This repository provides a complete AOV - Back to Beauty workflow from Blender to Compositing in Nuke or Fusion:

• DL_FileOutput for Blender to set the AOV names automatically;
• AOVs Back to Beauty Templates for Nuke/Fusion;

DL_FileOutput

This free addon creates a File Output node inside Blender and sets the AOV names (render passes), automatically.

It was developed and tested in Blender 4.1.0.

There are two buttons:

• AOV Standard Setup: uses the enabled passes from the Render Layer node;
• AOV Compact Setup: Uses the enabled passes from the Render Layer node along with the default light passes;

In summary, the Compact setup provides a straightforward AOV combination directly inside Blender, so you will get the final result for some render passes.

For example:

• Diffuse Light = Diffuse Direct + Diffuse Indirect;
• Diffuse Albedo = which is the original Diffuse Color;
• Reflection = Glossy Color x (Glossy Direct + Glossy Indirect);
• Refraction = Transmission Color x (Transmission Direct + Transmission Indirect);
• Volume = Volume Direct + Volume Indirect;

Important

For now, this add-on has been designed to work only with Cycles and Eevee engines.

Back to Beauty Templates for Nuke/Fusion ☢️

It includes Nuke/Fusion AOV templates, which are custom setups for rebuilding the render passes (also known as Back to Beauty).

• Blender_AOVs_BacktoBeauty_Standard_Cycles_v1;
• Blender_AOVs_BacktoBeauty_Compact_Cycles_v1;
• Blender_AOVs_BacktoBeauty_Standard_Eevee_v1;
• Blender_AOVs_BacktoBeauty_Compact_Eevee_v1;

They were made by following the original Blender documentation.

Once you download it, you can drag and drop the .nk/.setting files into your Nuke/Fusion.

Tip

Alternatively, click one of these setups (here on this GitHub page), then click "copy raw file" on the right side of the screen and paste it into your Nuke/Fusion.

These Nuke setups use Stamps. You don't need to have it installed, but if you want to, you can download it here.

Installing DL_FileOutput ⚙️

Click on the green button and download the zip file.

Once you have downloaded and extracted the files, open Blender and go to Edit -> Preferences -> Addons -> then click on the Install button. Locate the DL_FileOutput.py file and check the box to enable the Add-on.

Now you should see the Addon in the Compositor editor.

Troubleshooting 🛠️

If you have feedback, suggestions, or feature requests, please visit the Discussions page and create a New Discussion.
For bugs, please go to the Issues page and create a New Issue.

Supporters 💪

• Marco Silva;
• Samuel Mourão;

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This personal project required significant time and extra hours of hard work to make it available to everyone.

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Thanks to Gustavo Goncalves, Marco Silva and Natan Manzano for testing this tool.

Cheers! 🥂