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Editing Node Trees
There is no limit to the number of nodes you can create and connect to one another, and you
can make as many or as few parameter adjustments as you like within each node. The following
procedures describe the ways you can add nodes to the node graph as you build each grade’s
node tree.
Adding Nodes
The simplest thing you can do to add to the complexity of a node tree is to add additional
nodes, in order to add more adjustments to the current grade. You can add nodes so that
they’re automatically attached to nodes that are already in the node tree, for immediate
adjustment, or you can add unattached nodes to empty areas of the node tree in preparation
for assembling a particularly complicated and specific node tree to accomplish a difficult task.
Methods of adding nodes to the tree using a mouse, tablet, or trackpad:
 To add any kind of node to the node graph using the mouse: Right-click any node
in the node tree, and choose the type of node you want to add from the Add Node
submenu of the contextual menu.
 To add a disconnected node to the node graph: Right-click anywhere within the node
graph’s background, then choose Add Node > Corrector from the contextual menu.
Disconnected nodes have no effect on a node tree until they’re connected.
Methods of adding nodes to a currently selected node in the
tree using the keyboard or control panel:
 To add a serial node after the currently selected node: Press Option-S key, choose
Color > Nodes > Add Serial from the menu, or press the ADD SERIAL button on the
T-bar panel of the DaVinci Resolve control panel.
 To append a serial node to the very end of the node tree: Press Option-K, choose
Color > Nodes > Append Node from the menu, or press the APPEND NODE button on
the T-bar panel of the DaVinci Resolve control panel.
 To add a serial node before the currently selected node: Press Shift-S, or choose
Color > Nodes > Add Before Current, or press SHIFT DOWN and then ADD SERIAL on
the T-bar panel of the DaVinci Resolve control panel.
 To add nodes in parallel to the currently selected node: Press Option-P, choose Color
> Nodes > Add Parallel from the menu, or press the ADD PARALLEL button on the T-bar
panel of the DaVinci Resolve control panel.
 To layer nodes with the currently selected node: Press Option-L, choose Color >
Nodes > Add Layer from the menu, or press the ADD LAYER button on the T-bar panel
of the DaVinci control panel.
 To add an outside node to the currently selected node: Press Option-O, choose Color
> Nodes > Add Outside Node from the menu, or press the ADD OUTSIDE button on the
T-bar panel of the DaVinci control panel.
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