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Post-processing in child scene

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Sadler
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Post-processing in child scene

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This may have been raised as an issue before in passing though I can't find a specific reference in the forum.

Including one scene within another which both have Post-processing can, in certain circumstances, cause black output in the parent scene. This is especially irksome when creating during a live performance when including a scene as a child of another. It is also frustrating during scene development trying to track down what is causing a blank screen in a big composition. I've attached a paired down demonstration comp.
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Is it possible/feasible to disable PP in all child scenes by default?
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Re: Post-processing in child scene

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For any scene you can right-click its name (in the Folder or Tab panels) and select the option "Exclude Scene From Post-Processing". Is that sufficient?
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Re: Post-processing in child scene

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I use PP exclusion for all utility scenes and it works great to avoid this and it will work if you know the the scene will be used as a child. The cases where this is not sufficient is when:
  1. a child legitimately uses PP when that scene is played independently of any parent.
  2. you're combining and mixing projects and accidentally have this situation occur - a module instance search across scenes might help.
  3. in the throws of performance and one wants to bring in child scenes with PP as elements you have to a) remember and, b) do it.
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Re: Post-processing in child scene

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Ok I understand. I'll see what I can do.
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