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This page provides information about the V-Ray Atmospheric Effects render element in Cinema 4D.

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 are included in a scene, they render into the Beauty|RGB channel and should also be output as the VRayAtmosphere channel for compositing use.

UI Path: ||V-Ray|| > Render Elements > Atmospheric Effects

How to add a render element to a scene

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Properties

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

Color Mapping – Applies the color mapping options specified in the Color Mapping rollout of the V-Ray tab in the Render Settings window to this render element. This option is enabled by default.

Consider for Anti-Aliasing – When enabled, anti-aliasing is used where possible.

Filtering – Applies an image filter to this channel.

Vfb Color Corrections – Applies the post-render color adjustments made from the VFB.

Denoise – Enables the render element's denoising, provided the Denoiser render element is present.

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Example: Enhancing Atmospheric Effects

In this example, the fog density in the scene is increased after rendering using the Atmospheric Effects Render Element. A Color Balance layer is also applied to the Atmospheric Effects to adjust the color of the fog.