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Silhouette Distance

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Calculate silhouette distance from a camera's perspective. Useful for outline and inner glow effects.

silhouette_dist

Outputs

  • Silhouette Distance: Output attribute.
  • Color: Output attribute as color (used for visualisation).

Settings

Camera

  • Camera: Which camera to use for silhouette projection:
    • Active: Use the scene's active camera
    • Specific: Specify a camera object
  • Object: Camera Object.

Distance

  • Relative To: Scale silhouette distance with:
    • Object: Silhouette distance scales with object. Objects further away will have thinner silhouettes
    • Camera Distance: Silhouettes remain roughly the same size regardless of camera distance.
    • Camera Distance & FOV: Silhouette distance scales with camera distance and FOV. Provides the most consistent silhouette in camera's view.
  • Silhouette Resolution: Grid resolution of silhouette projection.
  • Edge Thickness: Expand a black edge around the object.
  • Fade Distance: Distance from edge to fade to white.
  • Blur Iterations: Blur the result by a number of iterations.
  • Invert: Invert the values of silhouette.