Questions tagged [compositing-nodes]
Questions related to compositing nodes available for compositing render layers into final renders in the compositor.
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How to switch color/material of an object post render? (in EEVEE)
I just rendered out a bunch of frames (for a video) and then realized two objects have the wrong colors on them
If you look at the picture, what I'm pretty much trying to do is make the cube orange ...
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Image in compositing showing and then disappearing
I've been following BlenderGuru's Donut video tutorials for Blender 3. I'm up to the Compositing chapter, however I'm stuck at the very beginning, because the compositing backdrop isn't showing:
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Image doesn't appear in 'Render Layers' node in compositor
I am trying to follow some tutorials on compositing but I am failing a the first hurdle. In every tutorial, when they open the compositor tab, the image appears in the 'render layers' node. However, ...
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How can I use nodes to automatically resize render output independently of render resolution?
I'm making render similar to PS1 games from the 90s. An important part of that look is the low render resolution. Right now, I render a PNG near the PS1's maximum native output of 640x270 then scale ...
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The Screen/Mix Compositing nodes cant fully mix two image sequences/videos together
There is the real time video and an image sequence of an animated lightsaber. They are connected through a Screen node to the composite and viewer nodes. The original image sequence of the animated ...
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what can i do in compositing to get this looking more real like the original image
I'm trying to recreate this backrooms pool hallway scene.
This is my current render
Obviously, there are some differences like the chair in the back, the camera angle, or the tile size. However, I'm ...
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Shadow Catcher on semi-transparent image as own layer with Cycles?
I somehow do not get it, and various other answers somehow do not help me here.
I have a cube and a plane.
The plane acts as a "Shadow Catcher" and that works fine so far.
When I render the ...
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Why is image plane not detected by mist pass in EEVEE?
I have a couple of image texture planes in my scene. They render as expected upon applying mist pass in Cycles, but in EEVEE the planes are invisible in the mist pass while other test objects (the ...
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How to apply mist pass on grease pencil objects?
I'm working with a set of grease pencil objects and would like to fade the distant objects using the mist pass but they don't seem to be affected by the pass. What can I convert these strokes into so ...
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How can I save a node group for later use without going through a blend file?
I saw Blender Guru giving downloads to these node groups that you could directly append into blender without having to go through a .blend file. How can I do that with my own node groups?
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Transparent background with compositing not working
I'm new in blender, thanks for the patience.
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I have this simple volume shader I applied into this object (Images below), and I want to make a simple white colored background with composer.
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Render animation with compositing
Hello everyone I'm trying to render a sequence of images with compositing. I add an Image node, specify a link to the already rendered sequence in it, add a Glare node to create Fog Glow. Glow works ...
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Layering with reflections and shadows
So I'm trying to figure out how to do a thing using layers, that can technically be done without, but might become necessary if I have a lot of complex geometry.
I created a file and render to ...
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Is this the correct way of compositing volumetrics?
The Blender documentation shows a neat diagram of how to composite the different render passes together in the compositor (bottom of page): https://docs.blender.org/manual/en/latest/render/layers/...
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Composite image with shadow catcher
So, while compositing a scene, seeing as DAZ models are kinda resource intensive, I tried to break it down into layers. The layers are combined using alpha over nodes and seem to be in the right order....
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Scene Renders well in Eevee but Textures are all blank in Cycles
I'm having a problem that's best illustrated with images.
Here is my render in Eevee:
And here it is in Cycles:
The compositor is very basic, with the image plugged into the viewer and composite ...
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How to add a `Bloom/Glare` effect in Cycles without using the compositor every time?
I am well aware that the "Bloom" feature is not available in cycles, and can only be recreated in the compositor. This is something I am totally confused about why the developers didn't add.
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How to remove pixel with an RGB value of 1,1,1?
Is there a node that would allow me to specifically remove pixels that have a 1,1,1 RGB value? Not looking for a ColorRamp, rather something that specifically targets the pixels by RGB value. Maybe a ...
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Formulas used in compositor Mix node?
I'm trying to understand how the fac and clamp values are used in Mix compositor node:
E.g. ...
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How to improve transparent image (filtering) edge quality in Compositor?
In Blender 3.2 I use an Image with alpha channel as an input and I render it from the compositor.
The result image has poor edge quality compared to the original image. Can I corret this issue with ...
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How to make the Reed Richards's portal?
I was watching the Reed Richards portal scene from the Multiverse of Madness movie and I wonder how to make it inside Blender, do you have any thoughts? I tried using a voronoi texture and a noise ...
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How to separate objects from lighting when compositing in 2.8+?
I am familiar with the Render Layers of 2.79 and how to use one object to occlude another, and separate shadows etc from the objects that cast them. I would not call that old system intuitive, but I ...
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Driver alternative with python in nodes?
I have created a node group in a script. So that the Blur Node can be used on X and Y, I have inserted Driver. The problem is that the node cannot be duplicated, because the drivers in the duplicated ...
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White box Artifact appearing in render?
I am new to blender, and while I was following this blender tutorial: https://youtu.be/y0DMMwwdBaY
At the 15-minute mark, we start using the compositing tab. For some reason, using this tab causes a ...
