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manual/render/post_process/layers.rst
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| Only the objects in visible Scene Layers will be rendered. | Only the objects in visible Scene Layers will be rendered. | ||||
| So, if only Scene Layer 1 is visible and your Render Layer set specifies to render only Layers 2 and 3, | So, if only Scene Layer 1 is visible and your Render Layer set specifies to render only Layers 2 and 3, | ||||
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| Learn By Example | |||||
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| Introduction | |||||
| We are going to take this scene and split it into render layers for easy post-processing with shados and other cool effects. | |||||
| .. figure:: /images/render_layers_tut_00.jpg | |||||
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| Our Sample Scene | |||||
| The Scene Itself | |||||
| In the scene are two objects: | |||||
| - monkey | |||||
| - ground | |||||
| As you can see right now, both objects are on the same layer. | |||||
| .. figure:: /images/render_layers_tut_01.png | |||||
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| The layers v1 | |||||
| We now need to change this so that the 'monkey' object is on layer 1 and the 'ground' object is on layer 6. You can put the objects on what ever layer you want, just make sure that they are on different layers. | |||||
| .. figure:: /images/render_layers_tut_02.png | |||||
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| The layers v2 | |||||
| Changing The Render Layers | |||||
| The first thing you have to do is go to the render layers tab of the properties editor. Currently, in it's defualt state it looks like this: | |||||
| .. figure:: /images/render_layers_tut_03.png | |||||
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| The render layers tab | |||||
| Lets start to split the scene up into different render layers. | |||||
| The Steps To Split | |||||
| Giving each object it's own render layer: | |||||
| - Add a new render layer by clicking on the plus icon. Name it 'ground'. | |||||
| - Add another render layer and name it 'monkey'. | |||||
| - Delete the 'RenderLayer' render layer. | |||||
| .. figure:: /images/render_layers_tut_04.png | |||||
| :width: 350px | |||||
| Our new render layer setup | |||||
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