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title: "V-Ray SphereFade Gizmo"
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This page provides information about the V-Ray SphereFade Gizmo.  Overview V-Ray SphereFade Gizmo is a volumetric node used to render just a small part of the scene by putting it in a special spherical locator. Parameters Shape  – Specifies the gizmo shape:  Sphere Box Cylinder Radius  – Controls the size of the gizmo shape. Invert  – Inverts the volume that is shaded, rendering the part of the scene that is outside the sphere. Workflow Create a Geometry node with a V-Ray SphereFade Gizmo node inside. Enable the Sphere Fade effect from |out| > V-Ray Renderer ROP > Effects > Sphere Fade. Set the color and falloff of the sphere fade gizmo. Set the shape and the radius of the sphere fade gizmo.   Example: Invert The  Invert  can be turned on to only show everything visible in the scene outside of the Sphere fade volume. In the example shown below, a  Falloff  value of 0.2 has been used. disabled enabled