You are the man, so much info, so much knowledge, so much love for the community!

Great tutorial! Thanks for taking your time and sharing your knowledge. Happy Blending for all!

Keep them coming. I always learn tons. Thanks!

I always learn so much from your high quality tutorials. Thank you!

As always, awesome explanations!! Thanks Dylan!

Thanks so much for the straight forward explanation and demonstration of purpose. I've been looking at the render passes section for years wondering what to really use it for and just ignoring it.

Very useful tutorial. Thumbs up for even showing how to arrange the nodes in a way that makes it easier to deal with the complexity. Thank you! :)

Just want to say THANK YOU for taking the time to make this video. After watching this, I will always render out passes. So much flexibility for the composite stage.

best vid on render passes I've seen thus far. kudos

You simplified this and it made more sense to me than ever! Thank you so much

Hey sorry guys, I made a bit of a mistake in this video by not showing how to save the passes out. Essentially you DON'T want to do the compositing in your 3D scene but rather render your 3D directly to "OpenEXR Multi Layer" format (in the output settings). If you're not using Cryptomatte then you can set it to "Float (Half)" Then you would do your compositing in another scene or blender file and bring your render in to the comp using Image nodes rather than the Render Layer nodes. The Image nodes will have all the same pass outputs as long as you render OpenEXR MultiLayer from your 3D scene. I will do another video to explain but I'm not going to get a chance until next week.

@Jelias89

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for clarifying that! I've done that mistake in the past and my initial render got rendered twice (first from the main file output and then from the file output in the compositor)

@kassandrakelly3464

4 жыл бұрын

Great videos Dylan! Thanks for sharing your knowledge, I've subscribed to your channel.

@Shadowreaper8435

4 жыл бұрын

alright, if you could now tell me which node I use to add in the shadow layer then everything's perfect and just a little side question: is it possible to use the denoise node on just the shadow layer or will that break things? because I made a teddy bear with hair particles and the shadow's are a bit too noisy in my opinion but when I add the denoise node to the whole image it treats all the hair like noise and blurs it to the point where I could have just used a flat surface. then I remembered you had this tutorial about render passes so I figured I might ask you about it

@imad3d536

3 жыл бұрын

@@pierregagne1998 hello brother I have a question if you can help me, I want to save the passes in exr file or multiple png files which contains direct difuse glossy z depth and id or mask object ... How to save passes to do the compositing on after effect ?

@pierregagne1998

3 жыл бұрын

@@imad3d536 Use Cryptomatte to output OpenEXR Multilayer with the Cycles render engine. "kzread.info/dash/bejne/f6BlrcucZLnVoKQ.html". Then in the Passes, just enable everything (Direct, Indirect, Color) and check all the tick boxes you need. It is going to give you a bigger file size but everything will be included. For Cryptomatte setup, enable "Object", "Material" and "Asset" and leave the "Cryptomatte Levels" untouched. Press "CTRL + F12" to render the animation(s) after you made a specific folder location for the frames output. To save time install "www.exr-io.com/". See the tutorials here "www.exr-io.com/learning/" to output your sequence of frames without getting a huge cobweb in the Blender's Compositor tab. I haven't figured out yet how to get the Subsurface Scattering to work with Cryptomatte, but my guess is that you need to assign a texture in the shading network in Blender. Just enable RGBA if you decide to use PNG instead of Multilayers Open EXR files. Finally, open the images sequences in After Effects or in Blender's Compositor if you prefer. There is a course on www.chocofur.com "Interior Visualization Blender 2.80 Course" (Check Learning resources). It is worth every penny since it is an invaluable tool to have everything tied together in a structured fashion instead of scurrying around KZread. Let me know if that helped! Happy Blendering !

First video I’m seeing of yours. I really appreciate you sharing your knowledge. Good explanation abd great example of how to make changes and what the gotchas might be. I’ll be following.

I've watched a ton of videos on this subject but yours is the first that really showed me how to get control of those damn nodes and all the spaghetti!

You're one of the few people who actually explains kinda industry workflows and I love it, keep it up man

This would've helped me a lot months ago, but I'm thankful for this as now I can reference a good thorough tutorial on passes.

Mind blown. I'm more of a modeler but I've been meaning to get into rendering a bit deeper. Your tutorial has really opened my eyes to Render Passes...Thanks!

Really insightful mate. Thanks! I've worked with Blender for years now and render passes is one of those areas I've not done too much with. The odd bit of glare on lights, fog, or adjustments that could be done in most decent image editors. This is a whole new dimension though. Very useful indeed.

Just the right amount of info. not more, not less. this is a perfect video.

Thank you for putting this up, especially pointing out the hotkeys and basic mouse gestures to do the small stuff in the node editor. As a blender noob here, I appreciate those comments.

