A beginner's guide to using Blender for VFX| Part 1 Intro to Node Based ...

On this episode of
Premier Prep we start the multi part series on becoming familiar with
Blender as a visual effects compositor and not just a CGI tool. As
the first part we need to start with the absolute fundamentals, what
is Node Based Compositing and how do you start doing it in Blender?

In part 2 I'll be
showing you how to do masking and rotoscoping in Blender.

BLENDER NODE
COMPOSITOR KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS:

-Shift+A = Node Menu

-T = Side Node Menu

-Shift+D = Duplicate

-Control+Shift+Left
Click on node = Viewer Node

-X = Delete

-Control+X = Delete
and Re-link

-Middle Mouse Button
= Move Around

-And the scroll
wheel let's you zoom in and out

-G = Grab

-Control+Z = Undo

-Control+Y = Redo

-Control+S = Save

-Function 12 =
Render Current Frame

-Function 3 = Save
Rendered Frame

-Shift+Space Bar =
Full-screen Window