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Render Element

Use Render Elements to output Line components separately. Add a Pencil+ 4 Line Render Element ViewLayer to the compositor editor and adjust the settings from the [Render Element] panel of the [Pencil+ 4 Line] tab in the sidebar.

Render Element

Select [Add] in the compositor editor menu and then [Pencil+ 4 Line Render Element] - [ViewLayer] - [New] to add a new [Pencil+ 4.Line Render Element.ViewLayer] node.

Add Render ELement

Render Element Panel

Use this panel to setup the Render Element output.

Render Element Panel

Output Element

This section contains settings related to Line color and depth information.

Color

Output Line colors.

Color

Z Depth

Output Line depth in grayscale.

Z Min

Specify the minimum depth position. Lines are drawn in a whiter shade the closer they get to that value.

Z Max

Specify the maximum depth position. Lines are drawn in a blacker shade the closer they get to that value.

Z Depth

Background Color

Select the background color for the render elements. When the colors of the Lines and background are similar, changing the background color makes inspection of the Lines easier.

On

Enable / disable the background color replacement. When enabled, the selected [Color] is used as the rendering background color.

Color

Select the background color.

Background Color: Off
(Background color is black)
Background Color: On
(Setting a blue Background Color)

Output Categories

Use these options to output [Visible Lines] and [Hidden Lines] independently.

Visible Lines

Enable / disable [Visible Lines] output.

Hidden Lines

Enable / disable [Hidden Lines] output.

Visible Lines: On
Hidden Lines: On
Visible Lines: On
Hidden Lines: Off
Visible Lines: Off
Hidden Lines: On

Output Edges

Select the edges you wish to output as render elements.

Outline

Enable / disable output of [Outline].

Rendered image Only Outline is enabled

Object

Enable / disable output of [Object].

Rendered image Only Object is enabled

Intersection

Enable / disable output of [Intersection].

Rendered image Only Intersection is enabled

Smoothing Boundary

Enable / disable output of [Smoothing Boundary].

Rendered image Only Smoothing Boundary is enabled

Material ID Boundary

Enable / disable output of [Material ID Boundary].

Rendered image Only Material ID Boundary is enabled

Selected Edges

Enable / disable output of [Selected Edges].

Rendered image Only Selected Edges is enabled

Normal Angle

Enable / disable output of [Normal Angle].

Rendered image Only Normal Angle is enabled

Wireframe

Enable / disable output of [Wireframe].

Rendered image Only Wireframe is enabled

Output Line Set IDs

Select the [Line Set IDs] you wish to output as render elements.

Use this when you wish to output separately only specific objects or Lines. For example, by assigning different Line Set IDs to a character and its background, you can output the character and the background to their own respective image files.

1 - 8

Enable / disable output of the matching Line Set IDs.

ID 1: On (black)
ID 2: On (red)
ID 1: On
ID 2: Off
ID 1: Off
ID 2: On