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A set of three nodes being copied.
And you then paste into a new text editing document, you get the following:
The same three nodes pasted into a text editor.
At this point, you have the option of editing the text (if you know what you’re doing), emailing it
to colleagues, or storing it in a digital notepad of some sort for future use. To use this script in
Fusion again, you need only copy it and paste it back into the Node Editor.
TIP: This is a very easy way to pass specific node settings back and forth between
artists who may not be in the same room, city, or country.
Instancing Nodes
Normally, when you use copy and paste to create a duplicate of a node, the new node is
completely independent from the original node, so that changes made to one aren’t rippled to
the other. However, there are times when two nodes must have identical settings at all times.
For example, when you’re making identical color corrections to two or more images, you don’t
want to constantly have to adjust one color correction node and then manually adjust the other
to match. It’s a hassle, and you risk forgetting to keep them in sync if you’re working in a hurry.
While there are ways to publish controls in one node and connect them to matching controls in
another node, this becomes prohibitively complex and time consuming for nodes in which
you’re making adjustments to several controls. In these cases, creating “instanced” nodes is a
real time-saver, as well as an obvious visual cue in your node tree as to what’s going on.
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