Arnold Data Type colors on Houdini Nodes |
When connecting the same data types together in a shading network the line will appear solid to indicate there is no conversion as in the 'string' connection below. If the data types are different, like in RGBA > Vector or RGB > RGBA below then the line appears as a broken line.
Solid line (between user_data_string and image) and a broken line between standard_surface and OUT_material) |
Shader output components are displayed on the VOP node, allowing component connections without the need for a conversion shader.
However, the following shaders allow more complicated conversions between data types:
Converts a float into an integer value.
Compose a 4x4 matrix from 16 input components.
Combine 3 floats into an RGB.
Combine 4 floats into an RGBA.
Extracts a component at the given column and row.
Converts an integer into a float value.
Converts an RGB input to a float using the following modes
Combine RGB and alpha inputs into an RGBA.
Combine an RGBA input to a float using the following modes
The following table shows how data types are converted within Arnold itself.