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Snapping Nodes to the Grid
By default, you can position nodes freely wherever you want them to be. However, keeping
nodes and connection lines straight and aligned can make them easier to read. To help keep
them aligned, you can have nodes you’re dragging automatically snap to the grid.
To have nodes snap to the grid as they’re dragged:
 Right-click over an empty area of the Node Editor, and choose Arrange Tools > To Grid
from the contextual menu. All nodes you drag now snap to the nearest grid coordinate.
 Right-click over an empty area of the Node Editor, and choose Arrange Tools > To
Connected from the contextual menu. All nodes you drag now snap to the horizontal or
vertical position of the nodes they’re attached to.
TIP: You can set “Arrange to Grid” or “Arrange to Connected” as the default for new
compositions by choosing Fusion > Fusion Settings in DaVinci Resolve or File >
Preferences in Fusion Studio, and turning the Fusion > Node Editor > Arrange To Grid
or Arrange to Connected checkboxes on.
Commands to “Clean Up” a Node Tree
The grid in the background of the Node Editor can be used to align nodes, either by eye
orautomatically.
To “clean up” an unruly node tree:
 Right-click in an empty section of the Node Editor, and choose Line Up All Tools to Grid
from the contextual menu. All nodes in the Node Editor will move to align and center
themselves along the nearest grid lines.
To “clean up” only one or more selected nodes:
 Right-click one of the selected nodes and choose Line Up to Grid from the contextual
menu. All selected nodes will move to align and center themselves along the nearest
grid lines, while all unselected nodes will be left as they are.
Renaming Nodes
Each node that’s created is automatically assigned a name (based on its function) and a number
(based on how many of that type of node have been created already). For example, the first
Blur node added to a composition will be called Blur1, the second will be Blur2, and so on.
Although initially helpful, larger compositions may benefit from important nodes having more
descriptive names to make it easier to identify what they’re actually doing, or to make it easier
to reference those nodes in expressions.
To rename a node:
1 Do one of the following:
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Right-click a node and choose Rename from the contextual menu.
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Select a node and press F2.
2 When the Rename dialog appears, type a new name, and then click OK or press Return.
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