Standard Renderer
Updated: 25 Nov 2024
The default and fastest renderer.
Standard Renderer
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This node is the default renderer for a Notch scene. Best used for fast 2D and 3D content on a single GPU, for high performance or high resolutions.
Parameters
These properties control the general rendering features applied to the scene.
Parameter Details Antialiasing These options allow for different methods of reducing aliasing. For more, see our page on Anti-Aliasing.
- Off : No anti-aliasing is applied.
- MSAA : Samples geometry edges eight times to reduce aliasing on geometry in the scene. Slows down the more geometry visible in the view.
- DLSS : Uses Nvidias DLSS to resolve aliasing. Often works faster than MSAA or EdgeAA, but can introduce artfacts.
- Temporal : Applies a subpixel jitter applied to the camera, and averages the result over time. Decent AA results for a relatively small cost, but can make scenes appear blurry or jittery in some cases.
- Refine : Samples every pixel multiple times per rendered frame, greatly improving AA and also smoothing out some temporal artefacts. Not suitable for live output, but perfect for video and stills.
Depth Of Field Control the depth of field rendered from the camera. Useful for drawing focus onto a specific area of the scene. The Blur Amount and Focus Distance can be controlled from the Camera node.
- Off : No depth of field will be applied.
- On : A simplified post-process based blur based on the z depth of objects in the scene. Fast, but often inaccurate, and incompatible with alpha based content (fields, particle sprites, etc).
Motion Blur Control the motion blur rendered from the camera. Useful for adding smoother and more realistic motion to a scene. The Blur Amount can be controlled from the Camera node.
- Off : No motion blur is generated.
- On : The motion vectors in the scene are analysed, and a directional blur is applied to the scene based on those vectors. Fast, but often inaccurate, and incompatible with alpha based content (fields, particle sprites, etc).
Max Output Luminance Set a limit for the brightest possible value a pixel can contain, mainly applicable for HDR content.
These properties control how lighting is calculated and affects the scene.
Parameter Details Lighting Control whether the scene evalues lighting in the scene.
- Off : Lighting will always be ignored.
- Auto : Lighting will be evaluated based on the presence of light in the scene. If no lights are added, or existing lights are inactive, the scene will be treated as unlit.
- On : Lighting will always assumed to be on.
Shadows Control how shadows are generated for all lights in the scene.
- Off : No shadows are generated.
- Shadow Maps : Shadow maps are generated by rendering the scene from the lights viewpoint at a set resolution, storing the depth, and projecting the result back onto the surfaces. If the distance to the light is greater than the distance in the lights depth map, it is shadowed. These shadows are fast to generate, but limited in both resolution and distance. Further away lights use lower shadow map resolutions, and are cut off after a certain distance.
Shadow Map Resolution The resolution of the shadow maps for all the shadow casting lights in the scene.
Directional Far Plane Limits the distance for casting shadows. Only applies to Sky and Directional Lights.
Reflections Control how reflections are rendered in the scene.
- Off : Only the specular reflections from lights are generated, including skylights and specular point, spot, and area light reflections.
- Screen Space : Reflections are generated by evaluating the normals of all the reflective surfaces, and tracing rays in screenspace until they intersect with another surface. A post blurring pass is added to simulate roughness, which can vary per pixel. If no surface is found, existing screen space information can sometimes be stretched to fill the missing pixels, until it has to default to specular reflections. Fast, but inaccurate and limited by what can be seen in the viewspace.
Refractions Control how refractions are rendered in the scene.
- Off : No refractions are applied, so refractive surfaces won’t appear in the scene.
- Simple : Refractions are generated from screenspace warping. Super fast, but inaccurate.
Refraction Max Distance Set a limit for the displacement refractions can apply. Useful for some edge cases where the refractions can be too inaccurate.
Ambient Occlusion Simulates natural shadowing that occurs in corners and crevices of a scene, by darkening those areas. Useful for exaggerating detail in a scene.
- Off : No Ambient Occlusion is generated.
- SSAO : Generates ambient occlusion using screen space data from the G-Buffer. Fast and reasonably accurate, but can generate erroneous shading around object edges and thin structures.
AO Blend Mode Simulates natural shadowing that occurs in corners and crevices of a scene, by darkening those areas. Useful for exaggerating detail in a scene.
- Multiply : The Ambient Occlusions is multiplied against the scene after all the lighting passes have been generated.
- Replace : Replaces the current lighting with that of the Ambient Occlusion. Useful for getting a simple clay render of the scene.
