Compositing 3D Render Passes

Learn how to gain better control over your final renders, so you can dial in the exact looks you’re trying to achieve and make client revisions faster.

Introduction

• Welcome to 3D compositing
• What you should know
• Exercise files

1. AOV Basics

• What are AOVs?
• ACES and color spaces
• Additional tools

2. Rendering AOVs from Redshift

• ACES workflow in Redshift
• Render time decision making
• Beauty pass AOVs
• Setting up Puzzle Mattes
• Cryptomatte for multiple objects
• Utility and data passes
• Separating light groups
• Custom AOVs
• Optimizing the render
• Final output settings

3. EXR Import and Workflow

• Color spaces and workflow
• Working with EXRs

4. Rebuilding the Beauty Pass

• Layering the proper passes
• Adding the shadow pass
• Initial color correction
• LUTs and Lumetri
• Mattes and masking
• Working with Cryptomatte

5. Fine-Tuning and Revisions

• Using light groups
• Adding depth of field
• Reducing the CG look
• Dialing in the final look
• Relighting using the normal pass

6. Compositing for Animation

• Importing 3D data
• Attaching 2D objects
• Adding motion blur
• Continue refining your technique