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