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A traditional ambient occlusion effect can be accomplished by setting the occluded color to black and unoccluded color to white.

Parameters

Occluded and Unoccluded

Resulting colors for occluded and unoccluded shading.

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Num Samples

Controls the number of occlusion samples per camera hit point. More samples reduces can the noise at the cost of increased render time.

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Sample Distribution

Possible values are uniform and cosine (Lambertian).

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Cosine Spread

Sample spread of rays when using cosine distribution. A value of 1.0 gives a perfect Lambertian distribution.

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Falloff

Falloff values greater than zero create a softer look. Values less than zero give a hard edge when combined with max distance.

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Max Distance

The max distance at which objects may occlude. Zero is infinite (all objects occlude).

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Direction

Trace rays in the direction of the surface normal (outside), inverse to the normal (inside), or in both directions.

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Bias Normal

Add a directional bias to the normal vector. Values must be specified in world space.

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