Turn a chosen image, video, or other result into an independent source node, and distinguish it from a live List extraction.
Where: A supported result preview, lightbox, List carousel, or group result → extract to an input node.
Key ideas
- Detached extraction: This action creates an input node holding the selected value itself. It has no edge back to the producer, so later generations or List changes do not silently replace that chosen result.
- Typed result: The new node type comes from the result’s declared media type or value shape. Images remain image inputs, videos remain video inputs, and text/markup uses its appropriate source shape instead of forcing everything into an image card.
- Different from a live Extract/Transform: A List cell’s connected extraction creates a Transform wired to the List so the value can follow the row. Detached extraction is the choice when you want to keep this exact value independent of later source changes.
Steps
- Open the exact result you want in a supported preview or carousel and verify the selected item, not just the producer node.
- Choose the extraction action that creates an input node. Use live List extraction only when you deliberately want the connection to remain.
- Find the new node next to the producer, normally to its right. When the producer is grouped, placement preserves the group context.
- Rename it for its intended role and wire its typed output to the next consumer.
- Change the original producer’s selected result and confirm that the detached input still holds the value you extracted.
Where this is useful
- Keep a winning generated image as the reference for a second branch while continuing experiments on the original generator.
- Pull a particular List carousel frame into a separate image/video workflow.
- Extract a group result or review-board item into an independently wireable source.
- Send array results to a review board for item-by-item inspection; an array output need not be collapsed to its first member.
Placement and storage
The action looks for a free slot near the source instead of stacking every extraction at identical coordinates. Detached means independent graph value, not a new guarantee that an expiring external URL has been copied to permanent storage; use your normal asset-saving workflow when long-term ownership matters.
Troubleshooting
The extracted value keeps following the List.
You chose the connected List extraction. Use the separate extract-to-input action for a detached source.
Extraction reports there is nothing to extract.
Choose a populated result and wait for it to load. Empty cells and unfinished generations cannot produce an input value.