Uploaded May 2016 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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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

JJC SD card case review:
youtube.com/watch?v=w1rJqZFlB6M

Annoying Orange Effect in Blender:
youtube.com/watch?v=KiZQXGHA8es