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Navigating the Node Editor
As your Node tree gets larger, parts inevitably go off-screen. When a portion of the node tree is
offscreen, a resizable Navigator pane appears in the upper-right corner. The Navigator is a
miniature representation of the entire node tree that you can drag within to pan to different
parts of your composition quickly. You can resize the navigator using a handle in the lower-left
corner, and you can choose to show or hide the Navigator by right-clicking the Node Editor to
access the Options submenu of the contextual menu.
The Navigator pane for accessing offscreen parameters or tools.
There are other standard methods of panning and zooming around the Node Editor.
Methods of navigating the Node Editor:
Middle-click and drag to pan around the Node Editor.
Hold down Shift and Command and drag the Node Editor to pan.
Press the Middle and Left mouse buttons simultaneously and drag to resize
the Node Editor.
Hold down the Command key, and use your mouse’s scroll control to resize
the Node Editor.
Right-click the Node Editor and choose an option from the Scale submenu
of the contextual menu.
Press Command-1 to reset the Node Editor to its default size.
Drag two fingers on a track pad to pan.
Hold the Command key down and drag two fingers on a track pad to resize
the Node Editor.
Keeping Organized
As you work, it’s important to keep the node trees that you create tidy to facilitate a clear
understanding of what’s happening. Fortunately, the Fusion Node Editor provides a variety of
methods and options to help you with this, found within the Options and Arrange Tools
submenus of the Node Editor contextual menu.
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