Make Your Renders Pop - Intro To The Compositor

[@aryankulkarni6066]

You're my fav blender youtuber at this point, Grant

[@felixboachieyiadom4457]

Please make this a series or please explain about color correction and color grading and more about contrasting Whenever i try those my scenes become monochromatic

[@WhyWeWatch1]

@Grant Abbitt And lighting

[@amusingworld2029]

Mr grant i would like to thank you for every video you uploading

[@zacsamuel7295]

That's a pretty powerful compositor. Have worked with Flame in the past. I need to get to this once I get a grip of so much in Blender! Thanks for the video

[@uzairbukhari99]

Bro now I want a whole series on compositing. Thanks Grant, it was super helpful. I've been using blender for quite sometime and never got to use compositor

[@saduddeentanveer6937]

Small tip: you can ctrl+shift click over any output you want to view it rather than clicking on the node to go through every output.

[@pranavkondapalli9306]

If you have node wrangler ie

[@TheMagneticDude]

You need to turn on node wrangler to be able to do that though

[@user-gq1ij]

You don't know how much I have waited for you to make this video 😫😫😫

[@yusrighouse]

I've slowly been learning the compositor from various channels and even had to look at film channels who use other software to learn color grading stuff. There really is a dearth of information about color grading with blender. I would definitely like to see not just the technical execution, but also like guidelines, tips and further reading/watching resources on color grading to make things look awesome. Awesome tutorial Grant I learned a lot. Especially the different Passes which I didn't quite notice till you brought it up!

[@NabPunk]

The first compositing tutorial I saw was 1 and a half hours, and I was lost. Then in 14 minutes, Grant explains all the basics and saves me :D.

[@kimberleewatz462]

This is the best tutorial on the compositor I have seen so far. Very good.

[@ToxicFruitSnack]

Easiest tutorial for composition. Thanks mate. Can’t wait to try it out.

[@Puckerization]

Thank you Grant for a great tutorial. The compositor has always been a bit of a mystery to me...until now.

[@Tremori_A]

0:37 lol already answered my biggest question that no one else seemed to talk about. now I know I absolutely have to learn the compositer stuff

[@IGarrettI]

I love how much you can push the Evee results with the compositor

[@jamesdelb6885]

The little nuances matter. Thank you.

[@CoRon3x]

That's just perfect. I was looking for such a video 2 days ago but couldn't find one that did the job. And then you casually come around and do your magic as always.

[@galinanelyubova7854]

Thank you Grant! It's just another universe and helped me to get more satisfied with my renders. Please make a series.

[@marly1017]

This render looks great

[@GaDawg84]

Thank you. I've been wanting a tutorial on how to use the compositor forever

[@nbakerify]

Thank you, Grant. Excellent tutorial!

[@uni-mal4433]

Superb introduction! Thanks!

[@joaovitors.s9643]

Thanks Grant. I'm learning a lot from you, you are making the diference

The power or rendering passes. Thanks for this Grant!

[@xangroba]

fantastic tutorial Grant, thanks. It would be great if you could do a series on this tool

[@2011manbeast]

Brilliant! Thanks so much!

[@elcamsterino4798]

Thanks Grant, Clear and precise instructions as per usual. Thanks for all your work

[@minggnim]

I'm new to Blender. I've watched a lot of tutorial videos and I've never heard about Compositer. This is very informative.

[@dillenbata]

Awesome as always

[@Mrflippyfloop]

Excellent! More compositor tutorials please. Cheers.

[@rickenbackerdan]

Fantastically informative and clearly explained as always Grant - thank you.

[@AndrewConway]

Fantastic Tutorial. It really changed the way I do thing's and the 1440 resolution was much appreciated since I watched full screen... Be well

[@destroyonload3444]

thumbnail made me click! It's really amazing what can be done with a few simple shapes, some good lighting, and some knowledge on render settings.

[@UnderdogDen]

was too afraid to touch the compositing tab, this is awesome grant

[@loofa4775]

This was just what I needed. Many concepts finally clicked into place in my head.

[@chapstickwarrior9277]

Love learning new stuff. This even gave me a better understanding on how nodes work. Thank you!

[@emo10001]

Great info as always! Thanks for showing us how some simple compositing can make a world of difference!

[@AnimatorHeadSpace]

That was excellent man! Thanks for that. Simple and straight to the point.

[@bomb7388]

I wanted something like this... 🔥 🔥

[@reinholdamanpal4735]

What's most needed. A well explained video for the shaders. The mathematical part behind the nodes ain't that difficult, but sometimes the lower patience can lead you to... "post modernistical arts". XD Respect for your work sir!

