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The Common Controls
Nodes that generate images share a number of identical controls in the Inspector. This section
describes controls that are common among Generator nodes.
Inspector
Image Tab
The controls in this tab are used to set the resolution, color depth, and pixel aspect of the image
produced by the node.
Process Mode
Use this menu control to select the Fields Processing mode used by Fusion to render changes
to the image. The default option is determined by the Has Fields checkbox control in the Frame
Format preferences.
Global In and Out
Use this control to specify the position of this node within the project. Use Global In to specify
which frame that starts the clip and Global Out to specify which frame ends the clip (inclusive)
within the project’s Global Range.
The node will not produce an image on frames outside this range.
Use Frame Format Settings
When this checkbox is selected, the width, height, and pixel aspect of the image created by the
node will be locked to values defined in the composition’s Frame Format preferences. If the
Frame Format preferences change, the resolution of the image produced by the node will
change to match. Disabling this option can be useful to build a composition at a different
resolution than the eventual target resolution for the final render.
Width/Height
This pair of controls is used to set the Width and Height dimensions of the image to be created
by the node.
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