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Render layers are used to separate pieces of a scene for rendering. Those layers can then be treated differently in the compositor.

Render layers on the blender wiki.

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How do I rearrange the list of render layers?

This may seem like a strange question but I set up a space scene with stars and planets and etc and each had their own layer except the planets which I accidentally put on the same one as the stars. I create a layer for the planets but it's on the…
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How to render a hdri on a separate layer

What's the best way to combine 2 render layers with a HDRI background? I wanna have 3 layers and having one layer be denoised and have a separate layer just for the HDRI.
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How to stop rendering a renderlayer at any moment of the animation?

I have 3 render layers that I'm compositing together in the 4th one. Everything works fine, but even if I don't see the layer in some specific moment blender still renders it. The problem is that I use the Cycles volumetric light for a short time…
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How to duplicate render layer

could be render layer duplicated? With all its properties and freestyle settings preserved ? There is only button for adding, but newly added layer is not set.
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Render Layer ID for material in Cycles?

It would be useful for some particular final render to have multiple render layers where the render can choose material features based on a Render ID. Object ID is a similar precedent. Is that feature or facsimile already present? Assuming render…
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Depth map with distance along the camera Z axis

With RenderLayers Node you can get the Z distance from the camera to the object behind (x,y) which is sqrt((x - xcam)² + (y - ycam)² + (z - zcam)²). But is it also possible to get only the distance along the camera Z axis for each pixel in the…
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Blender 2.8 Using z height (Depth) gradient to reduce mist intensity

I'm trying to find something for 2.8 but struggling. I want to use the z height (depth on render layer?) to reduce the intensity of mist (composite layer) exponentially as height increases. Currently, the mist render layer setup only affects…
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Can you view 2 or more layers simultaneously?

Is it possible in Blender to view 2 or more layers at once? Thank You
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Why can't I see the render layers in the Scene panel?

I want to render an animation revealing only specific objects. I have moved an object to the second layer. All the tutorials I can find suggest using the Layers settings in the Scene panel. Any idea why I can't see the Layers setting here?
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How do I batch render the render layers that I have set up?

The way that I "thought" Blender worked is that if you had multiple render layers checked, Blender would automatically render all those render layers and then you could switch between those render layers in the UV/Image Editor and save the ones that…
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How to combine layers with lots of objects that have alpha textures?

So here is the problem. I have 1 layer with lots of objects with alpha textures and another layer with 1 solid object, positioned to appear somewhere in the middle of those alpha-textured. I have animated my camera to fly through the alpha-textured…
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how to have render layer only to render shadow catcher?

I have a building model with complete material and uv setup. Everything is fine, but now i want to render separate shadow layer. HOw can i have seperate layer which only turn on shadow catcher ? when i turn shadow catcher it will apply globally. Is…
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How to create a render layer in blender python

In Blender's 'Render Layers' tab in its 'Scene' section there is a list of render layers. I wish to know how I can create a new render layer and customise that layer using a script. For example, to create a render layer called "Characters" that only…
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Render layers: what is All Z, Zmask and Mask Layer

Can anyone elaborate on what "All Z", "Zmask" and "Mask Layers" actually mean, giving some easy examples? I can see the pop-up explanations in Blender, but I am completely confused as to what it actually does (e.g. how it "masks out", what are solid…
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Cuda error with render layers

I have a scene that rendered perfectly with my GPU, in 960x540. As I had a Cuda error when trying to render this scene in 1920x1080, I decided to use Render Layers. Now, I have a Cuda error every time I try to render it, even in 960x540... And when…
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