Graphics Programs Reference
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Whenworkingwith3Drenders,agoodfirststepistostartwithwhat'stechnically
called a slap comp. Slap comps are exactly what they sound like—a quick comp
slappedtogethertoseeifthingsareworkingcorrectly.Slapcompstellyouwheth-
er the animation is working with the background, whether the light direction is
correct, and so on.
3. Select Crop1 and press M on the keyboard to create a Merge node.
4. Connect Merge1's B input to Read2, and view Merge1 in the Viewer.
5. While hovering the mouse pointer over the Viewer, click Ctrl/Cmd-P to switch to
proxy mode.
Note
Proxy mode, by default, shrinks all images to half resolution, redu-
cing render and playback times considerably. Proxies are discussed
more in Chapter 8 .
6. Load Merge1 into Framecycler or use the Viewer to view it ( FIGURE 3.15 ) .
Figure 3.15. The slap comp in all its glory.
 
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