Apple Shake 4 - Manual (Page 255)

Chapter 7 Using the Node View 255
• Press T.
When a node with a thumbnail appears in the middle of a node tree, the input noodles
feed into the top of the thumbnail.
Updating Thumbnails
To prevent unnecessary processing, thumbnails are not automatically updated, so they
may not reflect the frame that’s at the current position of the playhead. Furthermore,
nodes aren’t updated when you change their parameters. This can be especially
noticeable in the thumbnails of QuickPaint and RotoShape nodes.
Thumbnails can be updated manually, so that they more accurately represent the
current state of the node tree.
To update a thumbnail:
1 Select one or more nodes.
2 To display a different frame, move the playhead in the Time Bar.
3 Do one of the following:
• Right-click in the Node View, then choose Thumbnails > Refresh Selected Thumbnails
from the shortcut menu.
• Press R.