Every Compositor Node in Blender 2.83 Explained in One Video

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Every single node in Blender 2.83's compositor, explained in one video. The compositor works with both Cycles and EEVEE. It allows you to change colors, add depth of field, even texture models after the render is done. While it's recommended that you avoid the phrase "Fix it in post," sometimes, it cannot be avoided. Learn how to navigate those situations, with a whole new arsenal of nodes under your belt! Blender 2.83 Compositing nodes!
Outro music by soundcloud.com/lakeyinspired
Video by Daniel Krafft

[@DanielKrafft]

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[@griffinjk845]

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[@guilhermearaujoazevedo6148]

Daniel, enable the subtitling option. This video will be of great help also for non-English speakers

[@DanielKrafft]

@@guilhermearaujoazevedo6148 On it bro don't worry

[@Iloveyou-do9fc]

You just made my day. Thnx

[@magicchicken3355]

Just bought the PDF and this is great!! I'm going to print and stick it on my wall :D Can you make a gumroad pdf on material and modifier nodes too?

[@janne_kekalainen]

The Denoise Node, you absolutely want to enable "Denoising Data" under render passes. And then plug the corresponding denoising normal and albedo to the denoiser node. It gives much better results that way.

[@iviecarp]

True. What I've also found is that it's important to input the Noisy Image instead of just the plain Image, as it gives better results, especially on low sample counts. Also, if denoising albedo isn't working out for a render, I saw a suggestion to try enabling the Diffuse Color render pass and plug that into the albedo for the denoise node - I tried it and it can give better results in some cases, it did for me as I was rendering at 8 samples.

[@雪鷹魚英語培訓的領航]

I just wrote your tip down in my notes. Thanks.

[@OGPatriot03]

@@iviecarp I've always found that the noisy image node gave worse results and then I had heard that they're completely identical which is definitely counter to my experience. Pro tip, you can enable all the different render passes and then combine all the ones you want to use the denoising Normal/Albedo but do things like the volume pass separate where you don't want those things.

[@TarekAlShawwa]

This guys makes the videos everyone wants but that no one else has the patience to make, absolute legend, amazing work man!

[@joerym.9750]

“If you’re wondering exactly what I’m making here, so am I.” Me making anything.

[@Sync-Edits]

3:24

[@metashrew]

I don't know why, but Andrew Price peeking through that hole in the beginning of the video is somehow the funniest shit I've seen today.

[@DanielKrafft]

Quarantine be like

[@suvigyamishra4604]

I CAME DOWN FOR THIS COMMENT!

[@MrSceneNine]

Came into the comments to find this. Seeing his face gave me a good chuckle.

[@Li-lj1fv]

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[@joshkasper9998]

I needed this video so bad. Guess what I'll be doing all saturday now xD

[@DanielKrafft]

Glad to help out

[@lilyounggamer]

@@DanielKrafft thank you so much I love you and cgmatter

[@ENJERUNE]

As someone who doesn’t have a super beefy computer for 3d graphics with tons of effects compositing is really useful because it’s a bit easier to render images than highly detail 3d scenes. It’s a bit of a slower and tedious process but it saves my pc from exploding

[@BolWaffy]

Subscribe to this guy, no excuses allowed. This fellow takes hours of his life learning what each node does and breaks it down into about 30 min long videos, for free.

[@DECODEDVFX]

You're a mad man Daniel.

[@DanielKrafft]

Thanks Decoded

[@atottalynormalcat939]

For a sec I thought it was daniel answering daniel

[@DECODEDVFX]

@@atottalynormalcat939 Me, Daniel, Curtis Holt - Blender KZbinrs just love blue and purple for some reason.

[@clanker8021]

oml I knew I wasn't the only who would mistake you three from time to time lol

[@lawrencedoliveiro9104]

3:46 Remember that properties can be animated in the Compositor as elsewhere in Blender, so your Value and RGB nodes can be made to change their outputs over time. Interestingly, this applies to the Time node as well: you can animate those start and end frame numbers over time.

