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Basic Compositing in Reaction

 
 
 

Whether you want to quickly perform straightforward 2D compositing or create 3D effects, the first thing you'll do is set your composition background to define the rendering plane, then you'll create layers in Reaction.

  1. Add a Reaction tool to your composition and set the composition background (optional).
  2. Add sources and create layers.
  3. Set layer priority and modify their properties.
Note You do not have to connect an image generator to set the background; you can work on an empty background. You'll see that when you build a composition using the Layer Editor; the background appears automatically when you add a Reaction tool to your composition.

The Reaction tool lets you create 2D multilayer compositions and perform 3D compositing with applied transformations and other effects.

NoteYou can also use the 2D Compositor tool to create multilayer 2D compositions, but without integrated transformations—see 2D Compositor.

The following shows examples of a typical workflow you might follow when working with Reaction to perform multilayer compositing, or to create and integrate compelling 3D effects into your compositions.

Note Make sure that your Player settings are set properly before using the Reaction super tool. See Setting the Player Settings.

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