Renaming Nodes

‌Snapping Nodes to the Grid‌

By default, you can position nodes freely wherever you want them to be. However, keeping nodes and connection lines straight and aligned can make them easier to read. To help keep them aligned, you can have nodes you’re dragging automatically snap to the grid.

To have nodes snap to the grid as they’re dragged:

— Right-click over an empty area of the Node Editor, and choose Arrange Tools > To Grid from the contextual menu. All nodes you drag now snap to the nearest grid coordinate.

TIP: You can set “Arrange to Grid” or “Arrange to Connected” as the default for new compositions by choosing Fusion > Fusion Settings in DaVinci Resolve or File > Preferences in Fusion Studio, and turning the Fusion > Node Editor > Arrange To Grid or Arrange to Connected checkboxes on.

— Right-click over an empty area of the Node Editor, and choose Arrange Tools > To Connected from the contextual menu. All nodes you drag now snap to the horizontal or vertical position of the nodes they’re attached to.

Commands to “Clean Up” a Node Tree

The grid in the background of the Node Editor can be used to align nodes, either by eye or automatically.

To “clean up” an unruly node tree:

— Right-click in an empty section of the Node Editor, and choose Line Up All Tools to Grid from the contextual menu. All nodes in the Node Editor will move to align and center themselves along the nearest grid lines.

To “clean up” only one or more selected nodes:

— Right-click one of the selected nodes and choose Line Up to Grid from the contextual menu. All selected nodes will move to align and center themselves along the nearest grid lines, while all unselected nodes will be left as they are.

Renaming Nodes

Each node that’s created is automatically assigned a name (based on its function) and a number (based on how many of that type of node have been created already). For example, the first Blur node added to a composition will be called Blur1, the second will be Blur2, and so on. Although initially helpful, larger compositions may benefit from important nodes having more descriptive names to make it easier to identify what they’re actually doing, or to make it easier to reference those nodes in expressions.

To rename a node:

1 Do one of the following:

— Right-click a node and choose Rename from the contextual menu.

— Select a node and press F2.

2 When the Rename dialog appears, type a new name, and then click OK or press Return.

NOTE: If multiple nodes are selected, multiple dialogs will appear asking for a name for each tool.

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