Carbon Settings

The Carbon Settings Panel allows dynamic controls for multiple performance and visual settings

Modifying Settings

The Carbon Settings Panels allows you to OVERRIDE and individual default setting

Note: To modify a specific setting from its project default, you must check the box located on the left side of that particular parameter.

Performance/Quality

Light

Allows control of a light's footprint parameters.

Footprint Resolution	Adjusts the overall resolution of the footprint. Will affect gobo sharpness and update speed.
Enable Multi Instance Footprint	Enables the casting of light from multi-instance fixtures. Can cause a big performance hit.

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Shadow

Control the quality of a light's shadow.

Enable All Shadows

Enable All Shadows	Enable or disable shadows globally on all fixtures

Shadow Resolution

Note: Overriding the global Shadow Resolution does not work with ray-traced shadows.

Single Instance Shadow Resolution	Overrides the shadow resolution of all single instance fixtures
Multi Instance Shadow Resolution	Overrides the shadow resolution of all multi instance fixtures

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Beams

Modify beam appearance.

Beam Density	Adjusts the amount of fog and smoke effects visible in beams
Hotspot Mitigation	Controls the balance between visual smoothness and light intensity

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Beam Quality

Single Instance Lights	Adjusts the perceived quality of the ray march for single instance fixtures with no complex gobos
Single Instance Lights Resolution	Changes the overall resolution of the beam for single instance fixtures (Low, Medium, High)
Aerial Gobos	Adjusts the perceived quality of the ray march for single instance fixtures that have complex gobos
Aerial Gobos Resolution	Changes the overall resolution of the beam for complex gobo fixtures (Low, Medium, High)
Multi Instance Lights	Adjusts the perceived quality of the ray march for fixtures with multiple instances
Multi Instance Lights Resolution	Changes the overall resolution of the beam for multi instance fixtures (Low, Medium, High)

Note: Changing the beam resolution requires a restart of play mode

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Zoom Attenuation

Single Instance Zoom Attenuation	Adjusts the maximum light beam length as zoom angle increases for single instance fixtures
Multi Instance Zoom Attenuation	Adjusts the maximum light beam length as zoom angle increases for multi instance fixtures

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Smoke Texture

Enables a complex smoke effect in light beams that creates a cloudy, hazy look.

Smoke Scale	Adjusts the size of the smoke effect across the beams
Smoke Uniformity	Adjusts the uniformity/transparency of the smoke effect (The lower the value, the more 'hazy' the beam appears)
Smoke Speed	Controls the speed of the smoke effect on all three axis

Pro Tip: Although the Smoke Uniformity Slider goes between 0-1, you can input a negative value. (do not exceed -1) For a very hazy beam look, try setting the uniformity to -0.1 or -0.2!

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Simulation Settings

Miscellaneous Settings related to simulation calculation

Motor Simulation	Enables speed calculation of Pan tilt, which can add delay during focusing. You may wish to disable for faster response while focusing lights
Optimize Pan/Tilt	Uses a special vertex shader on geometry which may speed up processing time for transforming static meshes on fixtures

Camera

Quick macro button that adds a PostProcessVolume into the scene with our recommended calibrated exposure levels.

Our recommended exposure settings when using Carbon fixtures