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Choosing Which Nodes Show Thumbnails
If you want to use node thumbnails to help visually identify media and operations in your node trees, there are a variety options for which nodes should display thumbnails in the contextual menu that appears when you right-click anywhere in the background of the Node Editor.
Force All Tile Pictures
NOTE: If Show Thumbnails is enabled, nodes may not update until the playhead is moved in the Time Ruler.
NOTE: If Show Thumbnails is enabled, nodes may not update until the playhead is moved in the Time Ruler.
NOTE: If Show Thumbnails is enabled, nodes may not update until the playhead is moved in the Time Ruler.
This option shows thumbnails for every single node in the Node Editor. This can make simple node trees easier to read, but it’ll make all node trees take up considerably more room.
Force Active Tile Pictures
You may also choose to only show thumbnails for nodes that are currently selected, which can make it easier to see which node you’re working on. When nodes become deselected, the thumbnails will be hidden again.
Force Source Tile Pictures
This enables thumbnails for all MediaIn and Loader nodes in the Node Editor, as well as all generators, and is a great way to be able to quickly see where all the clips are in a composition.
Force Mask Tile Pictures
This enables thumbnails for all Mask nodes in a composition, which can make them easier to distinguish when you’re building complex shapes made from multiple Mask nodes.
Manually Showing Tile Pictures and Node Options
You also have the option of manually choosing which nodes you’d like to show thumbnails.
For example, there may be certain key points of the node tree where you’d like to see a small visual representation of what’s happening in the composition.
1 Select one or more nodes in the Node Editor.
2 Right-click one of the selected nodes, and choose one of the following from the contextual menu:
— Show > Show Tile Pictures
— Show > Show Modes/Options
When you’ve manually enabled thumbnails for different nodes, they’ll remain visible whether or not those nodes are selected.