So… Should we set up one .blend file to render the 3D scene(s), layers, and passes to an OpenEXR file and have a separa…

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August 21, 2015 at 4:40 am #5071
Charles Ocheret
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So… Should we set up one .blend file to render the 3D scene(s), layers, and passes to an OpenEXR file and have a separate .blend file to do compositing of those OpenEXR files? Or is there some way to have everything in a single .blend file but avoid the 3D render when just trying to tweak the compositing. And vice versa (i.e. just render the OpenEXR files pre-compositing)? What’s the right organization and workflow?

Thanks, in advance. Really fantastic tutorials (as always).
August 21, 2015 at 4:42 am #23413
Charles Ocheret
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So… Should we set up one .blend file to render the 3D scene(s), layers, and passes to an OpenEXR file and have a separate .blend file to do compositing of those OpenEXR files? Or is there some way to have everything in a single .blend file but avoid the 3D render when just trying to tweak the compositing. And vice versa (i.e. just render the OpenEXR files pre-compositing)? What’s the right organization and workflow?

As a clarification, I’m thinking about animations and not single images.

Thanks, in advance. Really fantastic tutorials (as always).
October 12, 2015 at 2:13 pm #23414
Kent Trammell
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When it comes to animations, personally I recommend rendering out your passes/layers as image sequences. That way I don’t have to re-render 3D + composition if Blender crashes.

There’s nothing wrong with compositing them in the same scene file as your 3D stuff, but sometimes I choose to start with a fresh .blend file.

I’m almost certain most artists work based on their preference, not all the exact same “best” workflow.

I hope that’s helpful. You can see in the Piero course how I generally work when rendering and compositing animation: https://cgcookie.com/course/short-film-character-production/
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