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| Render element | Maya node name | Color Depth of EXR floating-point channels* | Description |
| vrayRE_Atmospheric_Effects | 16bit/32bit | Atmospheric effects, such as Environment Fog. | |
| vrayRE_Background | 16bit/32bit | Image background, such as any Background Texture specified in the Environment overrides. | |
| Bump Normals | vrayRE_BumpNormals | 16bit/32bit | Normals generated by bump maps, in screen space (which is not the same as camera space). Use the VRaySamplerInfo utility texture node to get the normals in camera, world or object space. |
| vrayRE_Caustics | 16bit/32bit | The caustics on the material. These caustics are present only when the Caustics option of V-Ray is enabled. This channel does not include GI caustics. | |
| Coat Specular | vrayRE_Coat | 16bit/32bit | Direct surface specular highlights coming from the VRayMtl Coat layer used in the scene. |
| Coat Filter | vrayRE_Coat_Filter | 16bit/32bit | Reflection filter for VRayMtl Coat layer. |
| Coat Glossiness | vrayRE_Coat_Glossiness | 16bit/32bit | Returns a float value that corresponds with the Coat Glossiness value of the VRayMtl Coat layer. |
| Coat Reflection | vrayRE_Coat_Reflection | 16bit/32bit | Indirect reflections coming from the Coat layers of VRayMtl used in the scene. |
| Coverage | vrayRE_Coverage | 16bit/32bit | For each pixel, the final values for the render element are taken from the object that makes the largest contribution to that pixel. |
| Cryptomatte | vrayRE_Cryptomatte | forced 32bit (for multi-channel files) | Uses the Cryptomatte convention by Psypop to encode mattes into multichannel OpenEXRs. |
| Custom Color | vrayRE_Custom_Color | 16bit/32bit | A generic render element container. Use the Alias value to specify which render element it should be used as. |
| DR Bucket | vrayRE_DR_Bucket | 16bit/32bit | Identifies the render node responsible for rendering a bucket during distributed rendering. |
| Diffuse | vrayRE_Diffuse | 16bit/32bit | Pure diffuse surface color. |
| Denoiser | vrayRE_Denoiser | 16bit/32bit | Applies a denoising operation to the image after it is rendered (with the neccessary channels). |
| Extra Texture | vrayRE_Extra_Tex | forced 32bit (optional for multi-channel files) | Renders the entire scene with a single defined texture mapped on all objects. |
| Global Illumination (GI) | vrayRE_GI | 16bit/32bit | The diffuse surface global illumination. Only present if Global illumination is enabled. |
| Light Select | vrayRE_Light_Select | 16bit/32bit | Extracts the contribution of a user-defined light or a set of lights in the scene as a separate render element. |
| Light Path Expressions | vrayRE_Light_Select | -- | A tool for extracting specific lighting events from the scene to a separate channel. |
| vrayRE_Lighting | 16bit/32bit | Diffuse direct surface lighting. | |
| Lightning Analysis | vrayRE_Lightning_Analysis | 16bit/32bit | Provides visual representation of the lighting intensity within a rendered frame. |
| Material ID | vrayRE_Material_ID | – | Material ID of scene objects. |
| vrayRE_Material_Select | 16bit/32bit | Renders only the object(s) assigned to a user-specified V-Ray compatible material. The material can be a top-level material or a sub-material of a VRayBlendMtl. | |
| Matte Shadow | vrayRE_Matte_shadow | 16bit/32bit | Matte shadow part of the image. |
| Metalness | vrayRE_Metalness | 16bit/32bit | Creates a black and white image, which can be used as a metalness mask when creating PBR shaders. |
| Multi Matte | vrayRE_Multi_Matte | 16bit/32bit | Creates selection masks based on an object ID or material ID. |
| Multi Matte ID | vrayRE_Multi_Matte_ID | 16bit/32bit | Returns an integer value in the image that corresponds to the value of the object's multiMatte ID #. |
| Noise Level | vrayRE_Noise_Level | 16bit/32bit | Creates a monochromatic image showing the level of noise in the render. |
| Normals | vrayRE_Normals | 16bit/32bit | Surface normals in screen space (which is not the same as camera space). To output the normals in camera/object/world space, use Maya's Sampler Info utility texture node. |
| vrayRE_Object_ID | – | Returns solid un-shaded colors to represent a numerical identifiers set through that object's Attributes, Object Property, or assigned material. Useful for selection masks. EXRs and .vrimg formats store as integer values. | |
| Object Select | vrayRE_Object_select | 16bit/32bit | Renders only the object(s) called out with a specific Object or Material ID. This effect is reversible to create a render element that excludes a particular object or objects according to Object or Material ID. |
| Raw Coat Filter | vrayRE_Raw_Coat_Filter | 16bit/32bit | Creates a solid mask showing the areas of reflection in the Coat layer without being affected by Fresnel. |
| Raw Coat Reflection | vrayRE_Raw_Coat_Reflection | 16bit/32bit | Pure surface indirect reflection from a VRayMtl Coat layer before it is multiplied by the reflection filter color. |
