Blender 2.8 Render Passes and VERY Basic Compositing [Old School but Beginner Friendly]

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*Edit*: If you use OpenEXR Multilayer, you DON’T NEED to do the the FILE OUT setup. The File Out setup WILL work for .png or other types of files though if you want separate image sequences. Also, for OpenEXR MultiLayer, it will show up automatically when you go to your composite workspace and hit “use nodes”, but to see the animation, bring the EXR file sequence in like I do in the video. I’ll address this in a follow on video.
This video goes into how to render out separate objects and how to render in passes for compositing inside Blender 2.8. It's basic and shows you how to set things up. Later videos will address more advanced features, but this should give anyone new to comp in Blender some ideas of how it all works with collections, a bit about view layers, and multichannel EXR files.
I purposely didn’t add in any shadow over the city in this one due to two factors. 1. The extreme angle of the sun just below the horizon was throwing the shadow off screen, and 2. It would have made this video even longer. I can get it in part 2 if you want?
Also, as a very generous commenter shared, a soften node will help, as will matching the shadows and highlights first. This video is more about rendering out passes in 2.8 and reassembling them than dedicated compositing, and I overlook a few key habits that one should acquire. That’s the next video.

[@begalooloo]

At-last Blender 2.8 Compositing...please more compositing tuts

[@KevBinge]

I can do some more 😀.

[@rdoetjes]

I have a series on my channel that does in-depth compositing (simple 2D Radar screen) that I composite over a compete different colored environment. I go into tracking and professional color matching. It’s really a 2D composite course.

[@JohnMoffatVideo]

Agreed, more of this would be great, thanks.

[@CGMatter]

yyyyeeeetttt

[@KevBinge]

Thanks!! I see you’ve dropped a new one too, I’ll check it out, as I’m sure it’s going to rock!

[@abiyyupanggalih854]

hi hahah

[@Drewbaan]

Definitely want to see more tutorials like this! Camera tracking tutorial as well, please? :)

[@KevBinge]

Sure thing! In the meantime, CGMatter has some awesome ones, check them out.

[@user-vs2jx1rf9y]

you could try tracking it in Mocha/AE and then importing it

[@LFPAnimations]

Dude this tutorial is so helpful. I have been wondering how to do passes in blender for so long and it is crazy to me that nobody has done a proper tutorial on this yet. Thank you so much

[@KevBinge]

Thanks!! I now need to do a part 2 to tie up loose ends 😀. It’s powerful.

[@LFPAnimations]

blenderBinge its people like you that will help turn blender from a hobbyist playground to an industry standard tool

[@KevBinge]

Thanks!! It would be cool. I see it at least being accepted and used like zBrush or Substance. Maybe not as a main DCC yet (established studios have pipelines that they’ve invested lots of money and time in, and you get paid support, which is super helpful) but as an accepted and welcome tool that helps get things done quickly. It’s definitely an awesome program!!

[@rageinthecage3900]

Please PLEASE do more! I learned so much from this and now i can combine different performance-heavy stuff like fluidsim + full 4k Texture background using the indirect only option in the outliner for the collection in which everything is that i dont want to show but still affect anything visible. basically splitting two elements into two renders and combine them.

[@KevBinge]

I’ll probably do more. I do use Fusion in later tutorials. Blender is great and Fusion is dedicated to comp so it’s crazy what you can do.

[@brycesterproject]

I'm really liking the variety in tutorials you're posting! I'd love to see more compositing related tutorials.

[@KevBinge]

Thanks! I have some more coming. I’ve been away for a bit and it’s been crazy...

[@he.smile_]

More VFX/Compositing related tutorials please! This is awesome!

[@KevBinge]

I’ll do my best! Thanks!!

