Rendering Effects enable you to add post-production effects without having to render the scene to see the results. Through the Effects panel on the Environment and Effects dialog, you can add various effects and view them prior to final rendering of an image or animation.
Render Effects let you work interactively. As you adjust an effect's parameters, the rendered frame window is updated with the final output image of both the scene geometry and the applied effects. You can also choose to continually work with an effect and then update the effect manually.
The following topics explain each Render Effect in detail.
Lens Effects Rendering Effects
Brightness and Contrast Rendering Effect
Color Balance Rendering Effect
Depth of Field Rendering Effect
Most rendering effects in Autodesk VIZ are not compatible with 32-bit floating-point output, such as that provided optionally by the mental ray renderer (see Frame Buffer Type). If you render using one or more unsupported effects, the following dialog appears:
You can choose to continue rendering without the unsupported effects, or cancel the render.
The only supported effects are File Output and Color Balance; the rest (shown in the dialog above) are unsupported.