Optimizations

Optimization settings allow you to fine-tune shading effects that can have a significant impact on the render performance of the material.

This enables the per-material Reflection and Refraction Trace Depth parameters below. When disabled, the global trace depths will be used.

This parameter controls the trace depth for reflection rays shot from this material. If the reflection rays of a material are not very defined (meaning: they are blurry because of the roughness parameter or have a low weight), then multiple bounces can be a waste of rendering time. This parameter allows the user to reduce the trace depth and speed up rendering.

This parameter allows you to override the global cut-off setting for reflections.

When the reflections of a material are very dark (because of low "Weight" or "Color" values) they contribute very little to the final image. This parameter defines what is considered "very dark" at which point no more reflection rays will be shot - which will speed up rendering. Scenes containing very strong lights might need this parameter set to very low values such as 0.0001 in order to avoid early termination of tracing which can produce a grain-like effect.

This parameter controls the trace depth for transmissive refraction rays shot from this material. If the refraction rays of a material are not very defined (meaning: they are blurry because of the roughness parameter or have a low weight), then multiple bounces can be a waste of rendering time. This parameter allows the user to reduce the trace depth and speed up rendering.

This parameter allows you to override the global cut-off setting for transmissive refractions.

When the refractions of a material are very dark (because of low "Weight" or "Color" values) they contribute very little to the final image. This parameter defines what is considered "very dark" at which point no more reflection rays will be shot - which will speed up rendering. Scenes containing very strong lights might need this parameter set to very low values such as 0.0001 in order to avoid early termination of tracing which can produce a grain-like effect.

This controls the combined trace depth for your Redshift material shader.

Optimization Options In Detail

When the Enable Trace Depth Override' option is enabled, the material trace depths defined here are used instead of the global ones. This can be useful for fine-tuning performance on a per material basis where dropped bounces might not be noticed.

When the 'Reflection' and 'Refraction' Cut-off Overrides are enabled, the cut-off values are used instead of the global ones.