KeyShot Render Passes - Compositing Tutorial

In this tutorial, you'll learn how to render out and composite KeyShot render layers. When you're finished, you'll be able to re-build a KeyShot beauty pass with render layers using Photoshop.

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Time Stamps:
0:00 - Intro
0:56 - What is compositing
1:10 - What are KeyShot render passes?
1:26 - Who would use compositing?
2:31 - Lighting preset requirements
2:42 - Rendering a linear 32-bit image
2:53 - Outputting render passes
3:32 - KeyShot limitations
4:38 - KeyShot Rendering Masterclass Promo
5:18 - Compositing render passes in Photoshop
7:05 - Final verdict, is it worth it?

[MC]

These sort of technical tidbits are what I'm looking for! The Keyshot Quicktips these days are very basic: great for learners, not so much for experienced Keyshot users.

[romellbroom]

Thank you once again Will. Another useful thing from passes is to post produce the final render, for example accentuating the Ambien occlusion or some shadows/highlights. Also using them to select fastly the mask you'll need.
Is there something in Keyshot like cryptomatte in blender/cycles that allows you to get mask really easy and fast?
Have good day! Greetings from Spain 😊

[loganwhittlesey]

Is there a way to utilize png alpha transparency though the solid glass material? I have only achieved it with the basic glass material…thx

[RaymondGuo]

Hey will， could you tell me how you do the Strong CD ratial reflection? I use the way you teach in a video called anisotropy, but it is so weak, and not so beautiful as yours, can you help me with this

[TheBohemianCactus]

Ive been using standard 8bit PSD and havent noticed any real difference in terms of quality and workflow. Even in the past, when comparing 8 vs 16/32bit, I cant really tell much difference aside from file size.

So my question is: what is the benefit of using 32 bit at all? And subsequently, I dont fully understand why you had to convert to 16bit, even when you mentioned your colors could misbehave a bit.