A ConnectFX pipeline always terminates with a CFX Output node. This node is created automatically when entering ConnectFX from the timeline and cannot be deleted.
Both RGB and alpha results can be generated from a CFX Output node to the timeline.
Since an effect created in ConnectFX is a setup applied directly to one or more timeline segments, CFX can be rendered directly in ConnectFX or upon returning to the timeline. If rendered in ConnectFX, a clip may be previewed by clicking the Player button.
The CFX Output node and ConnectFX inherit the timeline segment name by default. To help organize outputs, an Output node can be automatically named as any output socket in the process tree. To do this, select the Output node in the schematic, then press N and click any node output: the name of the Output node is updated accordingly. To change the Output node name or to change the name of the original output socket, simply redo this naming process.
Renaming the CFX Output node automatically renames the segment at the timeline level as well as the ConnectFX in the Media panel. Renaming the timeline segment similarly updates the CFX Output node and the ConnectFX.
Alpha results may be outputted in addition to the RGB result from a CFX Output node. Connect the RGB result to the front input of the CFX Output node, and the alpha result to the matte input of the CFX Output node. The output node now displays CFXa. Both results are updated on the timeline.
A Comp Timeline FX is automatically added on output, provided that the Add Comp On Matte Output button in the ConnectFX section of the Preferences menu is enabled (default).