Been searching for this kind of video for ages and then I randomly come across your channel and see you've covered it! The stars have aligned, thank you!

@AlfieVaughan

3 жыл бұрын

Haha, glad I could help!

I've known I should learn render passes for quite some time but at first glance found it a little confusing. I started to grasp it a bit but didn't look into it further. This video has made their uses really start to click into place in my brain. Thank you.

@AlfieVaughan

3 жыл бұрын

Glad I could help!

@BamBttv

7 ай бұрын

Same !!! Thanks for the video !! It’s insane and haven’t seen something about that subject before on KZread

This was SO helpful man, been trying to find someone who can explain this as this is something ive struggled with and you've done it spot on man thank you so much!

@AlfieVaughan

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful :)

Finally someone explain the use case.

@temporallabsol9531

Жыл бұрын

Blender is half knowing where to find the right tutorials and definitions. Great channel.

@AlfieVaughan

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! :)

As always. Quality stuff !

@AlfieVaughan

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jacob!

dude i just stumbled across this video . Went to your patreon and subscribed. YOU my friend are DOPE. you are destined for greatness. I'm Gonna sopport what you're doing.

@AlfieVaughan

2 жыл бұрын

Haha thank you! Much appreciated :)

I have some base level compositing knowledge and only came here for the passes but damn you've really opened my eyes to some interesting techniques I can't wait to put to use.

@AlfieVaughan

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad you liked the video

GOD this is exactly what I’ve been looking for! Thanks

@AlfieVaughan

Жыл бұрын

No problem!

great video man Subscribed :)

@AlfieVaughan

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot! :)

Amazing video thank you! I didn't realize you could store that much information into an image, very useful :)

@AlfieVaughan

6 ай бұрын

No problem! Yes it's very cool :)

Thank you man. Very helpful!

@AlfieVaughan

3 жыл бұрын

No problem!

awesome tutorial!

@AlfieVaughan

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

amazing explanation

@AlfieVaughan

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Just when I was struggling to composite a 3d object, you release this video..😍😍😍 Can't thank you enough bro..❤️

@AlfieVaughan

3 жыл бұрын

Perfect timing 😜 you're welcome

Thank you!

@AlfieVaughan

Жыл бұрын

No problem!

Nailed it 🔥🔥🔥

@AlfieVaughan

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Wow, bro. Really helpful. Thanks!

@AlfieVaughan

Жыл бұрын

No problem!

You advised me that I should join a studio and start my VFX journey, its been 5 months and I've learned a lot. From manual rotoscoping to 2D tracking, camera tracking, creating clean plates(in Nuke and in Photoshop), and matte painting, I'm familiar with compositing basics. Used Nuke for 2D and camera tracking but also used Boris Mocha for things that are in perspective and hard to track. I'm coming to the end of my course. Now I'm gonna attend a test for the studio. They'd test how I'd take a manual rotoscope. I'm a bit nervous about that.. I fear they'd not select me. I tried to bring an obj file directly into Nuke and tried to add textures but it didn't work out. My teacher told me that I need maps like normal, metallic, glossy, diffuse, and all so that the obj file looks nice. He didn't tell me to export in EXR sequences and use render passes like this. The course has 3d compositing which is left to be taught. Thanks for this .. now i know about render passes before they teach it in classes. I'm waiting for a video from you that shares tips to rotoscope properly and fast (manual). I know it would be worth waiting. I'll need your wishes for the exam. Thanks again!!!

Man, that normal+position = 3D trick in Nuke is so rad. I'm trying to figure out a way to do it in fusion and am not sure it's possible. It would speed certain workflows up immensely! Great video as always.

@AlfieVaughan

3 жыл бұрын

Cool isn't it!

@jeffreyspinner9213

Жыл бұрын

Did you ever figure it out?

Our fav blender compositor artiste from house Griffendor :)

@AlfieVaughan

Жыл бұрын

😁♥️

You're an absolute weapon!

@AlfieVaughan

3 жыл бұрын

Haha 😂 thanks bro

Awesome!

