Introduction

Installing and Configuring Janus

Concept

The Group - Command Relationship

• How Commands Work
• Layer Types Explained
• Group Types
• Override Priority

Interface Walkthrough

Groups in Detail

• Naming Rules
• User Overrides
• Propagation
  

Commands in Detail

• Subcommands
• Subcommand Syntax
  • Two-String Format
  • Single-String Format
  • ON-OFF Format
  • Extended-Single-String Format
  • Integer Format
  • Integer Math Format
  • Color Format
  • Float Format
    
• Subcommand List
  • Camera Subcommands
    • RENDERCAM (Active Camera)
    • CAMTYPE (Camera Handler)
    • FRAMESIZE (Frame Resolution)
    • MULTIPLIER (Resolution Multiplier)
    • USERMULTIPLIER (User Resolution Multiplier)
    • USERFRAMESIZE (User Frame Resolution)
    • AA (Antialiasing - Classic Camera)
    • RCFILTER (Reconstruction Filter)
    • MOTBLUR
    • AASAMPLES (Antialiasing - Advanced Cameras)
    • OVERSAMPLE
    • BLURPASS (Motion Blur Passes - Photoreal Motion Blur)
    • SHUTTEREFF (Shutter Efficiency - Photoreal Motion Blur)
    • SAMPLINGPATTERN
    • ADAPTIVESAMPLING
    • SAMPLINGTHRESHOLD
    • FIELD (Field Rendering)
    • DOF (Depth-of-Field)
    • STEREO (Stereoscopic Rendering)
    • EYESEP (Eye Separation)
  • Scene Subcommands
    • BUFFER (Image Filter Buffer)
    • BGIMAGE (Backdrop Image)
    • ENV (Environment Plugins)
    • ENVDATA (Environment Plugins Data)
    • VOL (Volumetric Plugins)
    • VOLDATA(Volumetric Plugins Data)
    • VOAA (Volumetric Antialiasing)
    • BGCOLOR
    • FOGTYPE
    • FOGMINDIST, FOGMAXDIST
    • FOGMINAMT, FOGMAXAMT
    • FOGCOLOR
  • Processing Subcommands
  • DITHERINT (Dither Intensity)
  • ANIMATEDDITHER
  • GLOWEFFECT (Glow)
  • GLOWINT (Glow Intensity)
  • GLOWRAD (Glow Radius)
  • COLORSAT (Color Saturation)
  • LIMITDYNRANGE (Limit Dynamic Range)
  • IMG (Image Filter Plugins)
  • IMGDATA (Image Filter Plugins Data)
  • PIX (Pixel Filter Plugins)
  • PIXDATA (Pixel Filter
  • Render Globals Subcommands
    • RENDERMODE
    • RENDERLINES
    • RTSHADOW
    • RTREFLECT
    • RTREFRACT
    • RTTRANSP
    • RTOCC
    • RAYLIMIT
    • SF (Start Frame)
    • EF (End Frame)
    • BY (Frame Step)
    • FPS
    • OUTFORMAT (Output Image Format)
  • Light Subcommands
    • VLIGHT (Volumetric Lights)
    • SHADOWMAPS
    • LENSFLARES
    • AMBCOLOR
    • AMBINT
    • GLIGHTINT (Global Light Intensity)
    • FLAREINT
    • DEFLIGHTEXCLUDE
    • LIGHTPASS
  • Light Item Subcommands
  • LTAFFECTDIFFUSE
  • LTAFFECTSPEC
  • LTAFFECTCAUSTICS
  • LTINTENSITY
  • LTCOLOR
  • LTTYPE
  • LTINTFALLOFF
  • LTRANGE
  • LTSHADOWTYPE
  • LTSHADOWCOLOR
  • LTSHADOWMAPSIZE
  • LTSHADOWMAPFUZZ
  • LTQUALITY
  • LTPROJIMAGE
  • Global Illumination Subcommands
    • RADIOSITY
    • RADTYPE (Type)
    • RADINTERPOLATE (Interpolated)
    • RADTRANSP (Transparency)
    • RADCACHE (Cache Radiosity)
    • RADINT (Intensity)
    • RADTOL (Angluar Tolerance)
    • RADRPE (Rays per Evaluation)
    • RADMES (Minimum Evaluation Spacing)
    • RADMPS (Minimum Pixel Spacing)
    • RADBOUNCE (Number of Bounces)
    • RADAMB (Use Ambient)
    • RADDIRRAYS (Directional Rays)
    • RADBLURBG (Blur Background)
  • Caustics Subcommands
  • CAUSTICS
  • CAUSTICSCACHE
  • CAUSTICSINT
  • CAUSTICSACC
  • CAUSTICSSOFT
  • Object Subcommands
    • UBC (UnseenByCamera)
    • UBR (UnseenByRays)
    • UBF (UnseenByFog)
    • UBA (Alpha Channel)
    • UBRAD (UnseenByRadiosity)
    • CS (Cast Shadow)
    • SS (Self Shadow)
    • RS (Receive Shadow)
    • MATTEOBJECT
    • MATTECOLOR
    • DISSOLVE (Object Dissolve)
    • PATCH (Subpatch)
    • REPLACE (Replace Object)
  • Object Data Subcommands
  • OBJPLUGIN_DM (DisplacementHandler)
  • OBJPLUGIN_CO (CustomObjHandler)
  • OBJPLUGIN_OR (ObjReplacementHandler)
  • CLIPDATA (Clip Map)
  • DISPDATA (Displacement Map)
  • NODEDISPDATA (Node Displacement Map)
  • APSRENDERDATA (APS Render Texture)
  • SRF (Surface Override)
    
  • Miscellaneous Subcommands
    • OUTPUTSUBDIR
    • OUTPUTABSDIR (Image Output in Absolute Path)
    • PASSNAME
    • SUBSCENENAME
    • SCENENAME
    • LWSC
  • Special Subcommands
  • Learning Subcommands
  • Constant Variables
  • User Variables

Customising Types Overview

• Creating Your Own Group Types
  • Basics
  • Syntax
    • ON-OFF Directives
    • UBA Directive
    • Integer Directives
    • Floating-Point Directives
    • Color Directives
    • String Directives
    • Data Block Directives
    • Group Inheritance
• Creating Your Own Command Types
  • Basics
  • Syntax
    • ON-OFF Directives
    • UBA Directive
    • Integer Directives
    • Floating-Point Directives
    • Color Directives
    • String Directives
    • Data Block Directives
  • Command Inheritance

Feature Walkthrough

• Features and Capabilities

• Plugin Data / Data Blocks
• Global Settings vs. Commands
• Run-Time Commands
• Go To Parameter (Scrolling)
• Propagation Groups
• Filters
• Event Log
• Search-and-Replace
• Editing Commands
• Test Rendering
• Full Quality Rendering
• Pseudo-Satellite Rendering (PSAT)
• External Image Viewer
• Surface Overrides and Presets
• Surface Override's Object Naming Format
  • Multi-Surface Overrides
  • Partial Overrides
• Render Regioning
• Behaviors
• Syntax Errors
• Default Output Image Format
• Case Sensitivity
• Name-based Functions and Naming Conventions
• Scene-naming Convention and Image Output Directory
  • Defining the Base Image Output Directory
• Known Bugs & Limitations

Render Buffers

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Appendix A (External Files)

Appendix B (Command Types and Group Types)