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# Applying Effects with Source Nodes

When applying colour corrector, blur, and crop effects with source nodes, you can apply the effects to the result of the source or to the input clip of the media.

To apply an effect to the result of the source:

1. In the schematic, select the source node where you want to apply an effect.
2. In the Source menu, enable the effects in the Post section that you want to apply to the result of the source.

   You can enable any combination of colour corrector (CC), blur, and crop. For example, with a source node referring to an input clip with a blur, combined with a 3D text node, you can see the difference by enabling and disabling Blur in the Source menu.

   Post Blur disabled: Blur is on input clip only | Post Blur enabled: Blur is on input clip and 3D text

Post Settings

Colour Corrector button
  Enable to see Colour Corrector results on the result of the source.

Blur button
  Enable to see blur results on the result of the source.

Crop button
  Enable to see crop results on the result of the source.