@AlfieVaughan

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

GMG!These are uses I haven't seen in the AE tutorial

awesome tutorial.. super 😍

@AlfieVaughan

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 👍

Great tut for me.. tnx sir

@AlfieVaughan

3 жыл бұрын

No problem!

Wonderful

@AlfieVaughan

7 ай бұрын

Thanks!

that's litteraly crazy

@AlfieVaughan

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@S9universe

2 жыл бұрын

@@AlfieVaughan you're welcomrme and thanks i just realised the power of nuke x')

Can I hug you?This cleared up many confusions for a beginner like me and i am grateful 😭😭😭

@AlfieVaughan

2 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped :)

Finally thanks u

@AlfieVaughan

3 жыл бұрын

Haha no problem!

Top!

@AlfieVaughan

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Such a cool tutorial again. Thank you. How do you get that cool tab to choose your different render passes in Nuke?

@AlfieVaughan

2 жыл бұрын

It's a tool called channel hotbox you can download from nukepedia :)

Overwhelming

@AlfieVaughan

Жыл бұрын

In a good way or...?

It's a nice show off. Very impressive. Unfortunately I didn't learn anything.

@AlfieVaughan

9 ай бұрын

😂😂 sorry to hear that!

Hey Alfie as always nice video, but whats that gizmo youre using 04:24 ? , I use layer contact sheet for checkng AOVs but that gizmo looks fancy !!

@AlfieVaughan

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks nandu! Haha, it's called channel hotbox. It's from nukepedia. It's really handy!

awesome tutorial, i was wondering which shortcut you used at 4:52 to open that pie meneu to choose different pass?

@AlfieVaughan

2 жыл бұрын

It's actually a 3rd party tool from nukepedia. I highly recoend grabbing it! It's great and it's free 😁

hey another doubt about your workflow, u have a denoised beauty. But the passes are noisy right so when u do a From operation it won't be perfect right? Any fixes u found?

@AlfieVaughan

3 жыл бұрын

Someone else asked about this recently. I haven't found it to be a problem so far but I suppose if the passes were really noisy it might be an issue. I try to render with enough samples that even the denoised passes look good as well

1. I wonder if we could generate a 3D forensic scene reconstruction from the normal & position passes. This would be very awesome! 2. If we could 2D paint each pass individually, can we generate a whole 3D scene in Nuke?

@AlfieVaughan

Жыл бұрын

You can use the normal and position to make a 3d point cloud, yes. I guess technically you could paint each pass but I don't think it would turn out how you're expecting. It's very complicated.

Amazing and really really needed video...but one question..how are u taking the passes out from the exr file ??

@AlfieVaughan

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! In nuke you can shuffle them out. If you're using other software they have their own ways. After effects has a plugin called extractor :)

@prasenjeetbanerjee2867

3 жыл бұрын

@@AlfieVaughan ookay...but I saw u weren't making any shuffle node but rather u r clicking on the exr node (4:52) and getting all the passes..is it some kind of Script or plugin ??

Please make a video, or reply , how you render that passed in saparate files from blender?

@AlfieVaughan

Жыл бұрын

I use the file output node. I have a few videos talking about it. Check out my tips for blender video or one of my workflow videos

@zaalm

Жыл бұрын

@@AlfieVaughan thanks bro

how did you rendered all channels in a single render ,if i try to render in open EXR. only RGBA is rendered but not passes and need a solution plz

@AlfieVaughan

3 ай бұрын

It needs to be an OpenEXR multilayer, not just a normal EXR

hey how do u have those compositing nodes hooked up ready to go every time u open blender?

@AlfieVaughan

3 жыл бұрын

You can set it up once then save it as your startup file :) it's under file --> defaults --> save startup file Then when you open blender it starts like that. I also have it set up with all my favourite render settings etc. So I don't have to do it every time!

@Roystoncinemo

3 жыл бұрын

@@AlfieVaughan thats cool tysm.

