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Poking around to find an easy vignette effect, I constantly run into seemingly unnecessary node setups. Six or seven nodes to add a vignette? An apparently really simple effect, this seems a bit much.

For simplicity, it just has to be circular (or oblong since 16:9) vignette. Doesn't need to have fancy options, just needs to work and be simple.

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I usually do something like this:

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It doesn't take too long to setup (three nodes), and it's provides a high degree of control:

  • The aspect (or even rotation) can be controlled via the settings of the Ellipse Mask* node.
  • The softness can be controlled with the Blur node
  • The amount of influence can be controlled via the mix node factor.

For a more automated solution

You could try something like this (click for full size):

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This can be grouped into a single node (and included in your startup file) with very simple controls:

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  • I like to create node groups for things like this and add them to the startup blend (with fake users of course). – PGmath Sep 24 '15 at 02:02
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    Nobody should use a fish eye lens when doing beauty shots of a monkey! – David Sep 24 '15 at 02:51
  • Perfect answer, – Lewis Mar 08 '17 at 07:33
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    I'd like to add a very late thanks for this answer. It was just what I wanted. – Marty Jun 06 '21 at 21:49
  • Thank you but boy do I hate the math/add/mix nodes in Blender and the systems inability to search for the potential node names so looking at screenshots can just be enough. Anyways. "MULTIPLY" is Add/Color/MIX - see https://blender.stackexchange.com/questions/81097/multiply-and-add-functions-in-node-editor/81099 – qubodup Mar 27 '24 at 16:48