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The most common usage of the Z-Depth Render Element is as a control for depth of field in the composite. Depth of field can be challenging to do correctly, requiring many tweaks and re-renders; using the Z-Depth Render Element in a composite is usually much faster, and allows easier and faster adjustment than trying to get it exactly right within the render.

 

UI Path: ||V-Ray|| > Render Elements > ZDepth

 

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

Depth from Camera – Specifies whether to use to camera clip boundaries as the minimum and maximum Z-Depth distance. Enabling this option disables the Depth Black and Depth White parameters.

Depth Black –  Objects up to this distance from the camera will render as black. 

Depth White – Objects further than this distance from the camera will render as white. 

Depth Clamp – Clamps the Z-Depth colors to a linear 0-1 range.

Filtering – Applies an image filter to this channel.

Depth Invert – Inverts the colors of the Z-Depth render element. Objects closest to the camera render as white, while those furthest away are black.

Force Infinity Black –

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