforminputcontext.h>
@@ -387,6 +389,48 @@ const QSGNode* qskPaintNode( const QQuickItem* item )
     return QQuickItemPrivate::get( item )->paintNode;
 }
 
+const QSGRootNode* qskScenegraphAnchorNode( const QQuickItem* item )
+{
+    if ( item == nullptr )
+        return nullptr;
+
+    return QQuickItemPrivate::get( item )->rootNode();
+}
+
+const QSGRootNode* qskScenegraphAnchorNode( const QQuickWindow* window )
+{
+    if ( window )
+    {
+        if ( auto renderer = QQuickWindowPrivate::get( window )->renderer )
+            return renderer->rootNode();
+    }
+
+    return nullptr;
+}
+
+void qskSetScenegraphAnchor( QQuickItem* item, bool on )
+{
+    /*
+        For setting up a subtree renderer ( f.e in QskSceneTexture ) we need
+        to insert a QSGRootNode above the paintNode.
+
+        ( In Qt this feature is exlusively used in the Qt/Quick Effects module
+        what lead to the not very intuitive name "refFromEffectItem" )
+
+        refFromEffectItem also allows to insert a opacity node of 0 to
+        hide the subtree from the main renderer by setting its parameter to
+        true. We have QskItemNode to achieve the same.
+     */
+    if ( item )
+    {
+        auto d = QQuickItemPrivate::get( item );
+        if ( on )
+            d->refFromEffectItem( false );
+        else
+            d->derefFromEffectItem( false );
+    }
+}
+
 QSizeF qskEffectiveSizeHint( const QQuickItem* item,
     Qt::SizeHint whichHint, const QSizeF& constraint )
 {
diff --git a/src/controls/QskQuick.h b/src/controls/QskQuick.h
index 6b2ae2df..622b108d 100644
--- a/src/controls/QskQuick.h
+++ b/src/controls/QskQuick.h
@@ -14,10 +14,11 @@
 
 class QskSizePolicy;
 
-class QQuickItem;
 class QSGNode;
 class QSGTransformNode;
+class QSGRootNode;
 class QRectF;
+
 template< typename T > class QList;
 
 /*
@@ -71,6 +72,10 @@ QSK_EXPORT void qskInputMethodSetVisible( const QQuickItem*, bool );
 QSK_EXPORT const QSGTransformNode* qskItemNode( const QQuickItem* );
 QSK_EXPORT const QSGNode* qskPaintNode( const QQuickItem* );
 
+QSK_EXPORT const QSGRootNode* qskScenegraphAnchorNode( const QQuickItem* );
+QSK_EXPORT const QSGRootNode* qskScenegraphAnchorNode( const QQuickWindow* );
+QSK_EXPORT void qskSetScenegraphAnchor( QQuickItem*, bool on, bool hide = false );
+
 QSK_EXPORT void qskItemUpdateRecursive( QQuickItem* );
 
 QSK_EXPORT bool qskGrabMouse( QQuickItem* );
diff --git a/src/nodes/QskSceneTexture.cpp b/src/nodes/QskSceneTexture.cpp
index 38b3f2dd..582488b6 100644
--- a/src/nodes/QskSceneTexture.cpp
+++ b/src/nodes/QskSceneTexture.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 #include "QskTreeNode.h"
 
 QSK_QT_PRIVATE_BEGIN
+#include <private/qquickwindow_p.h>
 #include <private/qsgbatchrenderer_p.h>
 QSK_QT_PRIVATE_END
 
@@ -166,22 +167,25 @@ namespace
 class QskSceneTexturePrivate final : public QSGTexturePrivate
 {
   public:
-    QskSceneTexturePrivate( QskSceneTexture* texture )
+    QskSceneTexturePrivate( const QQuickWindow* window, QskSceneTexture* texture )
         : QSGTexturePrivate( texture )
+        , devicePixelRatio( window->effectiveDevicePixelRatio() )
     {
+        context = dynamic_cast< QSGDefaultRenderContext* >(
+            QQuickWindowPrivate::get( window )->context );
     }
 
     QRectF rect;
-    qreal devicePixelRatio = 1.0;
+    const qreal devicePixelRatio;
 
     Renderer* renderer = nullptr;
     QSGDefaultRenderContext* context = nullptr;
 };
 
-QskSceneTexture::QskSceneTexture( QSGRenderContext* context )
-    : Inherited(*( new QskSceneTexturePrivate(this) ) )
+QskSceneTexture::QskSceneTexture( const QQuickWindow* window )
+    : Inherited(*( new QskSceneTexturePrivate( window, this ) ) )
 {
-    d_func()->context = static_cast< QSGDefaultRenderContext* >( context );
+    Q_ASSERT( d_func()->context );
 }
 
 QskSceneTexture::~QskSceneTexture()
@@ -218,8 +222,8 @@ QRhiTexture* QskSceneTexture::rhiTexture() const
     return d->renderer ? d->renderer->texture() : nullptr;
 }
 
-void QskSceneTexture::render( QSGRootNode* rootNode,
-    QSGTransformNode* finalNode, const QRectF& rect )
+void QskSceneTexture::render( const QSGRootNode* rootNode,
+    const QSGTransformNode* finalNode, const QRectF& rect )
 {
     Q_D( QskSceneTexture );
 
@@ -233,18 +237,14 @@ void QskSceneTexture::render( QSGRootNode* rootNode,
         d->renderer->setDevicePixelRatio( d->devicePixelRatio );
     }
 
-    d->renderer->setRootNode( rootNode );
-    d->renderer->setFinalNode( finalNode );
+    d->renderer->setRootNode( const_cast< QSGRootNode* >( rootNode ) );
+    d->renderer->setFinalNode( const_cast< QSGTransformNode* >( finalNode ) );
+
     d->renderer->setProjection( d->rect );
     d->renderer->setTextureSize( pixelSize );
     d->renderer->renderScene();
 }
 
-void QskSceneTexture::setDevicePixelRatio( qreal ratio )
-{
-    d_func()->devicePixelRatio = ratio;
-}
-
 QRectF QskSceneTexture::normalizedTextureSubRect() const
 {
     return QRectF( 0, 1, 1, -1 );
diff --git a/src/nodes/QskSceneTexture.h b/src/nodes/QskSceneTexture.h
index 0b36d1c1..fd373ebc 100644
--- a/src/nodes/QskSceneTexture.h
+++ b/src/nodes/QskSceneTexture.h
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@
 #include <qsgtexture.h>
 
 class QskSceneTexturePrivate;
-class QSGRenderContext;
 
 class QSGRootNode;
 class QSGTransformNode;
+class QQuickWindow;
 
 class QSK_EXPORT QskSceneTexture : public QSGTexture // QSGDynamicTexture: TODO ...
 {
@@ -22,11 +22,10 @@ class QSK_EXPORT QskSceneTexture : public QSGTexture // QSGDynamicTexture: TODO
     using Inherited = QSGTexture;
 
   public:
-    QskSceneTexture( QSGRenderContext* );
+    QskSceneTexture( const QQuickWindow* );
     ~QskSceneTexture();
 
-    void setDevicePixelRatio( qreal );
-    void render( QSGRootNode*, QSGTransformNode*, const QRectF& );
+    void render( const QSGRootNode*, const QSGTransformNode*, const QRectF& );
 
     QSize textureSize() const override;