AOV - Production

Sets the AOV rendering mode from the following options:

• Enabled - Render AOVs for batch and non-batch rendering.
• Batch Only - Only render AOVs for batch rendering.
• Disabled - Do not render AOVs.

Specifies the naming scheme for the output render files.

Enables or disables the rendering of Multi-Part EXRs. Multi-Part EXRs allow multiple AOVs to be stored in one OpenEXR file with different compression types, layouts, and enables deep data layers to be stored along with regular images. For more information please see the OpenEXR Technical Introduction.

Typically each AOV is written to its own individual image file, however, when working with animations this can create file management issues. For example: If each frame produces 5 AOV images and there are 1000 frames, then there will be 5000 separate image files saved to the disk. Multi-Part EXRs alleviate file management issues by allowing the combination of multiple AOV EXRs into one.

When enabled, it allows the Multi-Part EXR to designate a bounding box for the data window that pertains exclusively to non-black pixel data. For example: completely blank alpha and other channel data is ignored.

This is helpful for compositing programs as it can tell them to focus all processing efforts on the area that contains actual render data—like a scenario where you have a CG object taking up only a small portion of the full resolution and the rest is completely blank.

Sets the bit depth for Multi-Part EXRs to either Half Float (16 bits) or full Float (32 bits).

Sets the compression method for Multi-Part EXRs.

OpenEXR compression methods:

• default (zip) / none / rle / zip16 / zip1 / piz / pxr24 / b44 / dwaa / dwab

Set the level of compression for OpenEXR file format, default of 45 will yield a perceptibly lossless image but a drastic reduction in file size. Higher values mean more compression at smaller file sizes and vice versa. 

Sets the storage format to either scanline or tiled for Multi-Part EXRs.

By default Redshift AOVs use scanline.

When enabled, compatibility of Redshift AOVs is increased with Cinema 4D Multi-Pass output.

When disabled, Redshift AOVs are treated as generic RGB buffers with a custom name based on what is specified in the AOV manager.

Enables or disables Deep Output.

Sets the Deep Merge Mode to one of the following options:

• Z - Merge samples within a certain distance from one another in Z space (how far it is from the camera).
• ObjectID - Merge all samples that belong to the same ObjectID.
• MeshID - Merge all samples that belong to the same MeshID.
  • "MeshID" refers to the  unique ID Redshift internally assigns to each individual mesh in the scene. This means that, in contrast to the ObjectID mode, you don't have to manually assign IDs to objects to "keep them seperate" in the deep data. Except for this difference, the MeshID mode behaves exactly like the ObjectID mode.

Controls how aggressive the sample merging is for Deep Output when "Deep Merge Mode" is set to "Z."

Specifies whether AOVs will have their color and AO channels clamped by the "Max Value" parameter covered below.

Redshift can perform sub-sample intensity clamping during unified sampling, which limits noise (grain) that can be produced when combining depth of field and motion blur with bright light sources. The AOV clamping offers the same type of sub-sample control for AOVs. Please refer to the  AOV tutorial page for more information about how and when these should be used.

Sets the maximum sub-sample intensity clamping value for AOVs when "Clamping (Color and AO Channels)" is enabled.

When enabled, it allows Redshift to use importance-based optimizations that drop samples that are deemed too dim to impact the final appearance of the beauty render which improves performance.

When enabled, it adjusts Raw AOV results based on the appropriate Filter AOV in order to ensure the resulting composite between the two will match the beauty. By default this option is enabled to ensure final composites match beauty.