Toon Lighting RE

This page provides information about the Toon Lighting render element.

Overview

The Toon Lighting Render Element stores direct lighting information from lights in the scene that hit the Toon Material and Toon Material Node. This render element can be used to brighten, lessen, or tint the direct lighting in a composite without affecting indirect light or reflections, for example.

The Toon Lighting RE is included in the Lighting RE. It can be subtracted from the main back-to-beauty composite, graded, and added back in. See the example.

UI Path: ||V-Ray|| > Render Elements > Toon Lighting

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Properties

Enable Deep Output – Specifies whether to include this render element in deep images.

Color Mapping – Applies the color mapping options specified in the Color mapping rollout of the V-Ray tab in the Render Settings window to this render element. This option is enabled by default.

Consider for Anti-Aliasing – When enabled, anti-aliasing is used where possible.

Filtering – Applies an image filter to this channel.

Vfb Color Corrections – Applies the post-render color adjustments made from the VFB.

Denoise – Enables the render element's denoising, provided the Denoiser render element is present.

Example: Enhancing the Lighting of the Toon Effect

In this example, the lighting of the Toon effect is tinted purple and is brightened. This is done by first subtracting the Toon Lighting RE from the render, and then applying the color corrections to the Toon Lighting RE and adding it back into the composite. See the render before and after.