Supercomp

SUPERCOMP

A compositing environment that makes it easy to create complex, seamless composites. In Supercomp, light and atmospheric effects interact with ALL of your layers and the elements of a scene in a far more natural way and with far less pre-composing than ever before.

Supercomp includes more than 15 gpu-accelerated context-aware tools for integrating all of your elements into your final shot.

 

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Getting Started

1. Add each element into a composition on their own separate layers.
   • Adjust Blend Modes for the layers where necessary (ex. Screen, Lighten, etc.).
   • Hide render-intensive layers to improve performance. Don't worry, Supercomp will bring it back.
   • Pre-compose 3D Layers, as Supercomp does not (yet) fully support them.
     • If they utilized any After Effects camera layers, you'll need to precomp those into their precomps as well (duplicating them if necessary).
2. Apply Supercomp to any layer, this will then create a solid with Supercomp applied and launches the Supercomp Panel.
   • Tip: If you want to immediately add all of your layers into Supercomp, you can do so by having all of their layers highlighted and selecting Effect > RG VFX > Supercomp.
   • Supercomp’s panel can be re-positioned anywhere on screen, which allows you to see the final output in After Effects.
   • Moving the playhead, applying effects to layers, or moving elements of the composition in After Effects will automatically be reflected in Supercomp’s panel as well.

Once the interface is launched, working with Supercomp is a three part process. Click the steps below to learn more about each step:

1. Import Source Layers: Add and adjust the order of layers of your composition, positioning them from foreground (top) to background (bottom).
2. Adjust Layer Types: Define each Layer Type (Normal, Additive, or Displacement) to adjust its output and prepare it for the assortment of Layer Effects applicable to its type.
3. Apply Layer Effects: Using presets or starting from scratch, add layer effects to blend and integrate elements of the composition from one into the other, helping achieve the look of sharing one unified space.