[@rdoetjes]

Mix Add doesn’t have a foreground and background as add is a symmetrical operation as is multiply (simple math ;) ). Screen, overlay eye those are asymmetrical and that’s where it matters. You missed one very important step for multi pass compositing. The reason why you want to multi pass is that you can tweak the hue, saturation, values of the passes to match the background plate. Also you first will match the shadows of your overall composite to the plate this is where you can use the shadow pass to match the levels and the color. The you match the highlights and you can use the reflection pass to match that. And then you match the Mids. Then you really want to blur the renders because nothing shot on a camera is that sharp. You can actually count the number of pixels on the backplate when you zoom in and find a straight high contrast edge. And as a final integration you would overlay a noise plate (preferable shot on the same camera as the back plate). Only then will you Michael Bay-ify (cracks me up) it.

[@KevBinge]

I knew it! I knew I’d get a dedicated comper in here lol! You’re right, I haven’t comped to plates in a while and have forgotten my way. This info is golden and correct. I can defend myself by saying this is a basic video but yeah... oops on my teaching part. And yes, add and multiply are commutative 😁. I’ll hit all of that and more in the next video. Thanks for taking time out to remind me, and share that knowledge with other readers.

[@rdoetjes]

blenderBinge there’s no need to defend yourself! You are a far great teacher than I’ll ever be! This video is absolutely useful, for beginners and intermediates a like. Keep up the awesome work. I get a lot of inspiration from your channel.

[@KevBinge]

Thanks so much!! I’m doing my best with limited fee time, so I’m hoping that these videos help 😀😀. Have an awesome day!!

[@cashmoneybling9699]

blenderBinge, I fricking suck at compositing and making passes and have been discouraged for MONTHS. Your vid is the ONLY one that has helped with that fear and this vid is a PERFECT gateway. You teach in a very NO BS efficient matter with some humor to keep things less dry than most other vids. Thanks and keep up the ass kicking vids.

[@KevBinge]

I just saw this comment lol!! Thanks!! I ducked for a long time too until I sat down and learned, and I’m still mostly a “slap comp” guy, although I have finished many shots. I see some compositors literally using magic.

[@onkardomkawle3469]

Oh thank sweet jesus, a compositing video! Can't wait for more of these. Please make more.

[@KevBinge]

Thanks!! I’ll do some more :)

[@rdoetjes]

I have a series on my channel where I take a simple radar screen and so very extensive compositing. I show how to properly normalize images, and do proper color matching with this ‘childish’ blender compositor. I even go into grey/noise plates.

[@onkardomkawle3469]

@@rdoetjes oh cool. I'll check it out!

[@yoshiYoish]

Best Tutorial, straight to the point, compared to all other tutorials I've watched so far. No modelling process, no materials process, just render passes and compositing.

[@KevBinge]

Thanks! I try to cut things out where I can 😀

[@MMmmmVarley]

Thank you for delving into compositing. Not touched a node based compositing tool since XSI was still kicking, so I've been a bit gun shy with poking about it with blender. Much appreciated and looking forward to more.

[@KevBinge]

XSI was awesome! I’m still annoyed they it was discontinued. That was a real shame. Blender’s compositor is fun to use and has some power 😀

[@oke_doke2894]

01:43 The eye Icon is Hide in Viewport. I am surprised that turning that off on a collection hides them in the render. Normally, to control what renders we enable it under the filter dropdown (funnel icon) and toggle on the Disable in Renders button (camera icon). This adds the correct render toggle to every entry in the outliner, even collections.

[@KevBinge]

I know, it’s a bit strange but works. I know there’s something I’m missing technically but I figured that this works, so I’ll throw it out there knowing he better answer will come from the community 😀. Thanks!!!!

[@gordonbrinkmann]

But he's not turning off the Eye icon on the collection. He's completely disabling it by unchecking the checkbox - which also makes everything in the collection unselectable, invisible in viewport and invisible in render. If you watch the video, he's not clicking the Eye icon - and you can see the difference because usually it would just be greyed out to show it's toggled invisible, but the Eye icon has completely disappeared.

[@bijitdas4723]

Great tutorial! but you don't have to manually setup the file outputs when using OpenExr multilayer. Just select OpenExr multilayer in the output file settings and it automatically pack's all the passes in one OpenExr file.

