Adjustments Files

RenderToolbox3 uses adjustments files to supplement Collada scene files. Together, the adjustments file and the Collada scene file make a complete 3D scene, suitable for physically-based rendering.

Collada files are designed to be portable and compatible with many applications. Thus, they contain the kinds of scene elements that applications tend to agree on, like cameras, lights, polygon meshes, and RGB colors.

In contrast, adjustments files are designed to work with particular physically-based renderers. Thus, they can contain renderer-specific scene elements, like light transport sample generators and integrators, and sampled spectra.

Before rendering, the Collada scene file and adjustments file are merged into a single renderer-specific scene file. The merging involves: ** supplementing the Collada scene with new elements from the adjustments file ** replacing elements of the Collada scene with elements from the adjustments file ** modifying elements of the Collada scene with values from the adjustments file

Example

Default Adjustments

Via Mappings