Wireless Link Node

Wireless Link takes a signal as input and exposes it as output without having to draw a visible wire across the graph. You can place the Wireless Link anywhere, connect it to the source, and several Wireless Links (via right-click → Same Wireless Link) can share the same source.

Typical case: a MediaIn that 5-6 different chains need. Instead of drawing 5 wires from the MediaIn in every direction, place 5 Wireless Links tied to the same MediaIn = a much more readable graph.

• Effects Library: Tools > Misc > Wireless Link
• Quick add: right-click in the Node Editor → Add Tool > Misc > Wireless Link

Creation

Add a Wireless Link and connect it to the source. The node appears with its input filled in.

Output usable anywhere

Connect the Wireless Link as an input to any other node, wherever it sits in the graph.

Several linked Wireless Links

To share the same source in several places, duplicate the Wireless Link (the new ones point to the same source). This gives you several "local" output points in the graph.

No performance cost

Wireless Link is purely a connection alias. No extra computation compared with a physical connection.

MediaIn used in 5 places:

Without Wireless Link (spaghetti graph):
MediaIn ─────┬───────────────────────► Process A
             │
             ├───────────────────────► Process B
             │
             ├───────────────────────► Process C
             │
             ├───────────────────────► Process D
             │
             └───────────────────────► Process E

With Wireless Link (clean graph):
MediaIn ─► [WL]
              ↓ (invisible local branch)
             [WL] ──► Process A
             [WL] ──► Process B
             [WL] ──► Process C
             [WL] ──► Process D
             [WL] ──► Process E

By convention, you place the WLs next to each consumer.

Input (connection)

The source the Wireless Link is tied to. Physically connected as the input of the WL.

Output

An output you can use like any other node output.

No other significant parameters. Wireless Link is intentionally minimalist.

• Multi-consumer source - a MediaIn / Loader used in 5+ places = WLs to avoid spaghetti.
• Complex comp with distant branches - a roto / matte that has to feed several sub-comps far apart in the graph.
• Shared Camera 3D - a single Camera 3D used by several Renderer 3D nodes (multi-pass), WLs avoid long wires across the graph.
• Common background - the same Background used for several Merges in different places = one WL per Merge with a shared source.
• Readable templates / macros - Wireless Link improves the readability of templates shared within a team.
• Side-comp workflow - a preprocessing chain feeding a main composite without spaghetti.

• No performance cost - a purely organizational alias. Use it without hesitation.
• Name your WLs for clarity - rename each WL with a descriptive name (e.g. "WL_BG_in") = even more readable.
• Place it near the consumer - the WL should sit near the node that uses it, not near the source. Otherwise the visual benefit disappears.
• Combine with Underlay - Underlay groups things visually, Wireless Link routes the flows. Together, an extremely clean graph.
• Not for modifying the flow - the WL only routes. If the signal needs to be modified, put the modifying node in the chain, not through a WL.
• Updates propagate automatically - change the source of the WL = every consumer sees the change instantly.
• For workflows with multiple reads, an alternative: chain directly and accept a few long but visible wires. A matter of personal preference.