[@KevBinge]

Thanks! That will save time with the extreme files. This still works for .pngs and I’m glad that exr multi will auto name and pack the files. I need to address that in a follow on. Thanks!

[@volundr]

This video is a good foundation. Many teach how to do modelling but few teach how to apply them to post production

[@KevBinge]

Thanks! I was hoping to hit the foundations without getting too lost in the weeds 😀

[@uwirl4338]

Compositing is done a very different way today. This guessworky workflow doesn't even come close to what studios actually do.

[@starwarsnerdiness5175]

This is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for uploading. I was going to model a green wall behind my model, and then key it into other footage, but this is much better.

[@KevBinge]

You’re welcome. You don’t need to chroma key in 3D, just render out with an alpha 😀. Thanks!

[@4KProductionsFilms]

So glad to see a tut on the passes set up. I have long wondered how these work so the primer was much appreciated.

[@KevBinge]

There aren’t many on this topic especially for 2.8. A few things have changed, but it’s pretty powerful. Thanks!!

[@mikaelmonten3786]

Great video! Pls do more compositing/vfx tutorials! 😊

[@KevBinge]

I’ll do my best, thanks!!

[@andrewruttan3318]

Thanks for another awesome tutorial Kev! Would definitely be interested if you made more vids about 'traditional' compositing or even something like "2D" motion graphics or typography in Blender. I've used after effects my whole career, but I'm excited to continue learning blender. Appreciate your content

[@KevBinge]

I love AfterEffects! That would be a cool avenue to take as I’ve done some motion graphics stuff in Blender. AE is way easier but Blender has no monthly subscription cost lol! Thanks!!

[@polipano]

Very helpful tutorial. Thank you for your effort. Can you please arrange to have a tutorial about building this great looking spaceship? And yes, I’d very much like to learn from you how to throw the spaceship shadow over the city…As much realism as possible. Can’t wait for your future tutorials!

[@KevBinge]

Thanks! I can do that. I have one video that I’ve been trying to publish now for over a week and can’t seem to get ANY free time lol. It’s coming haha!

[@charlesbrain5535]

Yes. I love to see more vfx compositing. I have been struggling with it.

[@KevBinge]

Sure! Thanks!

[@lebenin3604]

Oh dear god, where do you take the time to make such great tutorials beside work??? :D #blender #3d #tutorials #inspiring

[@KevBinge]

Thanks! I honestly don’t know. I do these things like 10 minutes at a time when I find free time lol. I wish this were around when I had all the free time I wanted haha!

[@ayeyochi]

More? Absolutely! I jumped on this video like my long awaited amazon package arrived.

[@KevBinge]

I do love the Amazon packages haha!! Thanks!

[@MrAnimator05]

Hey, I love ur videos. And I think I got a helpful tip for u. At the beginning u dropped the MovieClip into another collection to seperate it from the Render. There is also an other way to to do this: - click the filter icon next to the "add collection" button - Here u can activate different toggel options for ur Outliner - Select the camare "Display in Renders" the camera now will right next to the eye behind every object - by clicking and disableing the camera u can remove this object from the render And another thing I noticed. In the video @ 9:16 u did not choose RGBA therefore the transparancy would not be saved in the png image. It worked for u bcs u prerendered the images, but its a useful information for people that are new to blender and never ran into the problem before.

[@KevBinge]

That’s VERY helpful! I’ve included that in the description and video now as a pop-up. I’ll do a video addressing this stuff soon as well to steer people to a few much easier paths. (I missed the filter icon and thought they did away with render toggle in the final build... turns out it was just toggled off by default lol!). Thanks again and have an awesome day!!

[@graemeh6345]

That was one of the best short tutorials I've seen. Super informative and really appreciated how I was able to follow along..without getting lost. Nice job and definitely subscribed to see more like this. Learned a lot from you and I don't do this sort of thing! LOL. Thank you.