Hey, Thanks for the tutorial. How did you do in the final composition the emission pass blur and glow above the book. It feels like you combined normal pass and emission together but I am not quite sure. at 4:18 there is a moment you show the photo and I would love to know how you added those straight glowing light lines that go above the book. Thanks

@AlfieVaughan

3 жыл бұрын

I just separated out the emission pass to put the glow on and then I plussed it back on top :) I didn't out the normal pass back on. That's not part of the beauty image that's for other things like relighting

@versatale

3 жыл бұрын

@@AlfieVaughan Oh yes you can do those straight lines with a simple "Radial Blur" and put the center of the radial blur on the bottom so the glow lines will go above. Thank you very much for the fast response! You are amazing 🙏

@AlfieVaughan

3 жыл бұрын

I used a volume rays node to make those lines :)

Alfie... brother can you please explain compositing render passes on after effects!!....I've seen one on your channel but would you in detail explaining the use of like shadow, diffuse, glossy, volume....crypto etc....using plugins to extract and enhance!! Cheers!

@AlfieVaughan

3 жыл бұрын

Hey! I'd love to but I don't use after effects anymore I'm afraid so I don't have it 😬

@sahdsalmi3935

3 жыл бұрын

@@AlfieVaughan could you download it for like trial and record a tutorial please, i mean im not asking ,its just a request my friend!!

@AlfieVaughan

3 жыл бұрын

I can't get the trial anymore because I used to pay for after effects so I've already used it 😬 and it's been years since I used it so I'm a little rusty 😅

@sahdsalmi3935

3 жыл бұрын

@@AlfieVaughan well thanks anyway mahn.... Keep up your good work brother, and please do keep posting interesting vfx tutorials 🙏

Hi! Thanks for the video, very helpful! Tell me, what kind of shuffle instrument do you use, where can I get it?

@AlfieVaughan

Жыл бұрын

It's called channel hotbox and it's a free pyhton script you can download from nukepedia :) it's great!

@asylum3324

Жыл бұрын

@@AlfieVaughan Thanks a lot!!!

Do you have a video for the vector pass? Haven't been able to even view what it writes into the exr file, let alone use it in a functional way inside Nuke. Thanks in advance!

@AlfieVaughan

27 күн бұрын

I don't, sorry. I always render my motion blur in 3D as it looks better and makes the comp less heavy. But all you should have to do is add a vector blur node, set the vector channel to the motion vectors and then increase the strength. I also usually set the drop down to uniform which makes it behave better

7:15 how did u open that tab in nuke to shuffle out

@AlfieVaughan

7 ай бұрын

It's a python script from Nukepedia called Channel Hotbox. It's free! Worth grabbing 👍

Does anyone know why SSS passes have been removed since blender 2.83?

Hmmm, anyone that can use Nuke would know what render passes were and packed their EXRs like a champ...

Thanks! how do get the popup when you hover over the exr in nuke that allows you to view the channels so quickly? is it a plugin?

@AlfieVaughan

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah it's called channel hotbox :) it's free on nukepedia. It's great!

@Nic-tg2ei

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Alfie!

Hey. Loved this video. Two questions: Where did you get the "Exponential Glow" from? How do you use rendered lightgroups if you have rendered a Direct and indirect diffuse and glossy. Should I just use the lightgroups or is there a way to combine them or use the lightgroups as "controllers" for the previously named passes?

@AlfieVaughan

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Exponential glow is a third party gizmo. You can find versions of it all over nukepedia. It's much better than the in-built glow in nuke! For the direct and indirect channels, you need to multiply the colour over then, minus them from the main beauty and then do your tweaks and then plus them back on top

@nothingimageworks

Жыл бұрын

@@AlfieVaughan Okay. Think I understand. I have another general Nuke question. How do you add lens grime? I’ve spent hours trying to get it to work but I’ve had no success:(

@AlfieVaughan

Жыл бұрын

Good textures is half the work. Find some good lens dirt textures (there's loads of free ones on textures.com etc) and then blur your footage by about 300 pixels and multiply it over the dirt. Then screen that over your comp. I talk about it in my green lantern nuke tutorial. It's very effective for interactive lens dirt

