The Z Depth node generates z depth information in the form of a greyscale rendering when applied to the Diffuse component of scene objects (figure 2). However, the data this texture node produces can be used in a variety of ways.



Z Depth



Figure 1: Z Depth Node



Z Depth



Figure 2: Z depth information applied to a diffuse component


Z Depth Parameters

Normalize Results - Remaps the data to the 0 to 1 range.

Normalization Range - The minimum and maximum values for the normalization range.