Bro, this is INVALUABLE! Hats off!

Thank you so much for this! Love these technical videos that many dont talk about.

This was a fantastic video thank you so much. I always had trouble with fog glow on emission objects but now with the emission pass I'll be able to hone in on my craft. Cheers mate!

3 years later this video is still very useful! thank you

The best clear tutorial to explain pass ,expect more tutorial

I believe this is one of the most informative videos on blender, Thank you for sharing the knowledge, honestly, I didn't figure out till the very end of the video why all of this deconstruction and reconstruction, but the cryptomatt is really worth it... still the benefits are most for videos, images can be fixed in image editors. The only drawback is that mixing to be done but it worth saving the render time and electricity. Thank you.

The numbering of the cryptomatte output sockets of the "Render Layers" node has been fixed for 2.82.

@nadimkazi87

4 жыл бұрын

Oh thats great! 2.82 just released 2days ago, and I will definitely try this!

Love it, clear and consise, thank you!

This is a very informative video. I would be interested in a follow-up video about saving each pass as image files and how to put them together in programs like Gimp, Photoshop and After Effects.

@hugoantunesartwithblender

Жыл бұрын

You have exr io for photoshop and another similar to gimp, than can read exr multilayer files

This was very helpful even without the saving step. Thank you!

Answering the “why would I need this?” questions was great. Thanks.

that was very helpful for me . thanks for making such a good video

amazing this is so good loving those tuts more please from the compositor

Thank you so much for explaining this in depth. Subscribed!

Very nice, easy to follow tutorial! Thanks!

Loved it absolutely! Most difficult thing in Blender made simple and easy. Thanks

Wow, exatcly what i was looking for, thank you soo much, very clear and very usefull

Hey guys, hope you enjoy my latest tutorial. This was a request from a friend who's learning Blender and he couldn't find much info on render passes. Is there anything you're struggling with in Blender that you haven't been able to find much info on? Let me know in the comments and and I'll look into doing a video about it.

@gower1973

4 жыл бұрын

The animation tools, especially the NLA editor and how to blend one animation into another like and idle into a walk into a run, and some kind of controller, controlling drivers to make it all work

@bao007fei

4 жыл бұрын

Great tut! Easy to understand. Thank you very much. Such a headache with compositing. Everything about this topic is gold mine to me.

@scaredyfish

4 жыл бұрын

One thing you didn’t mention that’s super important is that to save passes to a file you have to use OpenEXR multilayer, otherwise all the pass info will be lost as soon as you close Blender.

@septic07

4 жыл бұрын

Hey Dylan, really good tutorial - thank you! I'm still struggling with the comping of those passes in Fusion. Unfortunately I can't recreate the look of the beauty pass and apparently the alpha channel seems to get lost during export (channel is ticked in blender and in fusion as alpha selected, but in fusion it's simply black). Sorry for this somewhat vague question. Maybe you got some tips on hand :)

@cineblazer

4 жыл бұрын

Specifically shadows, shadow catchers, shadow passes, compositing with shadows etc.

It would be great if you shot a video about shader nodes and working with them, because there are few videos on KZread that explain how to work with them, how to compose them correctly. Or explain all the mix shader modes. Thank you for your awesome content!

@DylanNeill3D

4 жыл бұрын

Yeah OK that sounds like a good idea!

great video, great presentation. explained a lot of information fast and efficiently. kudos.

very helpful - great short-cut tips - thank you !!

Thank you for the tutorial. There isn't a lot of information about compositing in Blender it seems like a solid compositing package.

Wow! I had no idea this kind of stuff was available. Great stuff. Can't wait to see what other great tuts you have or will do so I subscribed. As a suggestion, I have been having the worst time rendering fire in Eevee with Film transparency enabled for a Alpha background. Any light you can shed there would be fantastic!

I was just looking this up and there you appear, thanks.

@toebeexyz

4 жыл бұрын

haha same here

@deltaray3

4 жыл бұрын

And your comment here helped me discover your works.

Excellent tutorial. Many thanks!

Thanks a ton! Very good explaination.

Super helpful, thank you for this awesome tutorial~~

The best tutorial on Render Passes...

I really appreciate this tutorial especially for the part when you mix passes with cryptomatte node! Hope I didn't duplicate anybody's comment. Just two tips: 1. You can save this setup in your startup file so that you don't have to repeat all these steps each time you do a project for a client, or save it in a file and append it (after enabling all the passes you need in the settings). 2. If your render takes 3 days to complete, you can save the output file as an EXR and later edit this file. Or enable the "save temporary render" switch (if I'm not wrong) in render preferences, in order to force blender to save them automatically as .exr: handy with animations...

