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‌Using the Inspector Header‌‌‌

When you select a node, it populates the Inspector with a title bar, or Inspector header, that displays that node’s name as well as other controls that govern that node. A node’s Inspector header itself has a variety of controls, but clicking (or double-clicking) on an Inspector header also exposes that node’s parameters.

A node’s Inspector header

When you select multiple nodes at once, you’ll see multiple headers in the Inspector. By default, only the parameters for the active node (highlighted orange in the Node Editor) can be opened at any given time, although you can change this behavior in Fusion’s Preferences.

Selecting and Viewing Nodes in the Inspector

Inspector headers are click targets for selecting nodes, opening and closing node parameters, and other things.

Methods of using headers:

— To select a node using the Inspector header: When multiple nodes are selected, you can make a node the active node by clicking its Inspector header in the Inspector. As the actively selected node, the Inspector header and the corresponding node in the Node Editor are highlighted orange, and its parameters are exposed.

— To load a node into the viewer using the Inspector header: You can view a node by dragging its header into one of the viewers.

— To view a node’s splines with the control header: If you want to view the animated curves of a node in the Spline Editor, you can add them by dragging the Inspector header into the

Spline Editor. All animated splines for the parameters of that node will automatically be displayed.

Using Header Controls

The controls found in each node’s Inspector header makes it fast to do simple things.

To turn nodes off and on: Each Inspector header has a toggle switch to the left of its name, which can be used to enable or disable that node. Disabled nodes pass image data from the previous upstream node to the next downstream node without alteration.

To change the Inspector header name: The name of the node corresponding to that Inspector header is displayed next. You can change the name by right-clicking the Inspector header to expose contextual menu commands similar to those found when you right-click a node in the Node Editor and choosing Rename. Alternatively, you can click an Inspector header and press F2 to edit its name. A Rename dialog appears, where you can enter a new name and click OK (or press Return).

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