[@KevBinge]

Thats great to hear, THANKS!! I’m doing my best lol. Welcome and let me know if you have questions 😀 I’m about to hit publish on the spaceship part video haha!

[@thanatosinstinctrising9287]

Alright, schooled. At first I thought, ok, I know about rendering passes and compositing (in other programs) not sure I can be bothered to watch this. Totally wrong. Learned so much, and I've been wondering about compositing in blender for ages. Great tutorial.

[@KevBinge]

I wouldn’t say “schooled” lol, as this is a relatively old technique but it works in Blender right now 😀. If I could figure out a way to make Blender work like Flame or Nuke, THAT would be schooled lol, but I’m happy to help. Thanks!!

[@deziner89]

Wow amazing I was looking for compositing node setup it will really help thank you

[@KevBinge]

I’m glad to hear it! Thank you 😀😃

[@mrfeathers3938]

Incredible bro thank you so much for this. I’m going to try putting my ground plain in a separate collection and turning that collection off to see if that will keep the shadow 💪🏻

[@KevBinge]

Awesome! Thanks! Give it a shot. If not, there is a setup called “shadow catcher” that will work for you. I’ve done it in 2.7x but not yet in 2.8. That’s next.

[@glyndawrowain3035]

the first 3 minutes has solved something that has plagued me for weeks. I am both angry at my self and relieved. thanks

[@KevBinge]

Be relieved more 😀😀

[@Deviiie]

Really appreciate any tot regarding node system and compositor, thank you for the effort. And I'll really appreciate any tot about dos and don'ts regarding nodes, in the exact same style that you do your other videos which is really straightforward and clear

[@KevBinge]

Thanks!! I’ll do some more in this style 😀.

[@MachineElf1111]

You are awesome Kev , thanks so much for your amazing tutorials and this one is a beast 🤘

[@KevBinge]

Thanks Mardi Mars!! The beast for me was getting this one finished lol.

[@djteogeo]

You don't have to put the objects in different collection to toggle them off rendering. There's an option on the dropdown (2nd from the right) above the scene outliner that allows you to see more restrict/allow toggles like selection and rendering.

[@KevBinge]

Thanks! I realized that’s hidden there now too late for the video but I went back in and added it as an info pop up over the video. That’s what I get for cramming a 24 minute video into an hour production time lol.

[@Mizamook]

Yes please more compositing! How to make Blender + Real video tracking and how to understand a functional approach .. really appreciate your style and pace.. Thanks!

[@KevBinge]

Thanks! I have some on the list 😀

[@hemanthhemu9630]

U really Explained Clearly...I trying to understand this from past week..thank you

[@KevBinge]

Awesome! I’m happy to help 😁

[@AleksandarPopovic]

Wow very nice vfx, and nice work, and nice tutorial man!!!!!Good luck in your works!!!!!

[@KevBinge]

Thank you!! Good luck on yours as well 😀

[@ibiapabaanimationstudios3956]

Camera tracking tutorial please!

[@KevBinge]

Sure 😀. You should check out CGMatter, he has a few really good ones.

[@sagorikasen9787]

Was looking for this particular tutorial everywhere thank you

[@KevBinge]

You’re welcome 😁

[@educate3d]

Thank you for this. The more i toy with 2.8+ the more i see why people love Blender so much

[@KevBinge]

You’re welcome. It’s pretty awesome!

[@yvesmolina]

Terrific, can not wait to test. big thanks

[@KevBinge]

Thanks!! Go for it! 😀

[@researchandbuild1751]

Two things: it would have been helpful to just show the ufo image only pver the scene and compare it to how the composited version looks. 2) its still hard to judge what the scale of the ufo is supposed to be. Is it supposed to be large enough to cover the city center? Adding a shadow down on to the city would help form the scale. As of now it still looks like a smaller ufo sitting close to us because there is no shadowing to clue us into its size

[@KevBinge]

Yeah. The scale is completely arbitrary because I had no tools to measure anything in the shot. I could guess the distance to downtown, etc... I also had no data on the camera other than it was older and shot with a phone. To do this for real you’d have distance and a better camera that you’d know the aperture, shutter speed, iso, zoom/prime, etc... You might also shoot some lighting reference. This video was really basic but I agree, even a fake shadow would help blend it. The light is on the horizon so there would not be much save for the skylight. That said, the underside might have had a bit more light of not for the Santa Monica Mountains on the right that the sun was almost behind. Thanks though, critique is always good to have, and we often don’t see things when creating in a vacuum and in a rush to get a video finished before losing another week’s free time.

