Introduction to Compositing in Blender 2.8

[@zinteractive]

FlippedNormals is the best youtube channel, FlippedNormals is not only a good mentoring youtube channel but also an amazing inspiration. I have been teaching computer graphics, especially 3D modeling, and animation for the last 20 years, but FlippedNormals inspired me to create my own youtube channel about 3D modeling and Animation and doing something unique to help the community. Currently, I am enjoying watching my channel growing and I am loving this process of teaching and learning. Respect for the best-Flipped Normals.

[@FlippedNormals]

Thank you so much! And good luck on your own teaching journey

[@zinteractive]

@@FlippedNormals thank you so much, I need blessing of you guys

[@FlippedNormals]

Timestamps Compositing starts here 11:05 Importing Sequences Chapters: 1:56 UI Basics & Introduction 3:07 Render Passes 5:23 Viewing your Comp 6:33 Why use EXR? After this we start the compositing 11:05 Importing Sequences (Compositing starts here) 13:45 Creating a Background 22:05 Masks & Premult 26:42 The Mix Node 33:41 Basic Grading 36:33 Vignettes 41:08 External Elements 46:34 Lens Effects 48:34 Film Grain 51:15 Outputting Animation Sequences 54:45 Cleaning Up

[@ItsXDaniC]

Thanks! This is fairly recent but if you add those to the description with 0:00 for start we can see these on the timeline.

[@yourfriendlygamedev]

Node wrangler should be stock. People say "turn on node wrangler" almost as much as they say "delete the default cube" lol

[@TheLeontheking]

"Use Nodes" would be another one ;)

[@diegocastillo6470]

I love to hear these guys talking, it's so relaxing, so smooth. And beyond the calming effect, they give you valuable information and insights. The perfect match

[@DarkDiaspora]

I truly think you guys are a miracle to us looking to grow in cg who have no background. Thank you so much for the impact you have on the community. I will definitly take a look at your paid courses to suppot all of your good work and to learn more from you. Thank you

[@FlippedNormals]

Thank you Jade, that means a lot

[@imyasharya]

Yeah, you said it rightly. Doesn't matter how much I tweak my project before a render, giving a tweak after render makes it a little more appealing.

[@FlippedNormals]

Every time!

[@afrotron]

The fact that you guys made this tutorial free

[@feistyferret7299]

Introduction to composting with Blender. I think I'm probably very tierd.

[@thebulletkin8393]

There is just so much to learn with blender, but I’m really enjoying it. Right now I’m learning how to make effective lighting, and how to use the compositor, which this helps loads with!

[@cantabrian1009]

Amazing timing. Only last I was thinking about flowing my projects through Blender. Synchronicity at it's finest - thanks guys!

[@FlippedNormals]

Perfect!

[@Tallacus]

Nice, Blender's post production suite needs more love

[@FlippedNormals]

Agreed!

[@Tallacus]

@@FlippedNormals thank you guys for focusing on this, could you also do a video on Natron?

[@arianullah6257]

FlippedNormals there is a thread in the devtalk about the compositor, you might want to leave your suggestions for the compositor there

[@pstuddy]

Just had to stop by right quick to add this to my blender compositing playlist, thanx guys!!!🙏👍. Automatic thumbs up even if I haven't watched it. Saving it for later! 😹

[@kalmodoom]

Thank you! This was very much needed :-)

[@thyros_]

you can press "h" to minimize the nodes

[@Mamori3D]

for the ones asking themselves why are his nodes curved go to preferences, themes, node editor ( go down), noodle curving. thank me later.

[@hexabear8311]

Yo! Now my nodes look unreal, too! Thanks!

[@goilo888]

First time I've ever said I want a limp curvy noodle instead of a straight hard one!

[@tempt1097]

Thanks for good explanation on blender compositing. Keep it up.

[@pipeliner8969]

So good! I was looking for Comp tutorials a few weeks ago and there is no Introduction like here

[@FlippedNormals]

Exactly why we made it. Hope you find it useful

[@pipeliner8969]

@@FlippedNormals Super Useful!!!

[@K-Large]

Hi! your tutorials are amazing. I have an issue with Compositing CGI car into an EXR sequence live footage. The issue is that the CGI car appears over the person in the live footage. I masked out the person in the live footage in davinci resolve 19 studio, and imported the masked exr sequence into blender. How do I composite so the person in my live footage appears over the CGI car as he walks across it?

