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Parameter Header Controls
A cluster of controls appears at the top of every node’s controls in the Inspector.
CommonInspectorControls
Common Inspector controls.
 Set Color: A pop-up menu that lets you assign one of 16 colors to a node, overriding a
node’s own color.
 Versions: Clicking Versions reveals another toolbar with six buttons. Each button can
hold an individual set of adjustments for that node that you can use to store multiple
versions of an effect.
 Pin: The Inspector is also capable of simultaneously displaying all parameters for
multiple nodes you’ve selected in the Node Editor. Furthermore, a Pin button in the title
bar of each node’s parameters lets you “pin” that node’s parameters into the Inspector
so that they remain there even when that node is deselected, which is valuable for key
nodes that you need to adjust even while inspecting other nodes of your composition.
 Lock: Locks that node so that no changes can be made to it.
 Reset: Resets all parameters within that node.
Parameter Tabs
Many nodes expose multiple tabs’ worth of controls in the Inspector, seen as icons at the top of
the parameter section for each node. Click any tab to expose that set of controls.
Nodes with several tabs’ worth of parameters.
Keyframes Editor
The Keyframes Editor displays each node in the current composition as a stack of layers within
a miniature timeline. The order of the layers is largely irrelevant as the order and flow of
connections in the node tree dictate the order of image-processing operations. You use the
Keyframes Editor to trim, extend, or slide Loader, MediaIn, and effects nodes, or to adjust the
timing of keyframes, which appear superimposed over each effect node unless you open them
up into their editable track.
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