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Remove any pixels where the alpha value is not 1, compositor
I have a render output that gives me my desired output but I want to remove the alpha channel.
I want either, the pixels that have an alpha value less than 1 to be completely transparent or completely ...
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How to add 2d styled brush effect to 3d model?
This is a 3d rock model, I compost it with a 2d background.
I want to ask is there any way to add some 2d styled brush texture to this rock? Not too much, just a little bit to make the rock fit the ...
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Composition isn't appearing on final animation render
When I render the frames, the composition does not appear until I update something in the workflow:
So, when I render the entire animation, none of the frames is saving with the composition. What can ...
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Compositing effects does not show in render
I've been trying to render this animation, but the compositing "glow" effect does not show even after I apply the nodes. Can someone tell me how I could fix this problem? Or even better, ...
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call a group of compositing nodes and automatically connect them to the render layers
because I have the need to constantly call the render node into my scenes. I would like to automate the process of joining variants with the same name. or somehow celebrate them
Ideally, of course, ...
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Does "Hide Value" do anything on an Output socket? (Isn't it always hidden?)
This is a really simple question. I was just wondering if a node's Hide Value option has any effect at all when it's for an Output instead of an Input. (This is found in the Group tab when editing ...
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Fog without volumetrics or emission
i´m currently working on a movie and need dark fog in my scene. It has to look more smoky, so it can't be as bright. With Volumetrics, the image is unfortunately still too noisy, even at high sample ...
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How to disable automatic inclusion of nodes into a node frame?
When putting a node near a frame node Blender will sometimes automatically include the node into the frame. I find that behavior to be quite annoying, is there a way to disable it?
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How to duplicate all nodes within a node frame?
I often have to duplicate a node frame with all nodes within it. However when I just select the node frame and press Shift+D it only duplicates the node frame but not the nodes contained within it.
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How to find background image's path ? (2.93)
I wrote a script based on Exiftool that reads RollAngle, PitchAngle, FocalLength, ImageWidth, ImageHeight and Timestamp
#tags from a digital photography's EXIF data. It then matches Blender's camera X ...
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Weird glare effect
Whenever I attempt to implement glare in this planet scene, it creates odd effects as seen in the image. The black dot is a sphere with an emission material and the strength set to 1000. In front of ...
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Compositing - how to anchor a pre rendered layer to a motion track marker
I've nearly completed a Blender composite which has taken much longer than it should have. A lot of the problems have stemmed from the motion tracking not matching when the 3D work was done in Maya, ...
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How to preserve the Colors in my image sequence?
I rendered 2 separate image sequences and I'm trying to combine them equally. Like one on top of the other without loosing the quality or color of either. I want my fireball image sequence as the top ...
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Adding film grain only to the CGI and not camera projection?
I have set up a camera projection of a street with buildings. Problem is the photo is way too grainy and my CG car looks too clean. So I need to match the grain on the car to the photo I'm using for ...
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Enable Shadow Catcher Pass in View Layer with Python
I am writing a script for compositing, which requires that the Render Layers node has the Shadow Catcher output (see image below).
This can be done with the GUI by going into the View Layer and ...
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Replace video content within a Blender animation in Other Video Editors
I'm using blender to composite a video within a spinning glass rectangle. Is there anyway I can render out the animation from Blender and replace the video content within AE, but still keep all the ...
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Are there any ways to make texture overlay (moving texture) repeat animation and noise on the model?
Does everyone know the answer?
I love making different art styles in a blender. I'd like to try to have the model character's moving texture like "Norman Rockwell's Doctor and Doll" from ...
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Video Editor Change Resolution Still Crops Instead of Resize (3.1/3.2)
Changing the resolution crops the video instead of resize it. Im adding the image sequence via compositing node editor, there are no options to specify fitting or stretching. Sometimes i need to test ...
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Blender - Rendering Samples In Stages then Compositing
Apologies if this has been asked, I really couldn't find anything on it.
Let's say I want to render a 7200-frame animation, and the goal is to have the final render be at a samples = 1000.
However, ...
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How to fix the keystone effect in compositor
Looking at the distort nodes, I can't wrap my head around any method to fix the keystone effect on the image below. Is there a "blender way" of achieving the same results as in photoshop?
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Why isn't mask working - compositing
I don't understand Blender and how it operates.
The following mask and compositing node tree "RH Scroll Door Frame RH" is set up exactly the same as the one above it (everything within the ...
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Having compositor open affects workspace performance
For one of my blender projects, while "Use Nodes" is active, making any changes in the compositor (including changing the active frame) causes performance to plummet, and this is despite the ...
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Compositing nodes, toon effect and glow
I am using the showed nodes to add a border effect to the final composition, the effect is fine everywhere but on the glow for the emission materials, on them, I see a dark border around the material ...
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Blender's invert node not working properly
What's wrong with Blender's invert node and how to make it work like in photoshop?
I need to invert image like in photoshop, but blender don't want to do that
I thought, that problem is in color ...
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Render Layers node does not have output for vector pass
I'm trying to render speed vectors along with image and depth. So, I've enabled 'vector pass' in View Layer Properties > Passes. However, in compositor, I'm not ...
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