Caustics

This page provides information about the Caustics render element in V-Ray for SketchUp.

Overview

Caustics in an effect that is produce when light rays are reflected or refracted by materials, producing visible light patterns. This element stores the effect generated by the Caustics photon mapping.

UI Paths

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

Parameters

Denoise – Specifies whether to denoise this render element.

Common Uses

The Caustics Render Element is useful for changing the appearance of caustic elements, after rendering, in a compositing or image editing application. See how an enhanced Caustics render looks.

Compositing

The Caustics Render Element is added to the Beauty composite to form the final image.