Append Node Graph

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You can also append a saved grade to any clip in a timeline. This adds the entire node graph of the saved still to the end of the node tree of the current clip. In other words, the current clip’s grade isn’t overwritten, the applied grade is added to the end of it.

By planning ahead, you can save fragmentary grades that create specific effects or adjustments using only a few nodes. You can then use these fragmentary grades as a toolkit that you can add to other grades in order to mix and match different adjustments and effects.

For example, you could create a three-node glow effect, save it, and then apply that effect at the end of a completely different clip’s grade.

Appending grades places them after the original nodes

To append a saved grade or memory as individual nodes, do one of the following:

— Drag a still or memory from the Gallery onto a connection line in the Node Editor; when the plus icon appears, drop it and its nodes will be appended within the node tree starting at that connection.

— Right-click a still or memory in the Gallery, and choose Append Node Graph.

Ordinarily, when you append the node graph from a memory or still to another node graph, you end up adding a whole shedload of new nodes. This may be exactly what you need, but in situations where you want to keep things a bit tidier, you also have the option of appending node graphs as compound nodes.

To append a saved grade or memory as a compound node:

— Command-drag a still or memory from the Gallery onto a connection line in the Node Editor; when the plus icon appears, drop it and its nodes will be appended to the node tree as a single compound node.

NOTE: When you append the nodes from a gallery still to a grade, how keyframes are applied depends on the “Apply Grades Using” setting of the Gallery. For more information, see Chapter 138, “Using the Gallery.”

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