[@Gavrev]

In fairness to the size aspect of EXR's, if you opt more specifically for DWA (Lossy) codec option it will reduce the sizes of your EXR files considerably, even below PNG size! The files as described will presumably be lossy but I'm damned if I can see the difference and you have the aforementioned advantage of the extra data in each image, for further work or export. Whether any of the data you're talking about is lost by using the DWAA Lossy codec is something I don't know, but I'm re-rendering my recent animation (comprised of PNG files), and the re-rendered folders are benefitting from a reduction of between a sixth and a tenth of their PNG counterparts. Since the total project size with PNG files adds up to 100Gb, a reduction to somewhere around 20Gb without any perceivable loss in quality will be very welcome for my storage availability - if it hits the projected file reductions the DWAA Lossy codec represents around a five:one project ratio!

[@anneallison6402]

Thank you, not much people talks about this

[@Pyramid_Skeem]

😤 The heroes I needed. 😭 Arigato, Shishou!!!! 😭😂😂

[@Leukick]

Very well done video guys

[@chidi21]

Thanks, guys! Great tutorial!

[@9EtherSupremeFist]

Have you ever thought about doing a quick summary/explanation of each compositing node and how it can be used? It would be very helpful

[@FlippedNormals]

Could be a good video to have for sure!

[@pipeliner8969]

there is already a video by Daniel Krafft by very quick. I could imagine a video about the most important nodes in more depth would be useful

[@sh4dow2a]

... how do you know when I need help with something ?? xDD

[@FlippedNormals]

We're psychic 🤭

[@sh4dow2a]

@@FlippedNormals small tips free for you then ^^ : When you select a node press ctrl + shift + right clic and drag to the node you want to automatically add a mix node between 2 nodes

[@aryoonmusic]

This is a brilliant tutorial for beginners!

[@stroealexandru5545]

great tips guys

[@Baz_R]

Perfect timing. Thank you.

[@FlippedNormals]

Happy to help

[@dudex104]

Awesome tutorial, thanks guys

[@HariChetana]

Thanks Guys!

[@pawpotsRS]

I really never thought that you guys is really jumping to Blender.

[@XR-Monkey]

How do you get that color information that you referred around 7:51? When talking about the red color etc.. I would be nice to have that available in my blender also!

[@JorgeBurrezo]

Press T in the render view and use the drop counter.

[@Dazzer1234567]

Thanks guys! .......... please do an Eevee specific composting tutorial including passes! ...... Cycles is so slow as to be unusable for me (i'm doing animated films of 2 minutes plus long).

[@zensentry]

This is interesting. Thanks.

[@saltnickel1777]

have to watch first and see why the file size is 600 mb. I have poor and limited internet. If it's really essential I'll to recreate it to avoid consuming data. Glad you guys did tutorial on this topic really need it

[@FlippedNormals]

It's because we've included the raw exr files and they just take up a lot of space

[@suyy4715]

Holy crap it actually worked

[@Jplnz]

Amazing!

[@darrenhing9906]

Hi! Awesome video! 🔥thanks so much for sharing. Was just wondering why you wouldn't use a merged exr sequence instead of bringing in each 1 separately? 🤔

[@FlippedNormals]

It's preference I suppose. It's totally a valid to use multi as well. I just wanted them separate :)

[@richey3474]

Can you PLEASE tell me the name of the screens in the background (in the beginning of the video (left side))? Thank you so much!

[@arianullah6257]

You cam also use a procedural cloud texture with the colour output to create the grain effect

[@FlippedNormals]

Great tip

[@plutus4047]

Exactly what I need

[@matthewcs490]

How would you render out the composited image???

[@FlippedNormals]

Watch the video, we do this at the end

[@efex5720]

hey i saw that you did no mention the codec for exr files i know in nuke it is important to use zips because of performance is the same true for blender or does it not use a scanlinerender for comp ?

[@fenriswolfkanal]

why you do not use multilayer exer files ? all data of one frame in one file.

[@TandelovAlan]

Awesome! Guys. With that skill i think you should work in the VFX industry. Something like Mummy or Gods of Egypt - it would be great

[@FlippedNormals]

🙃

[@Enzolence]

You should use the Screencast keys for beginners so that they can see the shortcut you used even if you say it out loud, sometimes it helps !

[@FlippedNormals]

We tried using an add on for blender, but it only shows up in the viewport. Not node view. We've been looking into a solution, but most of them are pretty bad. If you have any suggestions please let us know

[@streetlightstories6084]

Hey I want to get started to learn to composite videos and visuals effects in blender. What books, videos or other resources would u recommend me?

