Depth Fade

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Depth Fade

Postby Takamba » Tue Jan 22, 2019 9:32 am

Hi all

How does the Depth Fade Node calculate the distance to geometrie behind the surface it is attached to?

Perpendicular to the camera plane, or along the normals of the surface it is attached to?

An explanation is much appreciated.

Regards,
Phil
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Re: Depth Fade

Postby Amplify_Borba » Tue Jan 22, 2019 11:13 am

Hello! Internally, the node calculates the distance value by subtracting the Surface Depth by the value fetched on the Depth buffer.

You can also check all specific operations done by each node by examining its code, in this case you can find the script in the following path: AmplifyShaderEditor\Plugins\Editor\Nodes\HelperFuncs\DepthFade.cs
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Re: Depth Fade

Postby Takamba » Tue Jan 22, 2019 11:31 am

Well, I dont understand what this code is doing at all.

Where can I find more informations about the depth buffer?
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Re: Depth Fade

Postby Amplify_Borba » Tue Jan 22, 2019 11:54 am

There are many good sources of information including the Shaders and Effects Cookbook, Nvidia's GPU Gems, LearnOpenGL, Z-Buffering and Unity's documentation.

Since shader knowledge is interchangeable, all sources of information, even from other engines, can be useful to learn more about its intricacies.
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