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Stores refraction information based on the refraction properties of a material. Surfaces with refraction color set to black in their material contain no information in the render element and appear black.

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UI Paths

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

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Denoise – Specifies whether to denoise this render element.

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Raw Refraction x Refraction Filter = Refraction

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Common Uses

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The Refraction Render Element

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is useful for changing the appearance of refractive elements, after rendering, in a compositing or image editing application. In the example, the bottle and the cap are selected using a Cryptomatte mask and their refractions are tinted and lowered using the Refraction RE.

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Raw Refraction x Refraction Filter = Refraction

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