> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.trycontinuum.ai/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Action and tool nodes

> Deterministic edits to images, video, and text, plus Batch, Router, Export, and Continuity Frame.

The **Action** section of the **Add Node** menu holds two kinds of node. **Action** nodes apply one deterministic operation, with no generation and the same result every time. **Tools** shape how your graph runs and what comes out of it.

## Action

One operation, picked from the **Image ›**, **Video ›**, or **Text ›** menus.

### Image

| Group | Operations |
| - | - |
| **Colour** | Colour Grade, Filter, Tint, Blur, Shader Effect |
| **Transform** | Rotate, Flip, Chroma Key, Remove Background, Crop to Ratio, Pad to Ratio, Duplicate |
| **Overlay** | Burn In Text, Call To Action, Burn In Image |

### Video

Speed, Ken Burns, Stitch, Audio Bed, Split, Reverse, Boomerang, Long Exposure, Watermark, Greenscreen, Burn In, Subtitles, Editorial Captions, Extract Frames, and Frame Grid, among others.

### Text

Split Text, Find & Replace, and Join Text.

## Tools

| Node | What it does |
| - | - |
| **Batch** | A list of up to 100 inputs. Everything downstream runs once per item. Combine lists item by item (**zip**) or every item with every other (**cross**). |
| **Router** | Sends one output to several places without running it twice. |
| **Export** | Saves up to 20 media out as PNG, JPG, or WEBP; MP4, MOV, or GIF; or a ZIP of a batch. |
| **Continuity Frame** | Extracts the first, last, or an exact frame of a video as an image. |

## Try it

* **Make a square image vertical:** add **Action › Image › Pad to Ratio** after your generator, and pick `9:16`.
* **Hand off a batch:** add an **Export** node after a Batch run, and choose a ZIP.
* **From your assistant:** "On my open canvas, pad the hero image to 9:16 and run it."
* **From your assistant:** "Add a call-to-action overlay that says 'Shop the spring sale' to the finished image."

## What's next

* [Delivery nodes](https://docs.trycontinuum.ai/canvas/nodes/delivery.md): Send finished creative to the Planner or a Meta ad.
* [Node overview](https://docs.trycontinuum.ai/canvas/nodes/overview.md): How nodes connect and run.


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