# Emitter#

(MaterialPhysicalEmitter)

• Category: /Material/Physical
• Default object name: emitter

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## Description#

An abstract material for physical materials.

## Attributes#

Name Type Description
Export Aovs bool Compute and write Aovs defined in the shading graph
Arbitrary Output Variables reference (AovStore) Set the list of extra channels to write to the image.
Light Path Expression Label string Set the material label in light path expressions.
Roughness Noise Optimization double Noise reduction strategy along rough light path.
Opacity double[3] Opacity of the material.
Normal Mode long Define which geometric normal to use for the shading.
Normal Input double Override the shading normal by the one given as input. The value controls the blending with the original normal.
Sidedness long Sidedness of this surface used for this material. 'Single' keeps the original normals no matter what. 'Double' may flip the normal to be oriented toward the incomming direction. 'Invert' flips the original normal no matter what.
Shadow Casting Mode long Defines the properties of the material when casting shadows: fully opaque (regardless of the actual value of the opacity of the material), artistic (user-defined opacity and coloring), pseudo-caustics (cheaply emulating actual refractive caustics) or physical (intrinsic transparency of the material), where the last three are modulated by the opacity of the material.
Shadow Opacity double Defines how dark the shadows cast by this material are.
Shadow Coloring double Defines how much refraction and absorption colors affect shadowing.
Emission Color double[3] Define the emission color.
Emission Weight double Gain of the emission color
Exposure double Exposure of the emission.