[@ashleylanevirk2286]

That "hammering out that hole in the table" premult alpha analogy= carrying with that for me forever :) seriously, good stuff! Other Tip: if your using a ColorRamp & one color, you can lower (zero-out) the other colors value then premult it's alpha to be certain however you'd like. ALSO, when using Cryptomattes SHOULD we put an Alpha Over first before colouring etc? In your cryptomattes tutorial you outputted using the 'Matte' plug & inputed it into the 'Fac' of the Mix node, then went straight to color-grading, or was that just another way of doing it? Like is the 2019 method a better way to color-grade when there's a mix of two color values? (ie. the original render & the now colorgraded mask value) Thanks for your time eh :)

[@Lanaur_]

Did you mention that Ctrl Shift Click to preview comes from an addon ? Also, what do you think about that "viewport compositing" they've added to their roadmap (for EEVEE I guess) ?

[@FlippedNormals]

Yes, we mention that the node wrangler add on has to be enabled. Haven't looked into it so couldn't say

[@5m4r27]

i was literally wondering how i would compostit!!!!!!!!!!!

[@fangtooth4471]

wondering, finished a Composite in Blender 2.90.1 Using the Output File node, however I see that it still renders in two places (one being Comps Output Node, the other being Output Properties Folder). Is it possible to just have it render to my comps Output File folder and not technically cache whats in the Properties folder ie. /tmp/ ??

[@JorgeBurrezo]

Exist two diferent renders.... the render without nodes and the renders with the composite

[@seftest]

Why not use multilayer exr instead of separate files? Is there any benefit?

[@8teendiscover]

what does it mean when you press on use nodes and there is no little window opening, I'm beginner, probably touched a button without knowing

[@lehaepta]

Does someone know how did they exclude their Mist pass from the Combined one to add it on compositing? I'd be grateful for any ideas.

[@DucaSimonLuchini]

Hi guys, this is a FULL CGI compositing, great. But it would be great (better...!) a tut about compositing with Live action & CGI! There will be something about in a future?

[@DucaSimonLuchini]

Why don't you replay...?

[@ArtistHead-gh5zy]

why its showing combine instead of image when i import exr file in my node???? Please help!!

[@skyrobot2]

When I hit render animation I am getting the PNG images on one folder and a copy of the files on the other folder. Is this normal?

[@JoefromNJ1]

how come when i'm compositing and hit play on the playback the video is just a still image and doesnt animate? when i hit stop it just all of a sudden jumps to the frame it should be at but nothing moved during playback.

[@FlippedNormals]

Your comp might be heavy and it's struggling to show you the frames and composit at the same time. That sounds like a hardware restriction on your end.

[@JoefromNJ1]

@@FlippedNormals i tested it on a 3 second video i had that i literally did nothing to. and it still wouldnt move.

[@yahlimendler2898]

christ 60 minutes, let's go

[@FlippedNormals]

Yeah it's a long one

[@AlterMax24-YouTube]

Thank you but you start by "11:05 Importing Sequences (Compositing starts here)" without explaining how to export those sequences you're importing after...Something is missing...nah?

[@kevincampos6054]

how can u only render the cryptomatts

[@aftereffects00]

HELP ... I dont have the Denoising data option in my blender...

[@AnthonyLamb]

Help please. Often when I try to render a comp, it actually just renders the animation from viewport/camera again. How do I tell Blender to export my comp and NOT re-render my animation.

[@JamesBAnim]

This threw me too, searched around for ages trying to find the answer. It's all to do with the 'compositing' checkbox in the Output Properties Tab > Post Processing > Pipeline section. With the 'compositing' box unchecked/unticked, CRTL+F12/CMD+F12 will render again from the viewport/camera. With it checked/ticked, and as long as you have the 'Composite' node connected, it will render your comp from the compositor.

[@ZephrusPrime]

Thank You!

[@FlippedNormals]

No problem :)

[@hypersonicmonkeybrains3418]

This is powerful for applying to an animation because it applies it to each frame.. But is it worth compositing in Blender for just one frame or is it better to do it in another software like photoshop?

[@pipeliner8969]

absolutely you can also save one frame. You can be quick with nodes over time

[@Leukick]

Would 16-bit .PNG be roughly equal to 16-bit .EXR in quality?? They're both 16-bit

[@JorgeBurrezo]

Yes, but the exr can save hdri images

[@Leukick]

@@JorgeBurrezo Cool thanks for the response!

[@Userdoesnotexit]

Thanks guys

[@FlippedNormals]

You're welcome!

[@WolverineMKD]

Please make a tutorial blender for nuke compositors.

[@PeperMintification]

Would help to specify the exact version of Blender. Just saying...

[@FlippedNormals]

2.83

[@PeperMintification]

@@FlippedNormals Thanks. But there are 2.83.1, 2.83.2 and 2.83.3...

