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To paste one or more selected nodes, do one of the following:
To paste nodes to be inserted after another node: Select the node in the node tree
you want to insert the pasted node(s) to, and choose Edit > Paste (Command-V).
To paste nodes to be disconnected from the rest of the node tree: Deselect all nodes,
and then choose Edit > Paste (Command-V), or right-click anywhere in the Node Editor
and choose Paste from the contextual menu.
To paste disconnected nodes in a specific area of the Node Editor: Deselect all
nodes, and then click the place in the Node Editor where you want pasted node(s) to
appear, and choose Edit > Paste (Command-V), or right-click anywhere in the Node
Editor and choose Paste from the contextual menu.
To paste a node to replace an existing node in the Node Editor: Right-click a node
in the Node Editor that you want to replace, choose Paste from the contextual menu,
and when a dialog appears asking if you want to replace that node, click OK. This only
works when you use the contextual menu command.
TIP: When you paste a MediaIn, Loader, or Generator node so it will be inserted after a
selected node in the node tree, a Merge tool is automatically created and used to
composite the pasted node by connecting it to the foreground input. While this can
save you a few steps, some artists may prefer to perform these sorts of merges
manually, so this can be changed using the Default Preferences panel in the Global
preferences.
Pasting Node Settings
Instead of pasting a node, you can choose to paste just the parameter settings that you copied
from another node. This can be useful if you’ve carefully set or animated parameters in one
node that you want to also use in another node.
Note that you can paste settings between two nodes of the same type, or between two entirely
different kinds of nodes that happen to have one or more of the same parameters in the
Inspector. When copying settings from one type of node to another, only the settings that match
between two nodes will be copied. A common example is to copy an animated Center
parameter from a Transform node to the Center parameter of a Mask node.
To Paste settings from one node to another:
1 Select a node that has settings you want to copy, and choose Copy from the Edit menu
(Command-C).
2 Right-click a node you want to paste those settings to, and choose Paste Settings from
the contextual menu.
Copying and Pasting Nodes to and from Any Text Editor
The format of nodes in the Node Editor is not binary, but is in fact a simple text format. The
implications of that may not be obvious, but one example benefit is clear when you start dealing
with nodes.
One or more nodes can be copied from the Node Editor and pasted directly into a text editor or
email. This pastes the selection in text format, just as it’s saved internally in Fusion. For example,
if you copy the following set of three nodes:
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