Graph

The Graph is where you build a shot out of connected steps. Each box is a node that does one job, and the wires between them carry pictures, clips and sound from one to the next.

The reason to use it over the Create panel is reuse. Change the picture at the start of a chain and everything downstream can be re-run from it, instead of you repeating five steps by hand.

1. Add nodes from the toolbar, or drag a file onto the canvas to start from it.
2. Drag from the dot on one node to an input on another to wire them together.
3. Click a node to open the Inspector and set it up.
4. Press the run button on a node to make it work.
5. Finish a chain with an Output node to mark the result as the keeper.

The small map in the corner shows the whole graph at once. Colours tell you what is happening: amber for running or waiting, green for done, red for failed, grey for not run yet.

Your graph saves as you work. You can close the tab and come back to it.