This page provides details about the Atmosphere Render Element and how it is used in compositing.
Overview
The Atmosphere Render Element stores only atmospheric or volumetric participating media such as Environment Fog or Aerial Perspective. This render element can then be used to enhance or color-correct just the atmospheric component of the image during the compositing process.
When atmospheric effects or fog is included in a scene, they will render into the Beauty (RGB color) channel, and should also be output as the atmosphere channel for compositing use.
UI Path
||out Network|| > V-Ray Render Elements node > V-Ray > Render Channel > Color Channel > Type > Atmosphere
Attributes
The parameters for this render element appear in the V-Ray RenderChannelColor render channels node.
Denoise – Enables the render element's denoising, provided the Denoiser render element is present.
Consider for Anti-Aliasing – When enabled, anti-aliasing will be used where possible.
Filtering – Applies the image filter to this channel. Image filter settings are in the Image Sampler tab of the Sampler tab of the V-Ray Renderer node.
Color Mapping – When enabled, the Color Mapping options in the render settings will be applied to the current render channel.
Derive Raw Channels – Generates data in the raw channels by combining the respective color and the filter color channels.
VFB Color Corrections – Applies the post render color adjustments made from the VFB.
Common Uses
The Atmospheric Effects Render Element is useful for changing the appearance of the atmosphere and volumetric effects in a rendered image using compositing or image editing software. Below is an example of its use.
Color of atmosphere changed and intensity increased
Compositing Formula
Atmosphere + Beauty = Final Image