Adopting Items from an Incoming Scene

You can adopt lights, rigs, and Template Materials from any upstream GafferThree nodes and then override any of their set parameters.

To adopt items from the incoming scene, do the following:

Select the GafferThree node in which you want to collect the adopted items and press Alt+E.

The GafferThree node's parameters display in the Parameters tab.

In the GafferThree node's Parameters tab, click on the

button and select Show Incoming Scene from the dropdown menu.

All adopted lights, rigs and Template Materials, along with their parameters, are displayed in the Gaffer object table.

The names of the items are displayed in italics showing they are adopted items. The light gray color indicates they are read-only items.

Note: The disabled lights, rigs, and Template Materials from any upstream nodes don't show when you adopt items from the incoming scene.

Editing Adopted Items

Any adopted item from the incoming scene is, by default, read-only.

To make the adopted items editable, right-click on the name of the item you want to edit and select Adopt for Editing from the dropdown menu. The name of the item displays in a white color showing it is editable. You can now make any changes to its parameters.

Note: You can edit the parameters of the adopted items and also add child lights, rigs and Template Materials to the adopted rigs.

Deleting Edits Made to Adopted Items

To delete edits made to the adopted items and retrieve their original values, in the Gaffer object table, right-click on an adopted item and select Delete Edit Package from the dropdown menu. The parameters of the adopted item are set back to their original values (adopted items' parameters from the incoming scene) and the adopted item is now read-only.