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I am new to using blender and have been watching youtube videos on how to use it. I copied the steps of how to create cracks in a surface. I can see what it looks like if it gets rendered but then when I go to render it I get the message "no render output node in scene". It's not an animation, it's just a single image. Here is a screenshot of all my nodes and the error after trying to get it to render. enter image description here

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    $\begingroup$ Pretty sure this is because you removed the composite output in the compositing node tree accidentally. I'll write up an answer with more detail. $\endgroup$
    – TARDIS Maker
    Commented Dec 6, 2015 at 1:30
  • $\begingroup$ You just beat me to it. i am sure that is what it is. $\endgroup$
    – J Sargent
    Commented Dec 6, 2015 at 1:31
  • $\begingroup$ @shaunify Glad to help. I hate to ask this, but if my answer solved your issue, could you please accept it? Thanks :) $\endgroup$
    – TARDIS Maker
    Commented Dec 7, 2015 at 21:24

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The issue is most likely that you removed the composite node accidentally in the composite node tree.

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Select the composite node tree button (highlighted left).

At this point, we should take a step back, and make sure that what I think is happening, is happening.

There are two signs that I'm wrong:

  1. Use Nodes isn't enabled
  2. There is a composite node

If both of those aren't true, then continue.

Now there are two ways you could solve this.

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You could disable Use Nodes. When this is disabled, anything in the compositing node tree is ignored.

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Or you could add in a composite node, and attach it to the Render Layers node.

ShiftA output -> composite.

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And then attaching the render layers node to it.

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  • $\begingroup$ To add to TARDIS Maker, sometimes the problem is that you don't have a Material Output node in your material. Add one: Shift+A >> Output >> Material Output $\endgroup$
    – sam1370
    Commented Aug 19, 2018 at 17:08
  • $\begingroup$ Also try unchecking "Sequencer" in Output Properties >> Post Processing. Worked for me. $\endgroup$
    – dvlcube
    Commented Oct 26, 2020 at 8:12

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