User Manual

Table Of Contents
Learning to Use the Node Editor 1067
Navigating within the Node Editor 1067
Automatic Node Editor Navigation 1068
Using the Node Navigator 1068
Adding Nodes to a Composition 1069
Adding, Inserting, and Replacing Nodes Using the Toolbar 1069
Adding Nodes Quickly Using the Select Tool Window 1070
Adding Nodes from the Eects Library 1071
Adding, Inserting, and Replacing Nodes Using the Contextual Menu 1074
Deleting Nodes 1075
Disconnected Nodes 1075
Selecting and Deselecting Nodes 1075
Selecting Nodes 1075
The Active Node 1076
Deselecting Nodes 1076
Loading Nodes into Viewers 1076
Viewed Nodes When You First Open Fusion 1077
Node View Indicators 1077
Drag and Drop Nodes into a Viewer 1078
Using the Contextual Menu 1078
Clearing Viewers 1078
Create/Play Preview 1079
Connecting and Disconnecting Nodes 1079
Node Basics 1079
How to Connect Nodes 1079
Dropping Connections on Top of Nodes 1080
Identifying Node Inputs 1082
Node Order Matters 1082
Upstream and Downstream Nodes 1084
Disconnecting and Reconnecting Nodes 1085
Tracing Connections Through the Node Tree 1085
Branching 1086
Connecting Merge Nodes 1087
Automatically Creating a Merge Node When Adding Nodes 1088
Automatically Creating a Merge Node by Connecting Two Outputs 1088
Contents
Chapter – 56 Working in the Node Editor 1065