Creating Multiple Branches

A workspace can include any number of branches. For example, you can work on various elements (such as painting on footage or keying a blue-screen clip) separately before combining them in a composite.

The order of the branches in the Workspace panel is not important. When you choose File | New to create a branch or choose File | Open to open footage as a branch, the new branch is added to the top of the Workspace panel.

If there are two or more branches, several actions can make the order change:

• Changing the node links in the Schematic view (for example, adding an edge from one branch to a node in another branch). If you link the node farthest downstream in a branch, that branch joins the branch you link it to.
• Dragging the top operator (the one farthest downstream) down in the current branch makes the branch move to the bottom of the Workspace panel. This is the same as dragging another operator up to the top of the branch.
• Importing a workspace adds its branches to the top.

Note: You can take advantage of this behavior if you want to reorganize the branches; just remember that other actions can change the order again and the order may not be saved in the workspace file.