[@aliensoup2420]

1:40...Kev, I'm surprised you missed this. You don't disable render on the Imageplane using the 'eyeball' icon - that only disables the viewport display (Hide object). The render enable/disable is the camera icon. I'm sure you over-looked it in the rush of recording your tutorial. Good tutorial, and much needed. From where did you shoot the aerial view? Runyon Canyon or Griffith Park?

[@oke_doke2894]

^ This, I should have skimmed the comments but yeah. The ability (of the Hide in Viewport option) to hide collections from rendering might be a bug in 2.8 I would not expect it to do that.

[@KevBinge]

Yes, I did rush a bit as it was taking me forever to get this out lol. This was working so I went with it but yeah, you’re right lol. Probably why I have 3 thumbs down haha! Thanks!

[@KevBinge]

Griffith Park 😀

[@GerritSchulze]

Thanks, man, I learned a lot from you. Especially the usage of Collections in conjunction with View Layers deserves more attention.

[@KevBinge]

Awesome!! You’re welcome. I do have another video in the works for this stuff.

[@naveenprabhu_Vlogs]

Awesome.No fancy words.Very clear.... Thank you

[@SeuDigao]

Please do more videos like this, assuming the viewer is very experienced.

[@KevBinge]

I can do that, although I’m always humbled by the dedicated compositors. They are real wizards!!

[@ishwarkoradi]

Thank you after watching this tutorial, My Brain busted. I need to Learn more about this.

[@KevBinge]

Thanks! Comp is so awesome, and a whole different skill set.

[@markola6783]

OH PLEASEEEE MOREE OF THESEEE... I'm really into vfx and animation

[@KevBinge]

I may, thanks 😀

[@RonHicks]

Thanks, I didn't have a clue about passes until I saw this video.

[@KevBinge]

Yeah, passes are a little old-school for cgi integration but they give you tremendous latitude in fully cg productions. You can really tweak things in post that would take way too much time in camera. Thanks!

[@DjTasteless]

wow finally... I am sooo underexposed in compositing! THX!

[@KevBinge]

You’re welcome 😀

[@victorvdr9]

Awesome! I'm looking forward for more tuts like this! :) Thank you for sharing

[@KevBinge]

You’re welcome, and thank you! 😀

[@duckhead2948]

Need more of comp tuts, so useful

[@KevBinge]

Thanks!!

[@tomaticoek3993]

Love it so much, these the type of tutorials I need

[@abdullahalxayed3419]

Please Do more of these and other compositing things ❤️❤️❤️

[@KevBinge]

I have a few planned, thanks!

[@PricelessCold]

Compositing videos seem really cool and interesting! :D

[@KevBinge]

Comp is interesting and a different vibe than 3D. Blender has a decent compositor so it’s fun.

[@Create-The-Imaginable]

Wow! Love these advanced tutorials! That looks like something from a movie! In honor of all of the attention Area 51 is getting lately... Can you do a future video on how to do a simple model of a cool space ship like that one? :-)

[@KevBinge]

Thanks! I can certainly do that. Yeah, Area51 is lit right now haha!

[@Xraller]

Great tutorial! would love to see more of this type of stuff.

[@KevBinge]

Thanks! I have a couple of more planned 😀

[@muzamil1069]

Thanks Man....Helped me alot in understanding Compositing...

[@KevBinge]

You’re welcome 😀. I was hoping it would help.

