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Can someone explain the layer system?
Layers
Layers are a way of splitting up and organizing the objects in your scene.
In the 3D viewport.
You can select the currently visible layers in the footer of the 3D view or under properties ...
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Z depth pass in Cycles, rendering white
No, you're not doing anything wrong.
The Z-Pass is one of just a few, when not even the only pass that doesn't have a range from 0 to 1. It goes from almost Zero to infinity. Every pixels gets ...
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Correctly re-combine ALL render passes?
SSS works just like the 3 other "light type" sets do, so you add SSS direct and SSS indirect, multiply the result by SSS color, and sum that result with the other sets.
Shadow is not an image ...
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Is there a way to utilize emissions in VFX?
A method to get believable light interaction with the environment, is to recreate the environment.
I have chosen this template image. The process will be the same for moving, tracked footage, but the ...
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Cryptomatte doesnt output nice clean edges
I assume your screenshot shows what you would see in the image editor if you have rendered cryptomatte passes, and view them directly. In that case, they look absolutely horrible:
However, that's not ...
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What causes this mist pass glitch?
Multiple transparent planes with low Max Transparecy Bounces
The "Tree1" object is made by multiple overlapping planes. Their shading properties comes out from a sharp Mix of a Transparent shader and ...
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How to properly connect the Denoise node in Compositor?
When in doubt, use the Image pass.
Image
provides unmodified render result
output also comes denoised by the Internal denoiser if it's enabled
Noisy Image
provides a Despeckled image (useful when ...
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How to output ID masks as seperate files for compositing?
Object ID passes
Assign a unique 'Pass Index' value to each object
Enable Object Index pass (Properties > Render Layers > Passes > Object Index)
Create a 'File Output' node in the compositor via Add >...
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How to achieve a flat colored render pass from material id/index for masking
You ask a question to which there is no simple answer based on your requirements:
no python - this limits any automation and implies a lot of work
with anti aliasing - this is something cycles cannot ...
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Fastest way to export files multiple passes into folders?
The File Output Node is exactly what you are looking for.
Unfortunately the documentation does not mention how to get it to output to different subfolders, but thanks to sambler you can have each file ...
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Render Passes separately
The Combined pass is useless in Cycles as far as I know, it doesn't change anything if it is enabled or not. In Blender Internal you can exclude from this pass other passes (like Shadow pass etc.) ...
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How do I stop the Compositor Output Node from overwriting my images on each new render?
Thinking ahead, you want the Output Path in sync with all the File Output Nodes of the compositor.
I think one easy way to solve this is adding a 'version number' to all output paths (as usual) and ...
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Vector Blur Node not blurring
This is because the vector pass can't "see" through transparent (glass) objects; in this case all it sees is the lens object, which is remaining motionless relative ...
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Understand color of Diffuse Direct/Indirect pass in Cycles render
I'll try to explain. Here is an example.
We have an orange ball on the gray plane, lit from the side.
What contains the Diffuse Direct pass? A reflection of light coming from the lamp on the side. As ...
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How to do seperate render passes in blender?
Actually, your question is a little bit vague, you have everything you need to begin to understand this topic on the Blender Reference Manual
Short answer, because this is a huge topic, and your ...
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Is Z-Render Pass accuracy dependent on sample count? Are others like object id? (Cycles)
No, Z pass, ObjectID and alike are not dependent on Cycles render samples. Their visual output will always be the same like rendered with 1 sample - so not nice.
It's better to obtain them in Cycles ...
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Z depth values in OpenEXR do not match the objects in the scene
Blender's depth map should work fine. I have tested it and I do get the right distance.
How do you load the OpenEXR files? Not all OpenEXR readers are reliable. I have noticed that OpenCV can give ...
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Some pixels doesn't render on the image ID MASK
Don't use ID Masks
Just don't. They have little use, this is a really poorly designed feature. You simply cannot make a good mask with a 2bit color depth image.
Cryptomatte is the solution
Look into ...
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Cryptomatte - Clean edges
It looks like you are trying to use Pick image output as is. This answer explains why you are not supposed to use Pick image output. In short, it is intended only for picking the values, and it is not ...
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How create perfect mask using ID Pass ( "clown pass" in Photoshop)?
Workbench
It is not that easy :) and in some cases just impossible. If you want to just make parts darker or brighter, there is a change you just dont notice, but it would be there.
This "...
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Show sample rate pass on Yafaray
I've released YafaRay-E (experimental) v2.0.0, which includes Render Passes, Render Views and, among other things, there is a samplerate pass available that shows the places where the adaptative AA is ...
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Render pass that output center of object of each pixel
You can do this by using a Material Override and a special material to give the objects' positions.
First create a new material with an emission shader (you can add it to any object, it doesn't ...
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How can I render Volume Scattering on all my layers?
You should use the render layers mask feature. First divide up your solid objects between render layers however you would like. Then, place your volume object on its own separate layer.
With the ...
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A good way to render objects on a photo background that works also with focus-blurred margins
As 3dpointedit pointed out, there is a limitation of the current ID mask system:
Is Z-Render Pass accuracy dependent on sample count? Are others like object id? (Cycles)
As such, these layers are ...
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Convert an EXR render from scene-linear colorspace to CIE XYZ
It isn't straightforwards as Cegaton notes.
You could abuse Blender's ridiculous OCIO integration to achieve this however. Save the file as an EXR, and add the following stanza to the OpenColorIO ...
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