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vrayRE_Normals is a render element that stores the camera space normal map using the geometry's surface normals. The Normals Render Element is useful for adjusting lighting in the composite. For example, the red, green and blue channels can be adjusted in compositing software.

Bump maps are not represented in this render element; to include bump maps, use the Bump Normals Render Element.

When Normals Render Element is saved as a separate render channel, its output value is kept between [0;1] range; if saved as a multichannel .exr, its output value is in the range from -1 to 1.

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title UI Path: ||Display Render Settings button|| > Render Elements tab > Normals
Section Column width 25%   Column width 50% Multiexcerpt include MultiExcerptName RE PageWithExcerpt Render Elements Column width 25%   Image Removed   To use render elements, select from the Available render elements column and click the Add button to add the passes you wish to generate at render time. When you render the scene, the added render elements listed in the column on the right, will also render, which can be viewed from the VFB window's channel drop-down menu. For more information on the parameters on this dialog, see the Render Elements tab page.

Enabled – When enabled, the render element appears in the V-Ray Virtual Frame Buffer.

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

Filename suffix – The text added to the end of the rendered file, when saved as a separate file (e.g. myrender.normals.vrimg).

Filtering – Applies the image filter to this channel. Image filter settings are in the Image Sampler rollout in the VRay tab of the Render Settings.