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Dragging a clip from the Media Pool (Left), and dropping it onto your composition (Right).
TIP: Dragging a clip from the Media Pool on top of a connection line between two other nodes in the Node Editor adds that clip as the foreground clip to a Merge node.
TIP: Dragging a clip from the Media Pool on top of a connection line between two other nodes in the Node Editor adds that clip as the foreground clip to a Merge node.
TIP: Dragging a clip from the Media Pool on top of a connection line between two other nodes in the Node Editor adds that clip as the foreground clip to a Merge node.
When you add additional clips from the Media Pool, those clips becomes a part of the composition, similar to how Ext Matte nodes you add to the Color page Node Editor become part of that
clip’s grade.
Audio with Media Pool Clips
Audio from a clip brought in through the Media Pool is muted by default. Hearing the audio from a Media Pool clip is a two step process.
1 Select the clip in the Node Editor.
2 In the Inspector, click the Audio tab and select the clip name from the Audio Track drop-down menu.
3 Right-click the speaker icon in the toolbar, then choose the MediaIn for the Media Pool clip to solo its audio.
You can now use the speaker icon contextual menu to switch back and forth between all the MediaIn nodes.
Finding Clips in the Media Pool from the Node Editor
Complex Fusion Compositions can have multiple MediaIn nodes to keep track of. It is possible to find the exact clip in the Media Pool assigned to a MediaIn node by selecting it, and then choosing Clip > Find Clip in Media Pool (Option-F).
Adding Clips from the File System
You also have the option of dragging clips from the file system directly into the Node Editor. When you do this, they’ll be added to the currently selected bin of the Media Pool automatically. So, if you have
a library of stock animated background textures and you’ve just found the one you want to use using your file system’s search tools, you can simply drag it straight into the Node Editor to use it right away.