Adding Nodes

Once a workspace is created or opened, you can add nodes at any time in the Schematic view. Nodes added in the Schematic are also added to the Workspace panel.

To add a node in the Schematic view:

Select a node, and do one of the following:

• Choose Operators and select an operator from the list.
• Right-click (Windows) or Ctrl-click (Macintosh) a selected node, choose Add Operator, and select an operator from the list.

Note: If the selected node is a layer node, choose Operators from the context menu. The context menu option for footage, operator and Composite nodes is "Add Operator", and the context menu option for the layer node is "Operators".

• In the Operators panel (F5), select an operator category from the Operators list, and then select an operator from the panel.

The selected operator is added to the node.

You can add the same node to several nodes simultaneously. To add a node to a group of nodes, select the nodes, and do one of the following:

• Choose Operators and select an operator from the list.
• Right-click (Windows) or Ctrl-click (Macintosh) a selected node, choose Add Operator, and select an operator from the list.

The operator is added to all selected nodes.

In the following example, the Paint and Text nodes are selected, and a Discreet Color Corrector is added to both nodes.

This example applies to all node types except for Composite nodes. Adding a Composite node to more than one selected node does not add a Composite node to all the selected nodes. Since a Composite node has multiple inputs, all inputs from the selected nodes are connected to a single, new Composite node.

Since an operator node cannot be directly connected to a composite (it must go "through" a layer node), the outputs of the selected nodes are connected to new layer nodes that are in turn connected to the new composite.

The new composite is connected to the original layer nodes.