Apple Shake 4 User Manual

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Chapter 7

Using the Node View

Enhanced
Node View
On/Off

Control-E

Turns the selected enhanced Node View options
off and on.

Snap to Grid
On/Off

Turns gridEnabled on and off in the Globals tab.

Select

Find Nodes

Command-F or
Control-F

Activates nodes according to what you enter in
the Search string field in the Select Nodes by
Name window.

Select by name. Enter the search string, and
matching nodes are immediately activated. For
example, if you enter just f, FileIn1 and Fade are
selected. If you enter fi, just FileIn1 is selected.

Select by type. Selects by node type. For
example, enter Transform, and all Move2D and
Move3D nodes are selected.

Select by expression. Allows you to enter an
expression. For example, to find all nodes with
an angle parameter greater than 180:
angle >180

Match case. Sets case sensitivity.

All

Command-A or
Control-A

Selects all nodes.

Associated
Nodes

Shift-A

Selects all nodes attached to the current group.

Invert Selection !

All selected nodes are deactivated; all deactivated
nodes are activated.

Select
Upstream

Shift-U

Adds all nodes upstream from the currently active
nodes to the active group.

Select
Downstream

Shift-D

Adds all nodes downstream from the currently
active nodes to the active group.

Select
Upstream 1
Level

Shift-Up Arrow

Adds one upstream node to the current selection.

Add
Downstream 1
Level

Shift-Down
Arrow

Adds one downstream node to the current
selection.

Node Layout

Layout
Selected

L

Automated layout on the selected nodes.

Align Selected
Vertically

X

Snaps all selected nodes into the same column.

Align Selected
Horizontally

Y

Snaps all selected nodes into the same row.

Shortcut
Menu

Option

Keyboard

Desription

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