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Choose Color > Nodes > Add Serial Node + PPW (Option-G), or press the button of the
same name on the T-bar panel of the DaVinci control panel to create a new serial node
with a polygonal window.
Choose Color > Nodes > Add Serial Node + PCW (Option-B), or press the button of the
same name on the T-bar panel of the DaVinci control panel to create a new serial node
with a Curve window.
When you add a node with a Power Window, the Window palette automatically opens up, ready
for editing.
The Window palette
The Window palette is divided into three sets of controls: the Window list, the Presets, and the
Transform and Softness controls.
The Window Palette Interface
Once you’ve created a node with which to apply a Power Window correction, you need to open
the Window palette if it hasn’t been opened already.
To open the Window palette:
Click the Window palette button.
Press the WNDWS button on the T-bar panel of the DaVinci control panel.
The majority of the Window palette is occupied by the Window list, within which you can create
as many windows as you need for the task at hand. There are five types of windows you can
create, each of which has a different geometry. You can use these windows individually, or you
can combine them to create even more complex shapes and interactions. The Window palette
has four groups of controls that let you use these windows in different ways.
The Window palette with the Window list
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