Scene

Scenes are a type of input that contains other Inputs. A scene is the base building block for creating compositions with several scene layers.

Thus, an empty scene does not have any inputs and will only consist of a colored background (default black).

All Composer projects will consist of at least one scene. This is because a scene is required for any compositing or input. Scenes can also be nested and include other scenes.

You can add a new scene by clicking "Add scene." The number of scenes a project can consist of is unlimited.

The content of a scene will be shown in the scene view window.

Scenes have the following properties:

• Description - Optional free text description.
• Composition size
  • Resolution - Dropdown, select a Custom or predefined resolution
  • Width - Scene width in pixels. The default value is 1280, but it can be changed in the Settings dialogue. Max value is 7680. 
  • Height - Scene weight in pixels. The default value is 720, but it can be changed in the Settings dialogue. Max value is 7680.
    
• Background - You can customize the color of the scene using the background option. Select between the color spaces RGB, HSV, or HSL. Use the sliders or input fields to adjust the values to your desired color, or use the color picker to select a color from the Scene view window.
  
  Note!

  If the Scene does not contain any scene layer, the Scene will not be "rendered" (updated).
• Render options
  • Disable render - Disables render of the scene, including all scene layers, operators, and targets.
• Render Options - These options, together with Render Tuning (see Performance and Options), help optimize performance by letting Composer automatically decide whether the input should be rendered.
  When your project’s Render Tuning option is active, Composer manages each input’s rendering automatically for best performance.
  These options allow you to override that behavior and manually decide if this input should be rendered or excluded from the scene.
  Render Tuning vs Render Options

  • Render Tuning works at the project level (see Performance and Options), automatically managing which inputs are rendered across all Scenes for optimal performance.
  • Render Options work at the input level, letting you manually override or fine-tune how a specific input behaves within Composer’s automatic rendering process.

  • Invisible (do not render in scene) - The input will not produce any visible output in the scene, regardless of whether Render Tuning is enabled at the project level.

  • Do not render input
    • Let Composer decide (default) - Composer automatically decides whether the input should be rendered, based on the active Scene, and if Render Tuning is enabled.
    • Manual configuration - Allows you to manually control rendering behavior using the Render switch (see below).
  • Render -  A toggle switch is available only when Manual configuration is selected.
• Audio - Configure metering, gain, pan, auxiliary sends, mute/solo, routing, and audio channel remapping for this input. See Audio options for more information.
• Optional TAGS
  • TAGS - Add a "tag"  that can be used in the input search/filter function. It is possible to add several tags by separating them with a SPACE character.