Bookmarking Nodes for Quality of Life Improvement
This will be a short Nuke Tips as the other articles I’m drafting are longer than the usual length.
If you ever wonder if there is a way to quickly jump to a node in a large script, the Bookmark feature comes in handy.
![](https://taukeke.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/nuketips_bookmarking_toggle.png)
Just check the Bookmark checkbox at the appropriate nodes (the Backdrop nodes are enabled by default). Also remember to label the node with a nice name. Preferably something that doesn’t replace the original name (e.g. Write1 as Write_LowResPreview).
There are two ways to quickly jump to a bookmark.
- Go to Edit > Bookmark > Jump to Bookmarked Node OR…
- Press J to pull up a dropdown list of the bookmarked nodes ala Tab Menu
![](https://taukeke.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/nuketips_bookmarking_dropdown.png)
So… Is It Useful or Not?
Depends.
If you have less than 30 nodes… bookmarking nodes does feel like a chore but it is nice to have that flexibility in case we need it!
Plus the Backdrop nodes are already bookmarked automatically upon creation so it is a nice way to quickly jump to a particular backdrop section.
Reference:
https://learn.foundry.com/nuke/8.0/content/getting_started/using_interface/bookmarking_nodes.html