General Settings


OctaneRender’s Render Passes allow for the segregation of different aspects of the scene, with each selected pass rendered across multiple images or image layers, depending upon the output file format. Render passes are particularly useful in fine-tuning projects, compositing, and creating remarkably detailed and photo-realistic images.

The illustration below shows the contents of the Render Settings > OctaneRenderer > Render AOV Groups tab:

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ENABLE

If enabled, Render Passes will appear in real time in Live Viewer and also in the Layer tab in Picture Viewer. It is always a good idea to check the selected render passes in Live Viewer committing to a final render.

RENDER PASS FILE

Use the file dialog to specify the name and location of the Render Pass file.

SEPARATOR

The character(s) used to separate the file name from the frame number (if rendering an animation.) The default is the underscore character (“_”).

FORMAT

The image format of the Render Pass file is specified here. The chosen format will affect the availability of other options in the groups below the menu. Not all options are available to all formats. Eight different file format options are available:

  • TIFF — A multi-layer option is available for the TIFF format (if disabled, the Folders option will appear).
  • PSD — A multi-layer option is available for the PSD format (if disabled, the Folders option will appear).
  • EXR — An additional “Compression” menu is available for the EXR format.
    • RLEE
    • ZIPS
    • ZIP
    • PIZ
    • PXR24
    • B44
    • B44A
    • DWAA
    • DWAB
  • JPG — A Folders option is available for JPG format.
  • TGA — A Folders option is available for the TGA format.
  • PNG — A Folders option is available for the PNG format.
  • PSB — A Folders option is available for the PSB format.
  • EXR(Octane) — An additional “Compression” menu is available for the EXR(Octane) format (see the EXR item). A multi-layer option is available for this format (if disabled, the Folders option will appear). The Render Layer Mask group is not available for this format.

DEPTH

This option sets the bit depth for the Render Passes. EXR 32-bit is maximum quality, but the file sizes will be quite large.

MULTILAYER FILE

Certain file formats (TIFF, PSD, EXR and EXR(Octane) are capable of supporting multiple layers in a single file. If this option is disabled, the Folders option will appear.

FOLDERS

This option appears for formats that do not support multi-layers. It is also an option that appears when the Multi-layer option is disabled. In this option, all of the selected Render Passes are saved with their respective folder names.

RENDER PASS GROUPS

All of the Render Passes are organized into specific groups, as noted:
Beauty Passes
Denoiser Passes
Render Layer
Render Layer Mask
Lighting Passes
Crypto Passes [only EXR(Octane)]
Info Passes
Material Passes
AOV

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

- DO NOT SAVE WITH CINEMA’S SAVE FUNCTION
Files saved through Cinema 4D’s Save panel will NOT be saved with the proper color space.

- Make sure that the desired Alpha channel settings are enabled.
Octane Renderer Settings > Kernel tab

- Bit-depth must be either 16 or 32-bits.
Octane Renderer Settings > Render Passes tab