[@katyb3869]

Great job as usual, Daniel! I'm a little late watching this one but it didn't disappoint! I've barely touched the compositor because it seemed so daunting. Thanks for taking down the intimidation factor! :)

[@DanielKrafft]

No problem katy thanks for watching!

[@daemeonation3018]

Dude. I took notes on this the other day and wrote down every single node you went over and a blurb about most of them. I knew I was gonna need it. Wow. I was forced to do all of this stuff in the compositor today because my render kept glitching and I had to do it in layers and fix all of it and MAN. I knew every node that I needed because I watched your video and took notes. Didn't have to look at the notes. It's the act of taking them. Thanks so much for all of the info.

[@chlbrn]

Man, how the hell can you be so awesome! You truly are a gem in Blender community! And I normally don't use exclamation mark but when I watch your videos, I just can help using it!

[@DanielKrafft]

Glad you enjoyed (:

[@griffinjk845]

Why does daniel kraft have better upload schedule than other KZbinrs that do it full time. nice job, keep up the good work

[@DanielKrafft]

Thanks Deleted. Appreciate it

[@exanimo8554]

compositor is basically photoshop but free and with nodes lol

[@J_psi0]

Also with image editor

[@k3mx_]

And After Effects

[@basquescout]

Its basically the 5% of NukeX

[@thisismyusernamesoihopeyou6069]

And you can use videos

[@thanosunreal5848]

you just changed how i see things right now my dude

[@jourdanbiziou853]

Daniel, This is a gift of information ! thank you so much for this obviously well thought out and time intensive breakdown of all the nodes. Really amazing and incredible resource for those of us who are learning the ins and outs of Blender, ! Thank you :)

[@flyingminecraft7178]

Oh my god you are insane. Thank you so much for everything, you and other blender youtubers have thought me everything I know now. Thank you :)

[@DanielKrafft]

That's what we're here for! Glad to help

[@EANIIX]

These videos are so incredibly helpful! I thought I had a pretty good knowledge about the nodes but you always surprise me with some gems :D The Bokeh Image node for example looks reaaaally cool and I had no idea it existed :D Thanks a lot for your effort and I'm glad to support you by buying the PDF :)

[@DanielKrafft]

EANIIX Thank you so much!! I’m glad you found the video to be helpful!

[@melonisferco]

Thank you very much for making these videos explaining every node, that nobody want to make. You explain them very well. It really saves a lot of time. Keep this amazing work!!

[@pepposneppo5842]

You're a legend dude. You deserve ten times the subscribers you have. Love all your videos man! Just don't hurt yourself too bad by going without sleep ;)

[@DanielKrafft]

Thanks man I appreciate it!

[@Solocase]

I always like before I watch the full vid because I know it will be good

[@griffinjk845]

yeah

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[@kalebshepherd6639]

WOW, I can't imagine the work that went into this. Well done!!

[@DanielKrafft]

Thanks man!!

[@aquaticontent]

I didn't really need the PDF version but I really like your content and want you to keep making more of it so I went ahead and bought it. Thank you for what you do!

[@雪鷹魚英語培訓的領航]

Wow, the keying node is super powerful. I haven't explored Davinci Resolve's / Fusion, but this free version even seems better than After Effects.

[@thewrestler2]

You worked so hard, I HAD to hit subscribe! Thanks for the effort dude!

[@Pixmation]

Wow this is amazing

[@griffinjk845]

indeed

[@devotae]

I really like these "explained Everything" segment your starting. Im hooked on you! KZbin first recommends to me the most popular one, and i gotta hunt down the rest on my own. probably a lot of people "liked" it, but subscribers like me are the ones that LOVED it and clicked the bell for more

[@RavenclawNimbus]

0:56, I love how he always puts Andrew in such random places.

[@GeekyGami]

...I finally understand how to do complex shading effects with masks for grease pencil thanks to this very in-depth explanation. Thank you very much.

