diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/CMakeLists.txt b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/CMakeLists.txt
index 2320b4d76fd..ec233e40955 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -715,6 +715,7 @@ extend_qtc_plugin(QmlDesigner
     effectmakernodesmodel.cpp effectmakernodesmodel.h
     effectnode.cpp effectnode.h
     effectnodescategory.cpp effectnodescategory.h
+    compositionnode.cpp compositionnode.h
 )
 
 extend_qtc_plugin(QmlDesigner
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/effectmaker/compositionnode.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/effectmaker/compositionnode.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ce686bc3fd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/effectmaker/compositionnode.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2023 The Qt Company Ltd.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR GPL-3.0-only WITH Qt-GPL-exception-1.0
+
+#include "compositionnode.h"
+
+#include <QFileInfo>
+#include <QJsonDocument>
+#include <QJsonObject>
+#include <QJsonArray>
+
+namespace QmlDesigner {
+
+CompositionNode::CompositionNode(const QString &qenPath)
+{
+    parse(qenPath);
+}
+
+QString CompositionNode::fragmentCode() const
+{
+    return m_fragmentCode;
+}
+
+QString CompositionNode::vertexCode() const
+{
+    return m_vertexCode;
+}
+
+QString CompositionNode::description() const
+{
+    return m_description;
+}
+
+void CompositionNode::parse(const QString &qenPath)
+{
+
+    QFile loadFile(qenPath);
+
+    if (!loadFile.open(QIODevice::ReadOnly)) {
+        qWarning("Couldn't open effect file.");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    QByteArray loadData = loadFile.readAll();
+    QJsonParseError parseError;
+    QJsonDocument jsonDoc(QJsonDocument::fromJson(loadData, &parseError));
+    if (parseError.error != QJsonParseError::NoError) {
+        QString error = QString("Error parsing the effect node: %1:").arg(qenPath);
+        QString errorDetails = QString("%1: %2").arg(parseError.offset).arg(parseError.errorString());
+        qWarning() << qPrintable(error);
+        qWarning() << qPrintable(errorDetails);
+        return;
+    }
+
+    QJsonObject json = jsonDoc.object();
+    QFileInfo fi(loadFile);
+
+    // TODO: QDS-10467
+    // Parse the effect from QEN file
+    // The process from the older implementation has the concept of `project`
+    // and it contains source & dest nodes that we don't need
+}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/effectmaker/compositionnode.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/effectmaker/compositionnode.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..0d16dbc5dc7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/effectmaker/compositionnode.h
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2023 The Qt Company Ltd.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: LicenseRef-Qt-Commercial OR GPL-3.0-only WITH Qt-GPL-exception-1.0
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <QObject>
+
+namespace QmlDesigner {
+
+class CompositionNode : public QObject
+{
+    Q_OBJECT
+
+public:
+    CompositionNode(const QString &qenPath);
+
+    QString fragmentCode() const;
+    QString vertexCode() const;
+    QString description() const;
+
+private:
+    void parse(const QString &qenPath);
+
+    QString m_name;
+    QString m_fragmentCode;
+    QString m_vertexCode;
+    QString m_description;
+};
+
+} // namespace QmlDesigner
+
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/effectmaker/effectnode.cpp b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/effectmaker/effectnode.cpp
index fef05c3ed00..d8774ae8cd3 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/effectmaker/effectnode.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/effectmaker/effectnode.cpp
@@ -11,7 +11,17 @@ namespace QmlDesigner {
 EffectNode::EffectNode(const QString &qenPath)
     : m_qenPath(qenPath)
 {
-    parse(qenPath);
+    const QFileInfo fileInfo = QFileInfo(qenPath);
+    m_name = fileInfo.baseName();
+
+    QString iconPath = QStringLiteral("%1/icon/%2.svg").arg(fileInfo.absolutePath(), m_name);
+    if (!QFileInfo::exists(iconPath)) {
+        QDir parentDir = QDir(fileInfo.absolutePath());
+        parentDir.cdUp();
+
+        iconPath = QStringLiteral("%1/%2").arg(parentDir.path(), "placeholder.svg");
+    }
+    m_iconPath = QUrl::fromLocalFile(iconPath);
 }
 
 QString EffectNode::qenPath() const
@@ -24,50 +34,9 @@ QString EffectNode::name() const
     return m_name;
 }
 
-int EffectNode::nodeId() const
-{
-    return m_nodeId;
-}
-
-QString EffectNode::fragmentCode() const
-{
-    return m_fragmentCode;
-}
-
-QString EffectNode::vertexCode() const
-{
-    return m_vertexCode;
-}
-
-QString EffectNode::qmlCode() const
-{
-    return m_qmlCode;
-}
-
 QString EffectNode::description() const
 {
     return m_description;
 }
 
-void EffectNode::parse(const QString &qenPath)
-{
-    const QFileInfo fileInfo = QFileInfo(qenPath);
-    m_name = fileInfo.baseName();
-
-    QString iconPath = QStringLiteral("%1/icon/%2.svg").arg(fileInfo.absolutePath(), m_name);
-    if (!QFileInfo::exists(iconPath)) {
-        QDir parentDir = QDir(fileInfo.absolutePath());
-        parentDir.cdUp();
-
-        iconPath = QStringLiteral("%1/%2").arg(parentDir.path(), "placeholder.svg");
-    }
-    m_iconPath = QUrl::fromLocalFile(iconPath);
-
-    // TODO: QDS-10467
-    // Parse the effect from QEN file
-    // The process from the older implementation has the concept of `project`
-    // and it contains source & dest nodes that we don't need
-}
-
-
 } // namespace QmlDesigner
diff --git a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/effectmaker/effectnode.h b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/effectmaker/effectnode.h
index a82ef4ccac3..3c6563e80f2 100644
--- a/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/effectmaker/effectnode.h
+++ b/src/plugins/qmldesigner/components/effectmaker/effectnode.h
@@ -19,32 +19,12 @@ public:
     EffectNode(const QString &qenPath);
 
     QString qenPath() const;
-
     QString name() const;
-    int nodeId() const;
-    QString fragmentCode() const;
-    QString vertexCode() const;
-    QString qmlCode() const;
     QString description() const;
 
-    bool operator==(const EffectNode &rhs) const noexcept
-    {
-        return this->m_nodeId == rhs.m_nodeId;
-    }
-    bool operator!=(const EffectNode &rhs) const noexcept
-    {
-        return !operator==(rhs);
-    }
-
 private:
-    void parse(const QString &qenPath);
-
     QString m_qenPath;
     QString m_name;
-    int m_nodeId = -1;
-    QString m_fragmentCode;
-    QString m_vertexCode;
-    QString m_qmlCode;
     QString m_description;
     QUrl m_iconPath;
 };