| Raw Diffuse Filter | vrayRE_Raw_Diffuse_Filter | 16bit/32bit | A solid mask of raw diffuse surface color information not affected by fresnel falloff. |
| Raw GI | vrayRE_Raw_GI | 16bit/32bit | Raw diffuse global illumination (not multiplied by the diffuse surface color). Only present if Global illumination is is enabled. |
| vrayRE_Raw_Light | 16bit/32bit | Raw diffuse direct illumination before it's multiplied by the diffuse surface color. | |
| Raw Reflection | vrayRE_Raw_Reflection | 16bit/32bit | Pure surface indirect reflection before it is multiplied by the reflection filter color. |
| Raw Reflection Filter | vrayRE_Raw_Reflection_Filter | 16bit/32bit | A solid mask of raw reflection information not affected by fresnel falloff. |
| vrayRE_Raw_Refraction | 16bit/32bit | Pure surface refraction before it is multiplied by the refraction filter color. | |
| Raw Refraction Filter | vrayRE_Raw_Refraction_Filter | 16bit/32bit | A solid mask of raw refraction information not affected by fresnel falloff. |
| Raw Shadow | vrayRE_Raw_Shadow | 16bit/32bit | Raw light blocked by other objects. |
| Raw Sheen Filter | vrayRE_Raw_Sheen_Filter | 16bit/32bit | Holds information similar to Sheen Filter RE, but without being affected by Fresnel. |
| Raw Sheen Reflection | vrayRE_Raw_Sheen_Reflection | 16bit/32bit | Pure surface indirect reflection from a VRayMtl Sheen layer before it is multiplied by the reflection filter color. |
| Raw Total Light | vrayRE_Raw_Total_Light | 16bit/32bit | Sum of all raw lighting, both direct and indirect. |
| Reflect IOR | vrayRE_Reflect_IOR | 16bit/32bit | Stores floating-point information that corresponds to the Fresnel IOR values of scene objects' materials. |
| Reflection | vrayRE_Reflection | 16bit/32bit | All indirect reflections from a surface. |
| Reflection Filter | vrayRE_Reflection_Filter | 16bit/32bit | Reflection filter (the color by which the raw reflections are multiplied to give the final surface reflection). This may be considered an alpha channel for reflections. |
| Reflection Glossiness | vrayRE_Reflection_glossiness | 16bit/32bit | Returns a float value that corresponds with the Reflection Glossiness value of an object's material. |
| Refraction | vrayRE_Refraction | 16bit/32bit | Refractions through a surface. |
| Refraction Filter | vrayRE_Refraction_Filter | 16bit/32bit | The refraction filter mitigates the raw refraction layer. This render element returns the color by which the raw refractions are multiplied to give the final surface refraction. This may be considered an alpha channel for refractions. |
| Refraction Glossiness | vrayRE_Refraction_glossiness | 16bit/32bit | Returns a float value that corresponds to the Refraction Glossiness value of an object's material. |
| Render ID | vrayRE_Render_ID | – | Node render ID of the object that contributes most to the pixel value. |
| SSS | vrayRE_SSS | 16bit/32bit | Renders just the subsurface part of the VRaySSS2 material on a separate layer. |
| Sample Rate | vrayRE_Sample_Rate | 16bit/32bit | Shows an image where the pixel brightness is directly proportional to the number of samples taken at that pixel. |
| Sampler Info | vrayRE_Sampler_Info | forced 32bit (for multi-channel files) | Provides information about various aspects of the shaded points - position, normal, bump normal, reflection/refraction vectors and UVW coordinates. Can be used e.g. for world position passes or normal passes. |
| Self Illumination | vrayRE_Self_Illumination | 16bit/32bit | Self-illumination of the surface. |
| Shadow | vrayRE_Shadow | 16bit/32bit | Diffuse light that is blocked by other objects. |
| Sheen Specular | vrayRE_Sheen | 16bit/32bit | Direct surface specular highlights coming from the VRayMtl Sheen layer used in the scene. |
| Sheen Filter | vrayRE_Sheen_Filter | 16bit/32bit | Reflection filter for VRayMtl Sheen layer. |
| Sheen Glossiness | vrayRE_Sheen_Glossiness | 16bit/32bit | Returns a float value that corresponds with the Sheen Glossiness value of the VRayMtl Sheen layer. |
| Sheen Reflection | vrayRE_Sheen_Reflection | 16bit/32bit | Indirect reflections coming from the Sheen layer(s) of VRayMtl used in the scene. |
| Specular | vrayRE_Specular | 16bit/32bit | All direct specular highlights coming from a surface. |
| Toon | vrayRE_Toon | 16bit/32bit | Stores results of V-Ray Toon rendering effect. |
| Total Light | vrayRE_Total_Light | 16bit/32bit | Total lighting in the scene, both direct and indirect. |
| Unclamped Color | vrayRE_Unclamped_Color | 16bit/32bit | The unclamped or adjusted image color before Color Mapping settings are applied. |
| Velocity | vrayRE_Velocity | 16bit/32bit | Surface velocity of an object. This render element is useful for generating motion blur in post-production. |
| Z-depth | vrayRE_Z_depth | forced 32bit (for multi-channel files) | Z-depth of surfaces in the scene. |
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