[@dipanjanghosh5684]

this man deserves so many more subs

[@vib2119]

I jus wanna say I really appreciate these videos so much. Thank you so much and bless you man!

[@A_Train]

Thank you for putting this out, Daniel! Nodes change, people change, but the knowledge remains.

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This is exactly what I needed. Subbed

[@rr.studios]

If I had an online card I'd definitely support this guy.

[@danz726]

This is exactly what I have been looking for! Keep the great work :D

[@DanielKrafft]

Awesome! Thanks bro

[@sanzay.]

I was checking all nodes individuallly and here u uploaded it!!! Yesss!!! Thanksss!

[@DanielKrafft]

You’re welcome (:

[@kyleboynton2748]

You’re a madman and I thank you for these videos.

[@SpencerMagnusson]

Keying screen is a great Blender secret - Sean Kennedy demonstrated it well in another video. Great overview btw, love it!

[@RenderEngine]

Mega respect... your dedication on this is much appreciated

[@TutorialesKames]

Big work, thanks for it

[@royjohns7519]

there is so much info i need to listen at least twice to grasp. thanks!

[@TimeWithSweetFirefly]

Even tho I never use nodes, this video gives me an interest in using nodes.

[@DanielKrafft]

That's great to hear!

[@BbankK_48TH]

Why didn't I find this video earlier. This is very useful for me.

[@sancezramon]

Massive thank you!! Lots of love from UK!!

[@IAM_Aljalal]

I really appreciate this hard work and high quality content

[@Siegfriedklughammer1]

Hey Krafft. I must purchase this document. Thank for the lesson learned. Bravo👏👏👍

[@DanielKrafft]

Thank you very much SK

[@kareemihab3875]

Hi loved the vedio keep it up

[@DanielKrafft]

Thanks bro

[@lawrencedoliveiro9104]

22:02 I think normalization has to be based on examining the values over the entire input image, and mapping the lowest value to 0 and the highest to 1. Is anybody else immediately thinking of tricks involving extracting the normalization factor from this node and applying it to some other unrelated image?

[@vickihaxmeier9015]

I've been searching for something like this! You're kinda like my hero right now!

[@Solocase]

Great :)

[@adithyasatheesh127]

I never thought you'd do it so fast. You're the God. Wish I could be of some help to you man. I'm a freelance Retoucher and a mixing engineer.

[@lawrencedoliveiro9104]

32:46 Also useful for fanning-out one output into multiple inputs. This way, if you change your mind and decide to feed all those inputs from a different source, you only need to change one noodle.

[@WW_Studios]

Bro! This is awesome! Thanks!

[@petergrant600]

I’ve been waiting for this😂 thanks!

[@DanielKrafft]

No problem man. Were you the person who suggested it first? I think you might have -

[@petergrant600]

Daniel Krafft yah bro thanks😁

[@theconstantine1159]

Excellent video & resources chanel i always go back to material node video if i got stuck with shading great job on that too.

[@DanielKrafft]

Thanks very much!

[@AImagery4444]

Appreciate your "Explaining Everything" series

[@lawrencedoliveiro9104]

14:59 The input doesn’t make it animatable. It just means you can feed something else (e.g. another image) in there. What makes it animatable is the fact you have a field you can edit and hit IKEY over.

[@3D-vid]

Now that Blender 3.0 is out, how about an "every geometry node" explainer video?

[@abdullaishfaq3166]

In the start, I was about to say "why $3 for a frikin PDF" but man this took time and effort

[@domin6168]

I honestly didn't know that the composer has so many modules (probably because I didn't use that much in XD), but thanks for the video Daniel, you are doing a great job :D (I think, but are these the mountains of The Witcher 3?) Will there be more movies like this? If I could ask

[@DanielKrafft]

Yes its the witcher haha. And yes I will try, however it is starting to affect my health so I may need to update my upload schedule.