@nothingimageworks

Жыл бұрын

@@AlfieVaughan Thanks I used both of your tips and it worked perfectly. Thank you VERY much :)

@AlfieVaughan

Жыл бұрын

No problem! Glad I could help :)

how can i render uv pass in "green to orange" not "pink to blue" like c4d and other 3d software please

@AlfieVaughan

2 жыл бұрын

Is there any need to? They do the same thing

@BillkerPlus

2 жыл бұрын

@@AlfieVaughan it does not work for me in after effects in pink to blue

@AlfieVaughan

2 жыл бұрын

That's odd. The colour shouldn't matter. I'd imagine it's something else that's the problem

@BillkerPlus

2 жыл бұрын

@@AlfieVaughan ok thank you so much ❤️🙏

Do you think you could make an AE version of this tutorial? I'd love to see you import all these passes into After Effects... It would really help me! Hell, I'd even pay for such a class/tutorial.

@AlfieVaughan

9 ай бұрын

I haven't used after effects in about 6 years I'm afraid! I can't really remember how to use it now

@renderpeach

9 ай бұрын

@@AlfieVaughan Haha that's okay! I ended up finding this - kzread.info/dash/bejne/o4mI2pqEg9nfeps.html I mainly just wanted to understand how to pull EXR passes into AE! Thank you for the quick reply.

Do you ever find that your cryptomatte edges aren’t super clean? Especially where two overlap? I’m not sure if it’s a resolution issue or what, but i always notice it

@AlfieVaughan

Жыл бұрын

Can't say I've ever had an issue with that. It could possibly be a samples thing rather than resolution but I've rendered them at firstly low samples and not had issues too. Sometimes in the motion blur maybe... Occasionally if I'm using 2 cryptomatte alphas and masking one with the other or something then I'll have to use an erode to tweak the edge a little. That's the only time really

@SteveErnst117

Жыл бұрын

@@AlfieVaughan for me, I’ve noticed it even if trying to combine them next to each other in the same matte. This also happens in stills with no motion blur. The effect seems to be lessened at higher resolutions, but it’s still weird to me

@AlfieVaughan

Жыл бұрын

That's odd. Ive never had issues like that I'm afraid. Not sure what you could do to fix it either. The only solution is probably just tweaking the mattes in compositing to get them to work

@SteveErnst117

Жыл бұрын

@@AlfieVaughan it seems to be an antialiasing thing. Usually it can be fixed with a tiny erode, but I’ve never heard anybody else talk about it for some reason.

Hey, I have a little problem concerning color management In Blender, I use Filmic for View Transform (don't we all do that now ?), so the light and colors have a better look than using sRGB/standard. But when I import an EXR in Nuke, the colors are wrong. Wether the project is using default Nuke color management settings or OCIO/ACES, any LUT, anything really, I can't find a way to display an EXR properly (it's either to dark, or the the colors are off, or both), except by doing manual work that shouldn't be needed. I'm probably doing something wrong or thinking about it in a wrong way, but isn't it supposed to work this way ? Maybe I'm wrong on the Blender part.

@AlfieVaughan

3 жыл бұрын

Haha yeah I had this headache too before I started using aces. The thing is, Filmic only works in blender. Nuke doesn't have an equivelant. You can actually take the filmic ocio.config file and use it in nuke but I don't recommend that. It messes with other things like normal footage and creates other problems. The main thing to realise is filmic doesn't get baked into EXRs from blender. It's only a views transform in blender. It gets baked into things like jpgs and PNGs but linear EXRs don't take the filmic look with them when they get rendered. Which is why it looks very different in nuke :)

@Lanaur_

3 жыл бұрын

@@AlfieVaughan Yeah that's what I thought about it not being baked in EXRs, wich makes sense considering the nature of them. I hoped there was a way to have this type of view transform in Nuke, but apparently no. That's a bit of a shame but I guess I'll do manual work or do the compositing in Blender whenever possible. Thanks !

