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Selecting Nodes
The node that’s currently selected in the Node Editor is highlighted in orange, and is referred to
as the current node. When you adjust any of the parameters or settings in the Color page,
you’re adjusting parameters within the current node. You can only select one node at a time.
To select a node, making it the current node, do one of the following:
Click any node in the node graph.
Choose Color > Nodes > Previous Node (Option-Shift-Semicolon) or Color > Nodes >
Next Node (Option-Shift-Apostrophe). When you do this, the last node loops around to
the first one, and vice versa.
Using the Transport panel of the DaVinci control panel, press the PREV NODE or
NEXTNODE buttons. When you do this, the last node loops around to the first one, and
vice versa.
Using the Transport panel of the DaVinci control panel, enter the number of the node
you want to select using the keypad, and then press the SELECT NODE button.
The selected node appears highlighted in orange. You also have the ability to select multiple
nodes, in preparation for doing things like moving them or creating compound nodes (covered
later in this chapter).
To select multiple nodes:
Command-click each of the nodes you want to simultaneously select.
With the Node Editor Selection tool chosen (at the upper left-hand corner of the Node
Editor) simply drag to select multiple nodes using a bounding box.
The Node Editor’s Selection tool
When you select multiple nodes, each one appears highlighted in white, with the exception of
the current node, which remains orange.
Selecting three nodes by dragging a bounding box
When you select another clip in the Timeline, the default behavior is that the last node that was
selected when you worked on that clip is the one that’s selected when you move to that clip
again. However, a setting in the option menu of the Node Editor and the Color panel of the User
Preferences, called “Switching clips,” lets you change this behavior. For more information on
this option, see Chapter 3, “System and User Preferences.
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