[@domin6168]

@@DanielKrafft ok ;D

[@derburner1097]

exactly what i was waiting for thanks a lot

[@DanielKrafft]

You’re welcome bro

[@DavidAmgad]

Love this kind of videos! Now can you please do that for Every Geometry Node!

[@Reggieeeeeeee322]

0:58 => INPUT NODES (chapter) 1:00 => bokeh image node 1:20 => image node 1:38 => mask node 2:01 => movie clip node 2:25 => render layers node 2:40 => RGB node 2:50 => texture node 3:06 => time node 3:27 => track position node 3:44 => value node *nodes in v3.6 not discussed in video => scene time node 3:52 => OUTPUT NODES (chapter) 3:56 => composite node 4:03 => file transfer node 4:29 => levels node 5:04 => split viewer node 5:26 => viewer node 6:01 =>COLOR NODES (chapter) 6:06 => alpha over node 6:35 => brightness/contrast node 6:49 => color balance node 7:09 => color correction node 7:29 => gamma node 7:54 => hue correct node 8:21 => HSV node 8:42 => invert node 8:57 => mix node 9:56 => RGB curves node 10:45 => tone map node 11:03 => (z) combine node *nodes in v3.6 not discussed in video => exposure node => posterize node 11:33 => CONVERTER NODES (chapter) 11:36 => alpha convert node 12:07 => color ramp node 12:37 => various combine & separate nodes 13:06 => ID mask node 14:01 => math node 14:26 => RGB to BW node 14:41 => set alpha 15:06 => switch view 15:40 => FILTER NODES (chapter) 15:42 => bilateral blur node 16:07 => blur node 16:24 => bokeh blur node 16:43 => defocus node 16:52 => denoise node 17:09 => despeckle node 17:31 => dilate/erode node 17:43 => directional blur node 18:05 => filter node 18:17 => glare node 18:33 => inpaint node 18:54 => sun beams node 20:28 => vector blur node * filter nodes in v3.6 not discussed in video => anti-aliasing node 20:39 => VECTOR NODES (chapter) 20:43 => map range node 20:57 => map value node 21:03 => normal node 21:40 => normalize node 22:04 => vector curves node 22:16 => MATTE NODES (chapter) 22:19 => box mask node 22:39 => channel key node 22:54 => chroma key node 23:25 => color key node 24:02 => color spill node 24:26 => cryptomatte node 25:37 => difference key node 26:06 => distance key node 26:12 => double edge mask node 26:22 => ellipse mask node 26:36 => keying node 27:21 => keying screen node 27:37 => luminance key node 28:13 => DISTORT NODES (chapter) 28:21 => corner pin node 28:36 => crop node 28:48 => displace node 29:16 => flip node 29:27 => lens distortion node 29:46 => map UV node 30:56 => movie distortion node 31:11 => plane track deform node 31:26 => rotate node 31:29 => scale node 31:57 => stabilize 2D node 32:01 => transform node 32:11 => translate node 32:22 => LAYOUT (chapter) 32:26 => frame 32:41 => reroute 32:49 => switch node

[@SuperStar-ss1ye]

Thank bro

[@lawrencedoliveiro9104]

21:40 I think it’s basically a dot product between the input Normal and the direction of the lighting in the interactive widget.

[@ttmayor]

Easiest subscribing I've ever done. Awesome video 👍

[@anuvind4323]

You are a man of dedication ❣️

[@Ale3dGl]

Purchased! Great video! Extremely Useful!

[@DanielKrafft]

Thanks very much!!

[@lawrencedoliveiro9104]

19:16 A job for some maths nodes, and possibly a value input node, to ensure the second scale factor is the reciprocal of the first.

