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Viewing Multiple Inputs

To view multiple inputs:

1.   Select the Read node for the smoke_left clip, and press 2 at the top of your keyboard or on the numeric key pad.

This creates a second connection to the Viewer from the selected node. When the cursor is over the Viewer, you can press a number on the keyboard to pick the connection you want to view.

2.   Move the mouse pointer over the Viewer and press 1 to display the engine.v01 clip. Press 2 to display the result of the smoke_left node.

In this manner, you can connect multiple images to the same Viewer and then switch between the images.

3.   Select each of the other nodes and press a number to establish a connection to the Viewer.

4.   Move the mouse pointer over the Viewer and press the numbers on your keyboard to display each of the connected nodes.

As you switch between the different views, the images may appear to be the same size. However, if you look in the lower-right corner of the Viewer, you’ll see the images have different resolutions.

These images have different resolutions.

Nuke allows multiple resolutions in one composite, but you need to conform these images to match the project resolution. This allows the elements to be properly aligned in the composite.