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March 9, 2022
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VR Output not rendering particle Effects from VR Edit comp, only the part from VR Master Camera

  • March 9, 2022
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I'm trying to add some particle effects to the space VR/HDRI background I'm making, but the Output only rendered the particles from the VR Master Camera. Is there a way to render out the whole video with particle effects on it?

 

It is also very hard to get a layered effect from different rendering layers since the Master Camera's shape is not square. 

    

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WendyFuAuthor
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March 9, 2022

So I rendered 6 different layers with only particles on that, changed poi and position values a bit, and screen them with the original output without particle layers on. Now problem resolved!

ShiveringCactus
Community Expert
Community Expert
March 9, 2022

I love the fact AE can do VR, but it does struggle with particle systems.  Try this approach:

  • Open VR Master (VR Output)
  • On the layer/precomp VR Conversion, turn off the VR Converter effect
  • Render this comp - possibly as a PNG Sequence.  This will be a render of all 6 precomps, without blending them together
  • Bring this render back into AE and copy the VR Converter effect to it, turning it on.  Then render this comp.
  • If that fails to work, in the project panel, open each of the AE generated precomps and render them separately, then swap the rebders into the comp: VR Master Combined

 

Basically this approach creates extra steps, rather than trying to do a single render with 6 complex particle effects.

WendyFuAuthor
Participating Frequently
March 9, 2022

Thank you for the reply! I suppose that you are using the 3D VR Edit, the project I set up was in a 2D Edit set. Tried to add a 3D edit to the same hdr picture/comp, but I'm still not sure if I could adjust the 6 camera angles separately. ALso, how to turn off the VR Converter effect?

Mylenium
Legend
March 9, 2022

You need to be much more specific. You haven't even told us what particle system you used, in which of the comps it actualyl resides, what the settings for the particles are and so on. Despite your many screenshots there is basically zero info here, no offense.

 

Mylenium

WendyFuAuthor
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March 9, 2022

I have 8 particles applied to each area with a nebula on that HDRI picture, so basically there are 8 particle effects with time adjustments.

WendyFuAuthor
Participating Frequently
March 9, 2022

VR PrecompCombined and VR Output, with particles only showing in the center part where the VR Master Camera facing at.