[@PaulAlexander-tokyomagic]

There is an option in the layers panel that gives you another icon that will hide a layer from render.

[@KevBinge]

Yes. If you hit the funnel (filter) icon, it calls up a panel. Choose the camera icon under “restriction” toggle and it will do what I was doing with the eye icon in the video, but will work.

[@esousaonline]

YES! Do More! Please...and thank you.

[@KevBinge]

You’re welcome, thanks!!

[@user-lz6ss5by4k]

I was searching for bloom effect using cycle and guess where I found it 👍🏼duble like ❤️❤️

[@KevBinge]

Awesome! Glare is cool and pretty useful (usually over everything in the comp, but if you’re very careful and apply it selectively it can make for interesting effects.). Thanks!

[@uwirl4338]

@@KevBinge Just pin a comment saying that you messed up that part of the tutorial. No problem with admitting your mistakes.

[@prof_werneck]

Thanks for this great tut! Maybe you could make a new version now that Eevee has new render passes?

[@KevBinge]

I’m working on it. I just did a short video on using Bloom as a pass. It’s up in my channel now.

[@sekfrommars]

Helped a lot!!! & yes more compositing tutos please!!!

[@KevBinge]

Thanks Sek!!

[@sumerjacob850]

All I wanted to learn how to add glare into sun for more realistic image. Very well explained thx You can do small series of tutorials about mist, glare and fog for us beginners

[@KevBinge]

I could do that.

[@sumerjacob850]

@@KevBinge 😁

[@aperez39]

More tutorials like this please thanks!

[@KevBinge]

Sure thing. Thanks!!

[@abagatelle]

Excellent tutorial - more please!

[@geworfenheit3029]

Kevin, I would be grateful if you could do a lesson on how to make a realistic scene in Cucles, where against the background of the wall modeled in a blender there is a video with a cut out background (chromakey). Maybe they already did something like that?

[@KevBinge]

There might be videos doing that but I can tackle it. That’s a good challenge. Thanks!!

[@geworfenheit3029]

@@KevBinge You're cool!

[@KevBinge]

So are you Gold Standard 😀

[@TripleGlanceLA]

Thank you! Definitely do more of these. I learned a lot from you.

[@KevBinge]

I have a few planned. Thanks!

[@PonteRyuurui]

i fucking love this channel

[@KevBinge]

Thank you!! It really helps to hear that man!!

[@PonteRyuurui]

@@KevBinge love the out of the box mad spit, you like gleb alexandrov but fucking orgasnised

[@KevBinge]

Thanks!! I love Gleb, but thanks 😀😀

[@MilanKarakas]

WOW! Excellent help. Yes, please do shadow. I have no plan to do UFO things, but rather street scene and 'insert' object (after solving camera motion) that in reality does not exist. I know trick with plane and casting shadow (shadow catcher), but what about casting shadow on the staircase? I have idea to mix video with crude 3D staircase, somehow hide it and convert to shadow catcher. Not sure whether it will work or not. I am new in using blender, so it will take forever to do it by trial and error. I am using Meshroom for solving camera motion. Sometimes it works good, but still don't know how to use it together with the video captured (and from where Meshroom extract camera motion). Thank you in advance.

[@KevBinge]

Thanks!! You can use a software called Fspy and then model crude geometry to act as a shadow catcher. Then render the ext files with the shadow pass. It’s a bit much to describe here but I can do a video on it. I’ll add it to the list. Thanks!

[@MilanKarakas]

@@KevBinge Yes, please. I saw videos using Fspy for making 3D effect from 2D images, but not as a function of shadow catcher. When you get time, not a rush... since I am currently learning basic modeling at Udemy courses. Thanks again.

[@KevBinge]

Sure thing 😀. Thanks!!

[@malefico3d]

I found it delightful. Nice tute!

