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Questions tagged [compositing-nodes]

Questions related to compositing nodes available for compositing render layers into final renders in the compositor.

Compositing nodes are the nodes used in the Compositor Editor to assemble and enhance an image (or movie.)

This tag should be used on questions about the specific inputs, outputs, or settings of compositing nodes as well as questions about how to connect compositing nodes to create specific compositing effects for a final render.

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How to zoom out of the backdrop in the compositor?

The Backdrop Image in my compositor is too zoomed in because my image is high res. How can I zoom out?
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How do I use the compositor to output colour based on the depth of objects?

This setup seems like it should work, but it doesn't.
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How to create a gradient backround in the compositor?

I want to add a gradient background to my render, but within the compositor (not with the actual background world setting of the scene). I would also like to don't have to use an image (neither external nor internal) to achieve that. I rendered my…
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Is there a way to get rid of this square artifact coming from lens distortion?

I've got a noisy render that I'd like to composite with slight lens distortion (Fit=True, Distort=0.03, Dispersion=0.001): I'm noticing a repeating pattern of square artifacts in the output of the lens distortion node. Here is zoomed in on the…
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How to create an Inner Glow node effect

The Inner Glow effect is a filter that allows to soften the edge while keeping a clear line of the main silhouette at his center. It is heavily used by Blizzard and many other stylized studios to project decorations and text to an high poly…
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No previews showing in the compositor

In a brand new project, I'm getting a white "X" instead of the backdrop preview. I can only find one reference to this online, with no solution given. I'm very new to the compositor, so apologies if I'm missing something obvious, tutorials give the…
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Saving compositor File Output without rerendering

Is it possible to save a File Output node in the compositor without rerendering the entire scene?
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One part of the render layer glowing?

Take a look at this pic. I want only the eyes to glow without the armor glowing too (The armor got a glossy shader). How can I do that?
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Is it possible Animate the Compositor node parameters?

In blender compositor Ineed to animate some Node parametors like Transform, Colore curve, Set alpha values etc.. Is it possible Animate the Compositor node parameters?
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Achieve a high pass filter in blender compositor?

how can I Achieve a high pass filter like that one in photoshop with the blender compositor
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how to make a z-depth AND height pass?

Struggling to work out how to make a depth AND height pass, so I can use them in compositing an animation of a city. Depth is easy...height, not so... Is there some way to mix a vertical gradient with a mist pass to get this result? Or is there a…
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How to save a rendered image that I have added a vignette to in Compositing?

I have a rendered image in compositing with a node set up to add a vignette. It all looks good in the compositing window but I cannot find a method to save this new image.
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How can the Levels compositor node be used?

I was looking at the compositor output nodes, and I saw the Levels node. The wiki says: The Levels Node takes an image as an input, and can output a 1D value based on the levels of an image. It can read the input's Combined RGB, Red, Green, Blue,…
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Background removal

I have a video registration of a conference: fixed camera and fixed background. Is there a mean to keep the person talking and substitute the background with another image? I am wondering whether is possible to compare pixel by pixel the "empty"…
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Final render not showing full node setup

I am learning how to use the node editing but have come up with a problem. I have followed the instructions that were give on a tutorial but I cannot get the effect to work there are 2 effects that I want to appear in the final render but only one…
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