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Toon Specular

This page provides details on the V-Ray Toon Specular Render Element.

Last updated 19 September 2025

This page provides details on the V-Ray Toon Specular Render Element.

Overview

The Toon Specular Render Element is an image that stores Toon Specular reflection (highlights) information calculated from the VRayToonMtl.

The brighter the area, the more Toon highlight reflection the object exhibits in the render. Toon Specular highlights will be colored if the Reflection Color parameter of a material is colored.

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

UI Path: ||Display Render Settings button|| > Render Elements tab > Toon Specular

Attributes

The parameters for this render element appear in the Attribute Editor under Extra V-Ray Attributes.

Enabled – When enabled, the render element appears in the V-Ray frame buffer.

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

Filename suffix – The text added to the end of the rendered file, when saved as a separate file (e.g. myrender.Toon.vrimg).

Apply color mapping – Applies the color mapping options specified in the Color Management rollout of the VRay tab in the Render Settings window to this render element. This option is enabled by default.

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