This page provides information about the SSS Color Channel.
Overview
The Subsurface Scattering Render Channel stores subsurface information from VRaySSS2 materials as an image. This render element can then be used to enhance or color-correct just the subsurface scattering component of the image during the compositing process.
UI Path
||Node Editor|| > Add > Render Channels > Color Channel > Type > SSS
Common Uses
The Subsurface Scattering Render Channel is useful for changing the appearance of SSS items after rendering in a compositing or image editing software. Below is an example of its use.
Subsurface Scattering Render Element
Original Beauty Composite
Subsurface Scattering Render Element with the color of Subsurface Scattering changed
Color of Subsurface Scattering changed
Compositing Formula
SSS + Beauty = Final Image