@DylanNeill3D

4 жыл бұрын

Good tips!

Great video; thanks. Now I finally understand what cryptomatte can do.

Awesome tut :)

Thank you very much for this tutorial! It's really helpful

Very helpful video man, thank you!

Hey Dylan, thanks for the great content! I think one of the biggest things I struggle with is UV's. I worked through your moving image video and thought it was awesome, but if you could produce a video that takes a thorough look at UV's and projection methods, I know I would appreciate it!

this is so educative thanks

This helped me with my homework. Thank you very much

Very informative - thank you

That is a great explanation video. Thank you a lot!

A really good video. Thanks.

very clear bout render passes. now i understand. thanksss man

Great video, thank you!

Great video!

Really useful info. I might start using this strategy...

I never knew about cryptomatte, but it is awesome!

Fantastic tut. everything you wanted to know about passes but were afraid to ask coz you thought everyone was smarter than you.......except this guy really is smart.......so watch and pay attention

I will go the Ian Hubert lazy way and simply change the color of the ball inside the material editor. x)))))))) Very good tuts though I have to say. You have clarity in your explanations it's awesome to follow your tuts because of that since you don't just skip over details yet you keep adding side hints which are often overlooked.

very informative thank you!

This is so useful and well-explained!! Thank you.

great one, thanks a lot

I really appreciate this tutorial because i'm look for a tutorial like this Thanks

Lovely. Thanks man !!

You are the best. Thank you!

Thank you for this Video !!

Great video

Dude! Solid Solid Solid

so useful ,thanks

This feature is so good, especially when there are tiny things you want to change

Awesome tutorial

thats what i needed

Great Tut. Definitely hitting that subscribe! Cheers

this is freeeaking awesome!!!!! thanks!.

great video thank you sm

Thank you, I have been looking for this a little while. I love your channel. Could you make a tutorial on material ID and Object ID, please?

@DylanNeill3D

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks! The old Object Index and Material Index passes don't support anti-aliasing or motion blur and have essentially been replaced by cryptomatte. I wouldn't be surprised if they are removed from a future version of Blender.

Thanks! 👍

Awesome. Thank you so much...❤️❤️

Thank you! Hope they would add some more passes for Eevee either in the future!

@DylanNeill3D

4 жыл бұрын

One of the developers was asked about this at the Blender Conference and he was saying because of the way Eevee works splitting out stuff like specular, diffuse etc is not straightforward. I just wish they'd hurry up and add object motion blur!

@AndreySokolov

4 жыл бұрын

@@DylanNeill3D oh, that's pain! ))

Subbed. Great video.

Auto-liked at the Cryptomatte part) P.S. "Gallop around Europe" about simulation types (fire, smoke, fluid and etc), force fields and particle/hair system - can be good idea for a series "simply about hard things". Touching curves also appreciated)

@DylanNeill3D

4 жыл бұрын

Manta flow will be replacing all the current fluid stuff in a future version of Blender so I'm looking into doing some videos about that soon.

Cool!!!

hey great video - was just wondering is there way to render out the normal (digital multicoloured) render pass in layout mode? would like to easily get this effect!

Thank you.

Thanks, I need this

Thanks!!!

thank's a lot :)

SUPER

This is a great video, thank you for sharing. Maybe you can answer a situation I continuously run into. When previewing each of my passes before export, Ambient Occlusion is either true white or true black. It does not appear to have any of the grey values that I really need from an Ambient Occlusion pass. It currently looks more like a mask between objects and world / transparent. This issue does not appear to be associated to the Ambient Occlusion material node; when adding, it has no effects to the Ambient Occlusion pass and only adds to the material itself. The AO pass remains true white / black. What am I doing wrong here?

Awesome video. Would like to see your thoughts on how to export/save the passes to disk and then reload them into compositor from separate files. As it stands, those passes would only be in memory right after a render. Or am I missing something?

@DylanNeill3D

4 жыл бұрын

If you set your render output to OpenEXR Multilayer then the passes get saved into that. At the moment separating them out into separate files is a bit of a pain (you need to use the "File Output" node in the compositor and hook them all up) But I'm working on making that process A LOT easier.

Now I know something about Compositing .. :D

i know i can use the z pass in compositing to defocus grease pencil objects to get depth of field. could i use these passes to somehow get grease pencil objects to reflect? like a cartoon character swimming in reflective water? i have not found a way to do this yet but would really love to

Good tutor, thanks! I have some issues with combining passes in figma and photoshop because of different color spaces I think. Would you please make some sort of tutor video about how to post process blender passes in other soft )

thats cool. What i need) but how to render all passes? Can blender to render all passes animation shot without my directing?