Depth Cue

Depth Cue is only available for Best renders. It must be enabled using the Depth Cue button in the Render Properties menu.

Render > Depth Cue sub-palette

Render > Depth Cue sub-palette

Depth Cue Alpha

The Depth Cue Alpha popup selects the image which is used to map the depth cue effect. Lighter areas define the areas where the effect is strongest. Although items from the Texture palette are used for the Depth Cue Alpha, only the color intensity information is applied, as if the textures were grayscale images.

Intensity

The Depth Cue Intensity slider determines the overall strength of the depth cue effect. Depth cue is used only by the Best Renderer, and must be enabled using the Render Depth Cue icon above.

Softness

The Softness slider determines the amount of blurring that takes place in areas of least focus as defined by other modifiers in the Depth Cue sub-palette. Depth cue is used only by the Best Renderer, and must be enabled using the Render Depth Cue icon above.

Depth1

The Depth1 slider determines the nearest distance along the Z-axis at which objects are displayed using sharp focus (unblurred). From the Depth1 value to the Depth2 value, items are rendered with increasing blurriness. You can specify values in this slider, or you can click here and drag to the canvas to pick a depth value.

Depth2

The Depth2 slider determines the furthest distance along the Z-axis beyond which all items are displayed with softest focus (blurred). From the Depth1 value to the Depth2 value, items are rendered with increasing blurriness. You can specify values in this slider, or you can click here and drag to the canvas to pick a depth value.

Depth Cue Curve

The Depth Cue Curve defines the way in which blurriness increases when the depth cue effect is applied. By default, from the Depth1 value to the Depth2 value, items are rendered with increasing blurriness. This curve defines the amount of blurring at each point between the Depth1 and the Depth2 values. Depth cue is used only by the Best Renderer, and must be enabled using the Render Depth Cue icon above.


Reference Guide > Render > Depth Cue