[@pitched7401]

I think the reason, that the pixelate node doesn't have scale is probably, because it's supposed to be like an "apply resolution" node. You don't necessarily have a scale right before, but maybe your input image has the wrong dimensions or something, so you pixelate the output and scale to a different image input after. I don't have any use for the node myself, but it's look probably comes from how it's normally used. Also the Sun Beams Node works perfectly in combination with the environment pass as light rays normally don't come from objects xD

[@targard.quantumfrack6854]

Just starting with blender after a long 3ds hiatus, can't thank you enough for your awesome videos, cheers from france!

[@_bulat]

Thanks. I never seen before video than explained all compositor nodes.

[@pauldeddens5349]

You should also do comprehensive guides to all the various workspaces and modes in those workspaces. Like object mode, edit mode, sculpt mode, graph editor, image editor, UV editor, video editor, weight paint, texture paint, etc. (Also I fear this becoming outdated with 2.9 and 3.0 coming somewhat soon)

[@lawrencedoliveiro9104]

18:17 I think Laplace, Sobel & Kirsch are edge-detection/enhancement algorithms.

[@toapyandfriends]

Holy crap you have 1.7 million subscribers...😎right arm my friend

[@adamcipka5873]

If you ll be able, i would like to see also some kind of this overhoul on animation nodes.

[@aminuteofhappiness6852]

Nice video. Maybe a tutorial on the rendered image or landscape scene? ahahahah

[@thomasblack9783]

You sir are a hero

[@Tamilselvan-wo9gu]

wow awesome bro i love it

[@lawrencedoliveiro9104]

20:32 If you didn’t have (or want) a vector-speed render pass, you could use something else. Like the depth value to give the effect of foreground moving faster than background, or the object ID to give the effect of a selected object moving faster (or slower!) than the rest.

[@ZealotUnofficial]

My man just spent more time on this than i did completing on subnautica

[@Mewtewz]

thanks for the good resources heres algorithm food

[@MarkBTomlinson]

Great job Daniel, thank you!

[@sammonereau2645]

Another gem made by you, THANKS again and again ! :-D This will help A LOT !

[@stonail665]

The man, The legend, Daniel Krafft.

[@Solocase]

Agreed

[@doc8724]

amazing work!!

[@pitched7401]

"forgot to even texture your model? Easy!" WHAT?

[@chrisdebeaupre6758]

Hey Daniel. Hoping for a tutorial on how to bring a PNG image sequence into the compositor then give it glare and then export that as a FFMpeg video. I am getting lost trying to follow other tutorials because they don't exactly explain what I want help with. lots of how to bring a image sequence into to compositor and lots of how to ad glare to a single image but none of the start to finish process I mentioned above. Thanks for all the amazing video's

[@pikachufan25]

hmm Even After 4 Years Still Usefull Thanks!

[@orbyfied]

This video is amazing

[@jfklittle]

This Video is so helpfull! Its a Video EVERY Beginner should watch! I would have liked a number and a Name of the node in the Top right Corner.

[@Solocase]

If I were you I’d share the vid then ;)

[@multigenerator5256]

Are we not just gonna talk about the Blender Guru face at 0:59 ?

[@CookiLover311]

Hmm, I was already subbed, so I just turn on notifications instead

[@Solocase]

That’s the correct spirit!

[@josephvanwyk2088]

I would prefer an hour long video, slower paced than quickly rushing through everything. (AND chapters).

[@KevBinge]

Holy crap, you did it. Insane. I like the compositor and use it often. I like Resolve and Nuke a bit better but this is sweet. Hey, you passed me on sub count. That’s my queue to leave Blender lol. My channel is dead.

[@ChivalryYok]

Thank you for sharing!

[@diegoleitao7341]

Great video, man. Thank you very much!

[@elon13yearsago8]

you got a subscriber, nice work

[@memefactor101]

I only wish that the is someone as dedicated and selfless as you for the Marvelous Designer software too

[@asthalis]

You seem to guess everything people are dying to find about Blender ! Thanks (once again) for this most useful video.

[@Solocase]

His brain is beyond massive

[@bongo3997]

U absolute madman

[@nicoweiberg]

Fantastic Video !!!