[@KevBinge]

Thanks! I’m happy to help 😀

[@rdoetjes]

You don’t need to name the channels. When you just select OpenEXR multilayer it’ll write all the selected passes. In real compositors though, you need to shuffle out the complete or they diffuse because that’s not set to the default rgba channels. But that’s trivial.

[@KevBinge]

That’s cool to know. I need to try that and see. I’m used to naming them, so like they say, old habits... thanks!!!!

[@rdoetjes]

blenderBinge first time I used blender for this in Nuke, I was like: “where the hell is the combined?” It’s all black... I go back to blender to check, but everything is set properly. I open the channels and there is the Combined in its own channel. It’s so counter intuitive compared to modo and maya where the combined is always mapped to the default rgba channels that Nuke looks at at default :)

[@KevBinge]

I know, it’s crazy like that. Maya is really good like that and Nuke sees everything haha! I see some of those Nuke guys and I’m always blown away, then I see Flame artists and just shake my head and quietly go about my business... humbly... lol!!

[@vivektyagi6848]

Like the first dip into the world of Blender Compositing. I wish there is one that covers all the nodes. If not in one video then in a series of it. Many thanks for this one. I had a Question - Can Blender import Alembic and then separate out Render Layers as in this tutorial and follow the rest of the procedure ?

[@KevBinge]

Thanks!! To answer your question, yes, I believe 2.8 can import alembic, then it’s just a matter of selecting what you want and what passes they get. I’m going to be going into nodes too at some point 😀. Thanks!

[@vivektyagi6848]

@@KevBinge Many Thanks for the consideration. Looking forward to it.

[@DM_K7]

That's is some much needed info on my end, Definitely more

[@KevBinge]

Thanks! Sure thing 😀

[@manhattanfilms8590]

Amazing vid buddy

[@KevBinge]

Thank you!! 😀

[@zian.2493]

Nice tutorial bro keep it up I've learn a lot ..

[@how2pick4name]

Will watch later but liked now because I know I will. :D

[@KevBinge]

Thanks Keira!!

[@clavetc]

Cool. The only thing it misse is a shadow catcher for the building (towers)

[@KevBinge]

Yeah, I went back and forth and from where the sun is it didn’t make sense, but then you’d expect to see it, so it’s strange...

[@clavetc]

@@KevBinge Hi! I really appreciated all the details about the creation of the pictures (multilayer EXR) and how tu re-use them after in the compositor. I'm using another software now (HitFilm pro), but after seeing your tutorial really considering staying longer inside Blender to do all this! 😋 If you want to do a follow up tutorial following this one, one using the shadow catcher, and one on tracking would on my watch list! 👍 Thanks for posting this one!

[@zeraun3514]

*Sees 24 minutes* that's looong... But ok, i'll try to watch it. *24 minutes later* WAIT, that's all!?( I wished SO much it to continue, thanks for the great video and toil!

[@KevBinge]

Lol! Yeah, when I finished the edit and looked at the length I was like ... uh oh... lol. Then I just said screw it, it’s all information without too much fluff, let’s see if anyone watches it. Thanks!!!

[@paraisoenllamas]

please more compositing tutorial like this

[@KevBinge]

Sure 😀

[@evolgenius1150]

Great this is cool, bc I'm like dude I just wanna learn how to use this thing for my mattes and archviz and video junk and art so I can pretend I'm beeple. And I found ur channel. Now I'm happy.

[@KevBinge]

Awesome!! Thanks! Beeple is really funny!! Also, Blender is awesome for Archviz and matte work alike 😀. Welcome!

[@HappyPrometheus]

Didn't know about EXR multi-layer file output node, so you gave me a lesson! :) That is a very cool use of mist effect, I have to admit. Have you tried new features of 2.81? It has a fast denoiser compositing node and finally can do bumps and displacement node in Eevee without blocking so it looks almost like Cycles now! It support RTX cards and everything is better, I go for 2.81 yeaaa!

[@KevBinge]

I need to dive into 2.81! I learned my lesson in making tutorial videos on “changing” versions of software lol! That said, the denoiser does look awesome, and like ecycles 😀. Thanks!