- Add : Adds the Ambient Occlusion lighting on top of the lighting of the scene, brightening all areas except the areas the ambient occlusion is applied.
AO Blend Amount How much the of AO is applied to the scene, via the Blend Mode chosen. Doesn’t apply to Replace Blend Mode.
AO Distance Controls how wide the Ambient Occlusion radius is. Lower values tighten the ambient occlusion to smaller areas, larger value can end up darkening the whole object, and in some modes add visible noise.
AO Falloff Curve Controls how the weighting of ambient occlusion falls off over distance. Higher values will darken areas of ambient occlusion further, while lower values will lessen the ambient occlusion except in narrow crevices.
Lighting Far Plane Controls the distance away from the camera at which lighting will no longer be calculated. Lower values can increase performance in some scenes, but you’ll need to build the scene such that objects outside this range do not need lighting.
These properties control how light scattering is processed in the scene.
Parameter Details Scattering Enable a post-process based scattering on lights in the scene. Only functions if lights have some scattering amount in use.
Scattering Intensity Multiplier on top of the global scattering density. Useful for adjusting the density globally without going to all the individual lights.
Smoke Density Applies a simple noise pattern over the scattering generated, giving an appearance of smokiness. Useful for generating a mysterious and foggy effect.
Smoke Scale Changes the scale of the smokiness parameters.
Smoke Speed How quickly the generated smoke is animated in the scene.
Inputs
These properties control the general rendering features applied to the scene.
| Parameter | Details |
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| Antialiasing | These options allow for different methods of reducing aliasing. For more, see our page on Anti-Aliasing.
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| Depth Of Field | Control the depth of field rendered from the camera. Useful for drawing focus onto a specific area of the scene. The Blur Amount and Focus Distance can be controlled from the Camera node.
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| Motion Blur | Control the motion blur rendered from the camera. Useful for adding smoother and more realistic motion to a scene. The Blur Amount can be controlled from the Camera node.
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| Max Output Luminance | Set a limit for the brightest possible value a pixel can contain, mainly applicable for HDR content. |
These properties control how lighting is calculated and affects the scene.
| Parameter | Details |
|---|---|
| Lighting | Control whether the scene evalues lighting in the scene.
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| Shadows | Control how shadows are generated for all lights in the scene.
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| Shadow Map Resolution | The resolution of the shadow maps for all the shadow casting lights in the scene. |
| Directional Far Plane | Limits the distance for casting shadows. Only applies to Sky and Directional Lights. |
| Reflections | Control how reflections are rendered in the scene.
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| Refractions | Control how refractions are rendered in the scene.
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| Refraction Max Distance | Set a limit for the displacement refractions can apply. Useful for some edge cases where the refractions can be too inaccurate. |
| Ambient Occlusion | Simulates natural shadowing that occurs in corners and crevices of a scene, by darkening those areas. Useful for exaggerating detail in a scene.
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| AO Blend Mode | Simulates natural shadowing that occurs in corners and crevices of a scene, by darkening those areas. Useful for exaggerating detail in a scene.
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| AO Blend Amount | How much the of AO is applied to the scene, via the Blend Mode chosen. Doesn’t apply to Replace Blend Mode. |
| AO Distance | Controls how wide the Ambient Occlusion radius is. Lower values tighten the ambient occlusion to smaller areas, larger value can end up darkening the whole object, and in some modes add visible noise. |
| AO Falloff Curve | Controls how the weighting of ambient occlusion falls off over distance. Higher values will darken areas of ambient occlusion further, while lower values will lessen the ambient occlusion except in narrow crevices. |
| Lighting Far Plane | Controls the distance away from the camera at which lighting will no longer be calculated. Lower values can increase performance in some scenes, but you’ll need to build the scene such that objects outside this range do not need lighting. |
These properties control how light scattering is processed in the scene.
| Parameter | Details |
|---|---|
| Scattering | Enable a post-process based scattering on lights in the scene. Only functions if lights have some scattering amount in use. |
| Scattering Intensity | Multiplier on top of the global scattering density. Useful for adjusting the density globally without going to all the individual lights. |
| Smoke Density | Applies a simple noise pattern over the scattering generated, giving an appearance of smokiness. Useful for generating a mysterious and foggy effect. |
| Smoke Scale | Changes the scale of the smokiness parameters. |
| Smoke Speed | How quickly the generated smoke is animated in the scene. |
| Name | Description | Typical Input |
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| Max Output Luminance | TBC | TBC |
| Refraction Max Distance | TBC | TBC |