@AlfieVaughan

3 жыл бұрын

You can actually do it. You can set nuke to also view it in filmic like I said with the ocio file from blender. I just don't recommend it because it's not really meant to be used like that

@Lanaur_

3 жыл бұрын

@@AlfieVaughan That's why I prefer to avoid it. I'll still give it a try one day maybe, just to see.

@Lanaur_

3 жыл бұрын

@@AlfieVaughan The solution I found was to install ACES in Blender (it replaces all the other ones, wich is annoying, but still works)

hello can you share how you are instantly shuffle aov passes from multi layer exr is there is any plugin or gizmo?

@AlfieVaughan

5 күн бұрын

The thing in using is a python script from nukepedia called channel hotbox

Does glossy equal reflections? terminology seems different for Blender.

@AlfieVaughan

2 жыл бұрын

Glossy is essentially what would be the specular passes in most other render engines. And no UV is the texture co-ordinate data for applying things to the geometry. Normals are the directional light data

@hypersonicmonkeybrains3418

2 жыл бұрын

@@AlfieVaughan Am I right in thinking that blender does not have reflections pass or roughness pass?

everything is fine in blender render when import it to nuke it shows white screen or red screen any help brother

@AlfieVaughan

2 жыл бұрын

Did you use the file output node to change the name of the main render channel from image to rgba?

@haarisha5101

2 жыл бұрын

@@AlfieVaughan no

@AlfieVaughan

2 жыл бұрын

You need to follow the steps otherwise it won't work

I have no idea why my renders have a significant amount of noise even after iam employing a denoiser node during compositing in blender. Later when I import that to after effects, it's still does have noise in them. The denoiser works but not in taking out a good amount of noise. I gave 300 samples with 16 light bounces, my card is an rtx 2060.....any tips and advices brother???

@AlfieVaughan

3 жыл бұрын

Does it actually show it denoising the render in blender? When you're rendering does it says it's denoising the tiles at the top? It sounds like it's not actually doing it. Make sure you have it set to optix in the render settings instead of NLM and make sure you have denoising actually enabled for that render layer

@sahdsalmi3935

3 жыл бұрын

@@AlfieVaughan Yes, it does show!...I've been following your tutorials for sometime now!!! Everything is right just like you've mentioned. Denoising - render - optix, denoising data ON, @ view layer - denoising is checked with all input passes. NB: The advanced tab in denoiser @ render properties are in default settings Seed - 0 Square samples unchecked Min light bounces - 0 Min transparent bounces - 0 Light threshold - 0.01 Should I do something??

@AlfieVaughan

3 жыл бұрын

@@sahdsalmi3935 how strange. Maybe try reverting to default settings and doing some tests. It sounds like you've accidentally turned it off somehow when it exports

@sahdsalmi3935

3 жыл бұрын

@@AlfieVaughan I've enabled adaptive sampling check box, does it affect anything on denoising. Does changing from multi exr file type to png makes a difference, I hardly need beauty, AO and emission pass

@AlfieVaughan

3 жыл бұрын

That shouldn't change it. It must be something else. Although I'd recommend rendering to EXRs to maintain the linear workflow for compositing

so... you dont need to set up anything in the compositor?

@AlfieVaughan

9 ай бұрын

Yes you do. The file output nodes all need to be set up with all the passes going into them. If you do it with the built in output in the blender settings it them all really stupid names

@jonahoskow7476

9 ай бұрын

@@AlfieVaughan do you know a good video etc? All the tuts I find seem to skip this step.

@AlfieVaughan

9 ай бұрын

@jonahoskow7476 I've got a video about my workflow. Go to the blender bit in this video kzread.info/dash/bejne/e5Vq07CvmrLIlaw.htmlsi=PgrSEjNz_J4vIDu-

Wait ... Harry ?!! 😱

@AlfieVaughan

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂 brutal. They're just round glasses hahahaha

Video title should be Blender Render Passes!

@AlfieVaughan

3 жыл бұрын

This applies to all render engines! The names are just a bit different :)

@SHIVAM.M.S

3 жыл бұрын

@@AlfieVaughan yes ur right but for SEO stuff it should have been Blender Render Passes, as of now it's good!