[@frechjo]

@@PeperMintification The part after the second dot doesn't matter in this case. It's what's called a patch or revision number (according to "semantic versioning", those numbers mean major_version.minor_version.patch/revision_number), and shouldn't mark any feature change, mostly just bug fixes (perhaps a minor tweak sometimes). Just use the latest 2.83 (2.83.4, as of today), it will have the same features (nothing removed, nothing added) and a few less bugs.

[@jujuboohoo]

I wanna model the guy w hair in this vso cuz dude looks like he'd be a badass character.

[@guillermogalaadmora9217]

Nice

[@ArguAngels]

*cries in compositing*

[@Dazzer1234567]

Hi guys, if you're gonna be using Blender compositing with imported sequences, i don't see the point....... why not use Fusion (inside Resolve), where you can actually see your composited output playing back in realtime? ........ or do you see advantages of Blender over Fusion composite?

[@FlippedNormals]

Absolutely no advantages, fusion is a better composition package on all fronts. No doubt, This is purely meant for people who want to stay inside blender. And it can be helpful to be able to do some quick comp on top of your render while your in the software.

[@Dazzer1234567]

@@FlippedNormals ok, thanks! Hopefully Blender gets real-time compositing in the future because Fusion develops at a snail's pace compared to Blender!

[@mikkelmelby]

wtf blender... one software to rule them all!

[@FlippedNormals]

Haha not quite, but solid for a free package 👍

[@gower1973]

Think your confusing png with jpeg, png are lossless you don’t lose any data, it’s just exr can handle higher bit depth, Blender only handles 8bit and 16 bit png

[@weltraumimport]

the beginning of the video is a bit frustrating to watch, i know that these render passes exist but it never gets explained or crypto thingies are just added without any context and i still dont understand why they're needed but we got a 5 minute talk on why to use EXRs? i'm just lost ;;;

[@tintwotin]

Har I været omkring Manuels fork? Der er mange compositor forbedringer, men projektet savner nok lide mere bruger-rygvind før BF devs begynder at interessere sig for det. Fork'en kan downloades her: blender.community/c/graphicall/hpbbbc/ - der er også builds til Linux og MacOS. Et feature writeup: developer.blender.org/T81650 Og et sted til feedback: blender.chat/channel/compositor-up

[@Maliniasredmask]

im... still lost

[@FlippedNormals]

Keep trying it a few times. The whole process is a lot to take in a takes a while to get used to. But it's definitely worth the time investment

[@Maliniasredmask]

@@FlippedNormals ok thx

[@mae2309]

all I have to say.. LMFAOL HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHHAHAHAH you two are just LIFE!!

[@FlippedNormals]

Thank.. I guess haha

[@Iglum]

That white title bar is not pretty :) damn you Windows. I mean if you use "Window capture" in OBS or just run blender fullscreen you save some pixels. On the Cleaning up part why not CTRL + ALT + Space to fullscreen the node window. Cheers

[@pra2hyper245]

[@brandomentor]

Excellent video, Thank you. There is only one thing that irritates me about English speakers, and that is the permanent use of the word "basically". In the late 70s and 80s Spanish speakers (Latinos) used it often, but not like now, where it is not necessary. Please "STOP BASICALLY":)

[@chuzzbot]

Why is this 60 FPS? Even on the national broadband this video is either a horrible blurry 480 res or a jumpy glitchy stupid high frame rate HD that chews bandwidth like a data piranha. Please supply HD 30 fps, as we don't need every nuance of your cursor, but we do need to read text and look at a decent resolution. Was stocked to watch this but can't stomach the buffering that only happens on HFPS. even 4K plays well at 30 but almost everything breaks up at 60 with a really good data rate for this country 70 Mbs ( Australia)

[@mathiasmrch9122]

First c:

[@JP-qq2wy]

U guy look really afraid,when ever u guys talk about blender. 😅😅😅

[@joshiifive]

Like me for disliking the video

[@AdamMann3D]

I subbed for zbrush and other pro software stuff. Much more of this and I'm unsubbing. Nothing personal.

[@anubisr9]

pro software? lol

[@ProjectAtlasmodling]

Blender is a professional software though just because most big studios don't use it doesn't mean is not professional.

[@ZalvaTionZ]

It has pretty big adoption in professional concept art and asset creation...

[@softwarelivre2389]

Here we can see a crybaby. You better unsub already, actually just get out of youtube, if it will make you feel better.

[@Kimera_Alternate_Realities]

Thank you guys, I ♥ your knowledge and the fact that you share it with us =D

[@FlippedNormals]

Our pleasure!

[@eternalguy6023]

Nice

[@mathiasmrch9122]

First c: