.. _bpy.types.CompositorNodeRLayers:

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Render Layers Node
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.. figure:: /images/compositing_node-types_CompositorNodeRLayers.png
   :align: right

   Render Layers Node.

This node is the starting place for getting a picture of your scene into the compositing node
map.


Inputs
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This node has no input sockets.


Properties
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Scene
   Select the scene within your blend-file. The scene information taken is the raw footage
   (pre-compositing and pre-sequencing).

   .. hint::

      To use composited footage from another scene, it has to be rendered into a multi-layer frameset
      (e.g. ``OpenEXR``) as an intermediate file store and then imported with Image input node again.

Render layer
   A list of available :doc:`Render Layers </render/layers/index>`.
   The render button is a short hand to re-render the active scene.


Outputs
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Image
   Rendered image.
Alpha
   Alpha channel.


.. rubric:: Render passes sockets

Depending on the Render passes that are enabled, other sockets are available.
See :doc:`Cycles render passes </render/layers/passes>`.

Z
   By default the Z depth pass is enabled.