Or, consider a scenario:\u00a0perhaps you\u2019ve been addressing an art director\u2019s comments for several minutes, creating\u00a0multiple serial nodes that can be stepped\u00a0back through if needed. Let’s say the art director now wants to toggle\u00a0the result of all of those changes. The easiest way to show\u00a0this would be to enable and disable\u00a0a single node. In this case, compound nodes<\/strong> can also help.<\/p>\n To use this new feature, nodes must be\u00a0in direct sequence with each other<\/strong>; the first and third node in a serial node tree can’t\u00a0become a compound node. First, command-click on each node to\u00a0be included. The active node doesn’t need to\u00a0be one of these nodes.<\/p>\n Below, the third and fourth node are selected, denoted by the red bar above the thumbnail. The second node will not be included in the compound node even though it is the current node, as seen by the red box highlight.<\/em><\/p>\n Right-click on any node and select Create Compound Node<\/em> at the bottom.<\/p>\n Create Compound Node is revealed when several nodes in sequence with each other are highlighted.<\/em><\/p>\n The selected nodes will be\u00a0grouped and the new node will be identified by\u00a0a thicker border resembling a stack of cards. It’s subtle, which is why Blackmagic probably thought it was a good idea to label\u00a0the node by default.<\/p>\n The red border becomes thicker than when on a single node, but it’s subtle, so it’s best to keep the compound labelled\u00a0to avoid confusion.<\/em><\/p>\n From here, you can step into the group by right-clicking on it and selecting Show Compound Node<\/em>.<\/p>\n This will focus on\u00a0only this group, functioning like the main node graph area and allowing\u00a0for\u00a0further corrections. To leave the\u00a0nested\u00a0group and return to the\u00a0master correction, right-click in the work area and choose Exit Compound Node<\/em>.<\/p>\n Additional corrections can be performed directly on the compound node without stepping into it, or it can be enabled and disabled to satisfy the client scenario described above.<\/p>\n Compound nodes<\/strong> can\u00a0be nested again if needed. One useful application is to limit the compound node<\/strong> with a qualifier, especially if applying something from the Powergrade<\/em> that features a lot of processing.<\/p>\n Change the name of the compound node<\/strong> to something less generic by right-clicking it and selecting Change Label<\/em>, the same functionality\u00a0as\u00a0other nodes. Inputs, outputs, and\u00a0options for alpha channels can also be added.<\/p>\n Labelling the compound node something more specific aids clarity, especially in long, grueling sessions.<\/em><\/p>\n I hope\u00a0a feature to destruct a compound node<\/strong> will be implemented by the time of the official non-beta release of Resolve 12, but at the time of this writing no details have been given.<\/p>\n What are your favorite new features in DaVinci Resolve 12? <\/strong>Let us know in the comments below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In a fast-paced session, it’s easy to lose track of each node’s function in the tree. DaVinci Resolve 12’s compound nodes offer a solution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":61882,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5339,1085,39,583],"tags":[3915,120,597,4443,5385,453,4409],"class_list":["post-class-post-61835","post-class-post","post-class-type-post","post-class-status-publish","post-class-format-standard","post-class-has-post-thumbnail","post-class-hentry","post-class-category-color-grading","post-class-category-davinci-resolve","post-class-category-video-editing","post-class-category-video-production-2","post-class-tag-black-magic","post-class-tag-color-correction","post-class-tag-color-grading-2","post-class-tag-compound-node","post-class-tag-davinci-resolve","post-class-tag-new-features","post-class-tag-resolve-12"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n![\"1.](\"https:\/\/pbblogassets.s3.amazonaws.com\/uploads\/2015\/08\/1-compound-node-selection.png\" "\\"1.")
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