Raw Shadows

This page provides information about the Raw Shadows render element in V-Ray for Rhino.

Overview

Stores information about cast shadows calculated from the lighting in the scene. It is a reverse image in the sense that white areas indicate shadows while black areas indicate the surface is directly illuminated by a light source.

UI Paths

||V-Ray Asset Editor|| > Render Elements (right-click) > Raw Shadows
||V-Ray Asset Editor|| > Create Asset (left-click) > Render Elements > Raw Shadows

Parameters

Denoise – Specifies whether to denoise this render element.

Common Uses

The Raw Shadows Render Element is useful for changing the appearance of shadowed areas, after rending, inside a compositing or image editing application. In the example, the Raw Shadows are added (plus) to the Raw Light Render Element. See how the render looks before and after compositing.

Compositing

Raw Shadows x Diffuse = Shadows