[@TK-uo7cb]

great video, fingers crossed there will be more to come! thanks g man

[@rafvanraevels]

A series on compositing would be great.

[@kleckerklotz9620]

That's very helpful. That's exactly why I want to use Blender. Thank you, Grant.

[@rival_arrival_3d]

You read my mind, this is exactly what I was looking for. Gloom in cycles and more intense shadows. Also a very concise and nice duration of the video, I choose this one because the other were over 40 min (perfectly explained in this time though). I had never used the compositor before, seemed intimidating, but now I'll definitely give it a try. Thanks!

[@kevstusmith]

Thanks so much for this Grant, your tutorials are absolutely professionally created and awesomely presented with all the procedural steps clearly explained. 👌

[@rorumets]

Very good tutorial

[@bdbjr28]

thanks grant! compositor is something I am pretty ignorant of, great to learn about it from you

[@MWSculpts]

Thank you for the great introduction 👍

[@ofekpearl]

Gimmmme more of that! Awesome video!

[@blenderfox_foxwastaken]

I can't wait to try this out in my (soon to come) nature render! Amazing tutorial, as always 😃

[@mohammedfawzi9144]

Brilliant as usual, Grant . Thanks a lot

[@lorddiego]

Excellent intro to the compositor! I have a technical question: Does the compositor works 100% with the rendered image? Or does it take data from the original meshes in the 3d world? If it's 100% with the rendered, it blows my mind the amazing work it does.

[@grabbitt]

100% rendered images/layers

[@lorddiego]

@@grabbitt Amazing! The AO layer looks like a separate render image

[@grabbitt]

@@lorddiego yes it is

[@ChandlerCollins]

When rendering, your application is creating several different layer passes that you've specified in the render options (for example, the AO layer like you mentioned or just the emission layer ) and then once it's rendered all of the layers individually, it combines them for a single output just like the compositor is showing you here! For some applications, you may want to export just the emission layer or normal layers etc on their own and there are absolutely ways to do that in blender as well.

[@lorddiego]

@@ChandlerCollins Thank you very much for the info. Always great to learn new things

[@arinakonashenkova2815]

Absolutely amazing tutorial!!!! Thank you

[@Ahivo]

thank u this was so comprehensive

[@gvpixelstudios2020]

What a Render😍😍💥

[@jonathanwalsh1206]

Mate you are the man, thank you.

[@HogwartsStudy]

tyvm, straight forward.

[@falsesong7057]

This is great! Thank you!

[@zoewinters8657]

So helpful! Thank you so much

[@ReinOwader]

I probably would switch glare and AO order. First darken shadows and then add glow, so that glow wouldn't be darkened. Otherwise nice simple and useful tutorial.

[@alperg1142]

Thank you.

[@RSpudieD]

That was a pretty great tutorial! I've never messed with the compositor and now it really doesn't seem much harder than the material nodes. Nice work! +1 subscriber!

[@zana3d]

Thank you so much for this, Grant! I have struggled with the Blender compositor forever and this video is a godsend. Could you also kindly do a tutorial on the mist pass? Do I need to add fog to my scene first in order to manipulate it or can the compositor help fake it for me? Please also talk about Cryptomattes as well.

[@nightcode3171]

You're the best sir! Thanks for the tutorial 💯

[@vinnypassmore5657]

Great video, thanks for sharing.

[@swedish_father8952]

Great tutorial as always Grant! Would be really cool if you could do a tutorial about Mistpass, how to create some more depth to some environments.

[@Vutha962]

Thanks you

[@secularblasphemy6627]

Yes, do more. Was good.

[@patek2385]

I needed this!

[@I_am_Spartacus]

Sometimes the best tutorials are the simplest... love this!! Really nice to just stop and say,,where do you think the glare node will go best.. making us think rather than always telling us...thats proper teaching....making us think ;p

[@minementalx]

Thanks for the video! Is there a way to apply the glare also to the emitting objects mirrored in the sphere?

[@gilleswalther5964]

Excellent video

[@SudevNadar]

Very much useful.💚💚💚

[@Visocacas]

This might be the push I need to get out of my Eevee comfort zone.

[@Ab_obla]

I just use Pixlr which is nice web photo editor, but i learned more about nodes and about the blender compositor, great tutorial idk if i'll use this or external apps.

[@Temgee]

Grant, how would you tackle getting the glow into the reflections?