[@HappyPrometheus]

@@KevBinge There are not many videos about new features of 2.81 so you could have a lot of views.

[@BenjaminArnedo]

Loved it! give us more!!!! MOAAARRR

[@KevBinge]

I’ll do my best and do some moooaaaaarrrr lol 😀. Thanks!

[@HydroTECGaming]

That’s kind of a round about way of doing that...🤔 If you look up the in your collections... that button that looks like an upside down flask. That’s the filters button.. click that then under “restriction toggle” click the button that looks like a camera 📸 (third icon from the right). That icon will appear next to the eye 👁 icon in your collections. Instead of clicking the eye to hide your selected object, click the camera icon. When you render, what ever object you’ve clicked your camera icon will not render.

[@KevBinge]

Yeah, I saw that and others are saying the same, but it’s too late to change he video, so I added fallouts in the video addressing that now lol. Sucks that it was toggled off by default in the final 2.8 build... thanks!!

[@yourfriendlygamedev]

Yo, You're good at lecturing! This was a great tutorial!

[@KevBinge]

Thank you so much!! Sometimes I try 😀

[@ArtPomelo]

Yes more please.

[@KevBinge]

Thanks!

[@TomDub20]

More compositing!

[@KevBinge]

Sure thing!!

[@emmettbeech5441]

Great videos! I was just thinking if a giant spaceship hovered over LA, it would not be the weirdest thing to see in LA.

[@KevBinge]

Haha! It totally wouldn’t be the strangest thing in this city! I swear between living in NYC and LA, I’ve gotten my fill of weirdness lol!

[@vikkiarts1407]

Do u even have to ask... Just do more. Compositing is a Powerful tool and we wanna learn more

[@KevBinge]

Awesome! I’ll do some more. Thanks!

[@resonancefx6994]

Finally, Thank you for this

[@KevBinge]

You’re welcome, and thanks!!

[@josefceb]

Wow, wow, wow... A GREAT tutorial!! I hope we can have tutorial like this in spanish. I can't find it! You now have granted a subcriber automatically!!! Congratulations again!!!!

[@KevBinge]

Gracias! Necessito practico mi espanol!

[@CurioCA1050]

Sweet info! Thanks for sharing.

[@KevBinge]

Thanks, and you’re welcome.

[@alekprop]

Loved this dude. Thx a bunch!

[@KevBinge]

You’re welcome, thanks!!

[@TBDfilesLalit_kalyan]

Plzz a detailed series of composting...🤔

[@KevBinge]

I have some more coming 😀😀

[@cloudcloud1]

Great tutorial ❗ Do you have any idea, trick how to turn a background image 2D into a 3D scene? Light etc. is more natural.

[@KevBinge]

You can use camera projection onto some stand-in geometry. I didn’t touch that in this one, but it’s pretty powerful and can catch shadows, etc... Thanks!! 😀

[@cloudcloud1]

@@KevBinge Thanks ... a tut would be wonderful 😊

[@lobos9182]

More comp tuts please

[@KevBinge]

I will 😀. Thanks!

[@Ink-and-Blood]

Subscribed. Please make more compositing videos my mind is blown i have to go lie down.

[@KevBinge]

Awesome! I may do more. I have a pretty solid one up in Patreon but will probably do more for KZbin as well.

[@Slickstaff_Stainpants]

that was fantastic !

[@KevBinge]

Thanks!!

[@LeonErrante]

thanks a lot man!! please make more videos!! XD!!

[@KevBinge]

You’re welcome! I’ll do my best, thanks!

[@timejumpertarot1114]

Super informative....more tutorials please

[@KevBinge]

Sure thing. Thanks!!

[@AngelAgudoGuerrero]

Great Tutorial! thanks a lot!!!!

[@KevBinge]

You’re welcome, and thanks!!!

[@joeplayjoekeys9579]

Pls more compositing tutorials... Thanks

[@KevBinge]

Sure thing! 😀. Thanks!