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To change the connection from one node to another:
Move the pointer over the second half of any connection line between two nodes until
it highlights blue, then click and drag it to reconnect it to another input, on that node
or another.
To disconnect two nodes, do one of the following:
 Position the pointer over the right-hand side of a node connection so it highlights,
and click it to delete it.
 Click a link to select it (selected links turn orange), and then press the
Delete or Forward-Delete key.
 Right-click a link and choose Delete Link.
To overwrite a node’s previous connection:
 You can drag a connection to a node input or output that’s already connected, which
will overwrite the previous connection with the new one you’re dragging. When you do
this, the connection that’s about to be overwritten appears highlighted in orange.
 You can connect any node’s RGB or Key output to as many inputs as you want, but you
can only have one connection going to a node’s input. The exception to this is a node
with multiple inputs, designed to combine the output of multiple nodes. These include
the Parallel, Mixer, and Key Mixer nodes.
Extracting a Node
Sometimes you need to remove a node from its current position in the node tree, such that the
nodes to the left and right of it automatically reconnect to one another, saving you from having
to reconnect them manually. This is called extracting a node.
To extract a node, do one of the following:
 Select a node, and choose Color > Nodes > Extract Current Node.
 Select a node, and press E.
Keep in mind that disconnected nodes in the node tree suspend grading altogether, so you’ll
want to either reconnect that node to another part of the node tree, or delete it; you cannot
leave it disconnected in the Node Editor.
Inserting a Node
If there’s a disconnected node in the Node Editor, there’s a simple way you can insert it into the
node tree between any two other nodes. This also works for nodes that you’re dragging into a
node tree from another source, for example, from the exposed node tree of a still in the Gallery.
To insert a disconnected node between two other nodes:
Drag a disconnected node, or a node from another node tree, onto the connection
between any two other nodes in a node tree; when a plus icon appears over the node
you’re dragging, drop it to insert the node.
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