Compositing Multi layer exr files in After Effects - Beginners Guide to Rendering with Arnold Part 3

This tutorial shows you how to import a multi layered exr file that has been rendered from Maya into After Effects. It covers how to set the correct colour space in After Effects, using the EXtractoR plug in and combining some simple render passes together with blending modes. It also covers how to apply ambient occlusion to your render.

0:17 Setting the Colour Space in After Effects
0:50 After Effects Layout Overview
1:06 Importing a multi-layer exr file
2:08 Render Pass contact sheet
2:45 EXtractoR plug in
3:29 Z Depth correction
3:48 Combining the passes using blending modes
4:50 Colour correction on the beauty pass
5:35 Adding the ambient occlusion pass

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[keithyakouboff]

Your tutorial series has been something of a God-send. You explain everything so simply, straightforwardly, and clearly. Well done, and very helpful. Thank you.

(I rendered some AOVs in Arnold recently and did not select "merge" in the render settings. Got what you described and the compositors needed me to do it over again. The separate AOV frames were apparently blank, to boot. Not sure why. But, I sent the project over again with the proper settings. Hopefully the compositors will be happy with what they get.)

[AlexisRiveraD]

I didn't know you can import EXR sequences as a composition, thank you for the tip :)

[mezanurmamun]

In a short time, you explained this advanced technic a straightforward way. It's helped me a lot. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. Wish you the best...

[delta_shift]

This was very helpful. Thanks for taking the time and effort to make this.

[jmohan]

was unaware about that contact sheet homegirl....
👍

[harshalshengal]

This helps me lot 👍 please make more videos of after effects cgi compositing...

[Enjoyablee]

Your video help me a lot thank you for sharing.

[calmetosis]

Very useful and succinct tutorial, thanks for uploading!

[noamdubois]

Thank you sooo much you are my savior .🤩🤩🤩!!!

[mydreamcinemas]

Thanks for this...😍 Little bit volume when you speak next time... Just a friendly suggestion...😁

[salvatorecs]

Can you please tell me why I can't import .exr in after effect? At the beginning it says .Gynger proxy error...After that I give ok...After effect could not read from source...And after .exr file unsupported...Thank you

[keithyakouboff]

Question, if I may?

I rendered out a 90-frame sequence (I see the frames in the explorer window, so I know they're there), but when I go to click on 'OpenEXR Sequence', it's grayed out. Everything else was checked as directed in your tute. When I try to bring it in the other way (Import dialogue, 'OpenEXR Sequence'), it imports the range, but says that there's only one frame to play when I try to do a RAM preview.

Any ideas what could be going on? Have you ever encountered this?

Now.. these frames have about 6 or 7 AOVs. The frames are about 2.8GB each. Does that sound normal to you?

Sorry to trouble you. Thanks.