Clusters – Apple Shake 4 User Manual
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Chapter 7
Using the Node View
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To create a group and immediately open it into a cluster, right-click in the Node View,
then choose Group Selected Nodes and Maximize from the shortcut menu (or press
Option-G or Alt-G).
To consolidate two or more groups into a larger group:
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Select two or more groups in the Node View.
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Do one of the following:
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Right-click a group, then choose Groups > Consolidate Selected Groups from the
shortcut menu.
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Press Shift-G.
To ungroup nodes, do one of the following:
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Right-click a group, then choose Groups > Ungroup Selected Nodes/Groups from the
shortcut menu.
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Select a group, then press Control-G.
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Open the group into a cluster, then click the Ungroup button in the cluster’s title bar.
The nodes go back to being a set of individual nodes in the tree. The original
connections remain the same.
Clusters
Groups are typically collapsed to save space, but are easily expanded to reveal their
contents for further modification. Expanded groups are referred to as clusters.
Even if you don’t keep a collection of nodes collapsed into a group, having an
expanded cluster of nodes in the Node View allows you to color-code them. This color
coding can aid visual navigation within a large node tree.
To expand the node group into a cluster:
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Click the Expand button on the group node.