@AlfieVaughan

3 жыл бұрын

Oh I see! I put blender in the tags and the logo in the thumbnail :)

👁

@AlfieVaughan

Жыл бұрын

👁️

is there any pass, through which we can get the details from denoising?

@AlfieVaughan

2 жыл бұрын

As in the details before it's denoised?

@jkartz92

2 жыл бұрын

@@AlfieVaughan sorry, i make it right here. While using denoising it's smooths out the minute details normal maps right? is there any way to get them back in comp through any render pass?

@AlfieVaughan

2 жыл бұрын

You could render another one without denoising and mix back the details in the areas you want it. But it's a bit of a crazy idea

@jkartz92

2 жыл бұрын

@@AlfieVaughan Non - denoised render would have noise right. How to manage that?.

@AlfieVaughan

2 жыл бұрын

You can't have both 😂 it's either denoised and loses a bit of detail. Or you have the detail but the noise. If you want the detail without so much noise you need to render with higher samples

Can anyone please tell me how to open this TAB at 5:12 .

@AlfieVaughan

2 жыл бұрын

It's not built into nuke. It's a tool called Channel hotbox from nukepedia :)

@gouthamvanga5129

2 жыл бұрын

@@AlfieVaughan Thanks sir. That was quick :)

@AlfieVaughan

2 жыл бұрын

No problem! I get comment notifications on my phone so I see them pretty fast :)

Interesting but nuke broke my brain a bit with all that compositing as I dont know nuke

@AlfieVaughan

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂 that's the idea of tutorials 😎

HOW TO RENDEEEEER SEPARETLY ALL THIS PASSES? T_T

@AlfieVaughan

Жыл бұрын

You'd have to have separate file outputs for each

oof so useful

@AlfieVaughan

2 ай бұрын

Thanks!

Bro i can't talk in discord and i want to Discuss something

@AlfieVaughan

3 жыл бұрын

Why can't you talk??

@Hell_King_69

3 жыл бұрын

Now it is solved thanks

@Hell_King_69

3 жыл бұрын

I was makimg an vfx

@Hell_King_69

3 жыл бұрын

It will be a night sky scene with fake moon(using blender) and the moon will explode

Bro hpw can i participate in blender challenges

@AlfieVaughan

3 жыл бұрын

Just join the discord server :) link is in the description. We do them every month!

@Hell_King_69

3 жыл бұрын

I cant chat it is saying an error

@Hell_King_69

3 жыл бұрын

Plz contact me in discord my id - adityakathait#5922

Nice video which helps me a lot. But you are speaking so fast! Sometimes it was hard to follow and to get the information right. ;)))

@AlfieVaughan

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Sorry I hear that a lot. Try watching on 0.75x speed :)

can see why AI is taking over shit just too confusing... every app has a different word for something.

Quite informative, but too fast!!

@AlfieVaughan

2 жыл бұрын

Try on 0.75x speed 😉

@jkartz92

2 жыл бұрын

@@AlfieVaughan :P

You should talk faster.

@AlfieVaughan

4 ай бұрын

Most people say I talk too fast already! Can't please everyone. You can speed up the video if it's a bit slow for you

@astridman11

4 ай бұрын

@@AlfieVaughanokokok, I was giving a hard time 😆you do talk way fast for my brain to consume. But thank you for the tut!

@AlfieVaughan

4 ай бұрын

Oh right 🤣 glad you liked it

Does anyone know why the SSS passes have been removed since blender 2.83?

@AlfieVaughan

3 жыл бұрын

Good point! I hadn't even noticed but just checked and they're gone. Not sure... Maybe you need some SSS materials in the scene for them to show up. I'll do some tests

@maelstromsonic

3 жыл бұрын

@@AlfieVaughan It’s very strange, the option used to be there but now it’s gone.. unless I’m missing something. It’d be great if someone got to the bottom of this. Thanks mate.

@maelstromsonic

3 жыл бұрын

Your content is really good btw 🥳