[@grabbitt]

I don't think there is a way to do that properly but use the good output and add glow to that

[@3dkaram962]

woow, that was perfect

[@gabrielkuklinski9806]

Hi Grant, thank you so much for the video! I may have a non sense question, but, can we see the render view on the compositing tab, without exporting the image/animation? Thanks for the content anyway, fantastic as always!

[@grabbitt]

Not sure exactly what you mean

[@firefly7997]

this is perfect:)

[@loganmoses2149]

This rocks, ty

[@kalinduindusara8309]

Thank u 🙏🙏🙏❤️

[@stockerman77]

Awesome thanks Grant. Quick question though, then to render (if it's an animation) is that done as usual or is that done somewhere from the compositing tab so as to include the render node setup?

[@grabbitt]

You need the output node

[@fiskooriginal]

waw, so clearly explained

[@dinoreyes]

Thanks!!

[@GTARogelio1]

nice

[@salarycat]

Hi there, great intro to the compositor. What confuses me with the blender rendering/compositor is how do we control whether it renders the 3d scene or the compositor? Where is that render that you made saved? If I wanted to save the composite, would I have to re-render the 3d scene again? It would be nice to clarify what's going on with the rendering and image saving in general.

[@vladbat4050]

From what I understand you can simply switch the nodes to get the raw render alone and then see how it looks, luckily you don't have to re-render the image, all you have to do is under the render tab is to find "view render" to see it your rendered image, then switching to the compositor you can apply any nodes and watch the image you have update after a few seconds with no need to render repeatedly.

[@kurtlindner]

This was Great! Can we see more?

[@MR-br2uv]

THX!

[@jessicabernstein6185]

Sorry if I'm asking you loads of silly questions. I'm studying art, but I need to make a living, have you got any advice on careers in art? You're the only person I've ever met who has successfully made themselves a career. Hope you enjoy today!? xxx Jess

[@grabbitt]

Check out my blog playlist there a few things in there that may answer your questions

[@jessicabernstein6185]

@@grabbitt thank you - I'll check it out. xxx Jess

[@jessicabernstein6185]

@@grabbitt Where is your blog?

[@vishnuhere6150]

Please make an animation video, how to take output from composition ✌🏻

[@voltaichymns3148]

BEST!

[@chotomuslim3015]

Hi can you tell me how to start making animation videos in blender, I am new on this platform.

[@ceruleanfish6703]

There are several KZbin videos on animation in Blender. I don't mean to answer for Grant. But your question has a complex answer and self service might get you a better answer. Here's a good starter link for Blender:: Noob to Pro [en.m.wikibooks.org/wiki/Blender_3D:_Noob_to_Pro]... Bests...

[@chotomuslim3015]

@@ceruleanfish6703 this link doesn't exist

[@loofa4775]

Again not trying to answer for Grant, but he has you covered with this beginniners series: kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKGZnHabarCgnJY I created this simple rigged animation from following the steps and adding a few personal touches: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKHUemmmqbWrnrc

[@peterrandall6761]

The manu that ussually shows up in the bottom left corner (when you create an object or bevel, etc), is not showing up at all anymore, how do I get it back?

[@grabbitt]

It only appears when you first do the command

[@peterrandall6761]

@@grabbitt it isnt showing up at all

[@cgblend3975]

Do you know any channels that you can recommend that focus on photorealistic objects and still life?

[@grabbitt]

Not sure actually

[@Alphaa101]

Subscribed!

[@Uhfgood]

So what about non-renders in the compositor? For instance you want to greenscreen or anything else for that matter (composite your render into a video, etc)

[@grabbitt]

Yep that's a different tutorial👍

[@gdematteis9023]

Great Tutorial. Can you tell me how to save the composited. image

[@grabbitt]

Image save as in the render view

[@ferretscraze11]

I've got a question Grant, when I do Ctrl+Shift+RMB drag on the nodes, instead of adding a mixer it tries connecting one node to the other. Any ideas why that might be the case? I'm stumped.

[@grabbitt]

Have to got the node wrangler add-on enabled. Not sure what this would be happening

[@mohitdas86]

can we get to know more about compositor ??

[@Reggieeeeeeee322]

ive been having some difficulty learning compositing/masking/vfx etc and would love to open this up to anyone else who has some suggestions, specifically with good practice techniques and/or resources.

[@finnnakashima3084]

One question, When I render my project, it doesn't render the compositor... Everything looks like I didn't touch the compositor at all

[@grabbitt]

Check it's going through the output node not the viewer node