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Class PostProcess

PostProcess can be used to apply a shader to a texture after it has been rendered See https://doc.babylonjs.com/features/featuresDeepDive/postProcesses/usePostProcesses

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constructor

Creates a new instance PostProcess

Parameters

  • name: string

    The name of the PostProcess.

  • fragmentUrl: string

    The url of the fragment shader to be used.

  • parameters: Nullable<string[]>

    Array of the names of uniform non-sampler2D variables that will be passed to the shader.

  • samplers: Nullable<string[]>

    Array of the names of uniform sampler2D variables that will be passed to the shader.

  • options: number | PostProcessOptions

    The required width/height ratio to downsize to before computing the render pass. (Use 1.0 for full size)

  • camera: Nullable<Camera>

    The camera to apply the render pass to.

  • Optional samplingMode: number

    The sampling mode to be used when computing the pass. (default: 0)

  • Optional engine: Engine

    The engine which the post process will be applied. (default: current engine)

  • Optional reusable: boolean

    If the post process can be reused on the same frame. (default: false)

  • Optional defines: Nullable<string>

    String of defines that will be set when running the fragment shader. (default: null)

  • Optional textureType: number

    Type of textures used when performing the post process. (default: 0)

  • Optional vertexUrl: string

    The url of the vertex shader to be used. (default: "postprocess")

    • Optional indexParameters: any
    The index parameters to be used for babylons include syntax "#include[0..varyingCount]". (default: undefined) See usage in babylon.blurPostProcess.ts and kernelBlur.vertex.fx
  • Optional blockCompilation: boolean

    If the shader should not be compiled immediatly. (default: false)

  • Optional textureFormat: number

    Format of textures used when performing the post process. (default: TEXTUREFORMAT_RGBA)

  • Optional shaderLanguage: ShaderLanguage

    • Returns PostProcess

    Properties

    adaptScaleToCurrentViewportSearch playground for adaptScaleToCurrentViewport

    adaptScaleToCurrentViewport: boolean

    Modify the scale of the post process to be the same as the viewport (default: false)

    alphaConstantsSearch playground for alphaConstants

    alphaConstants: Color4

    Sets the setAlphaBlendConstants of the babylon engine

    alphaModeSearch playground for alphaMode

    alphaMode: number

    Type of alpha mode to use when performing the post process (default: Engine.ALPHA_DISABLE)

    alwaysForcePOTSearch playground for alwaysForcePOT

    alwaysForcePOT: boolean

    Force textures to be a power of two (default: false)

    animationsSearch playground for animations

    animations: Animation[]

    Animations to be used for the post processing

    autoClearSearch playground for autoClear

    autoClear: boolean

    If the buffer needs to be cleared before applying the post process. (default: true) Should be set to false if shader will overwrite all previous pixels.

    clearColorSearch playground for clearColor

    clearColor: Color4

    Clear color to use when screen clearing

    enablePixelPerfectModeSearch playground for enablePixelPerfectMode

    enablePixelPerfectMode: boolean

    Enable Pixel Perfect mode where texture is not scaled to be power of 2. Can only be used on a single postprocess or on the last one of a chain. (default: false)

    externalTextureSamplerBindingSearch playground for externalTextureSamplerBinding

    externalTextureSamplerBinding: boolean

    if externalTextureSamplerBinding is true, the "apply" method won't bind the textureSampler texture, it is expected to be done by the "outside" (by the onApplyObservable observer most probably). counter-productive in some cases because if the texture bound by "apply" is different from the currently texture bound, (the one set by the onApplyObservable observer, for eg) some internal structures (materialContext) will be dirtified, which may impact performances

    forceAutoClearInAlphaModeSearch playground for forceAutoClearInAlphaMode

    forceAutoClearInAlphaMode: boolean

    If clearing the buffer should be forced in autoClear mode, even when alpha mode is enabled (default: false). By default, the buffer will only be cleared if alpha mode is disabled (and autoClear is true).

    forceFullscreenViewportSearch playground for forceFullscreenViewport

    forceFullscreenViewport: boolean

    Force the postprocess to be applied without taking in account viewport

    heightSearch playground for height

    height: number

    Height of the texture to apply the post process on

    inspectableCustomPropertiesSearch playground for inspectableCustomProperties

    inspectableCustomProperties: IInspectable[]

    List of inspectable custom properties (used by the Inspector)

    see

    https://doc.babylonjs.com/toolsAndResources/inspector#extensibility

    nameSearch playground for name

    name: string

    Name of the PostProcess.

    nodeMaterialSourceSearch playground for nodeMaterialSource

    nodeMaterialSource: Nullable<NodeMaterial>

    Gets the node material used to create this postprocess (null if the postprocess was manually created)

    onActivateObservableSearch playground for onActivateObservable

    onActivateObservable: Observable<Camera>

    An event triggered when the postprocess is activated.

    onAfterRenderObservableSearch playground for onAfterRenderObservable

    onAfterRenderObservable: Observable<Effect>

    An event triggered after rendering the postprocess

    onApplyObservableSearch playground for onApplyObservable

    onApplyObservable: Observable<Effect>

    An event triggered when the postprocess applies its effect.

    onBeforeRenderObservableSearch playground for onBeforeRenderObservable

    onBeforeRenderObservable: Observable<Effect>

    An event triggered before rendering the postprocess

    onSizeChangedObservableSearch playground for onSizeChangedObservable

    onSizeChangedObservable: Observable<PostProcess>

    An event triggered when the postprocess changes its size.

    renderTargetSamplingModeSearch playground for renderTargetSamplingMode

    renderTargetSamplingMode: number

    Sampling mode used by the shader See https://doc.babylonjs.com/classes/3.1/texture

    scaleModeSearch playground for scaleMode

    scaleMode: number

    Scale mode for the post process (default: Engine.SCALEMODE_FLOOR)

    ValueTypeDescription
    1SCALEMODE_FLOORengine.scalemode_floor
    2SCALEMODE_NEARESTengine.scalemode_nearest
    3SCALEMODE_CEILINGengine.scalemode_ceiling

    uniqueIdSearch playground for uniqueId

    uniqueId: number

    Gets or sets the unique id of the post process

    widthSearch playground for width

    width: number

    Width of the texture to apply the post process on

    Accessors

    aspectRatio

    • get aspectRatio(): number

    • The aspect ratio of the output texture.

      Returns number

    inputTexture

    • The input texture for this post process and the output texture of the previous post process. When added to a pipeline the previous post process will render it's output into this texture and this texture will be used as textureSampler in the fragment shader of this post process.

      Returns RenderTargetWrapper

    • The input texture for this post process and the output texture of the previous post process. When added to a pipeline the previous post process will render it's output into this texture and this texture will be used as textureSampler in the fragment shader of this post process.

      Parameters

      Returns void

    isSupported

    • get isSupported(): boolean

    • If the post process is supported.

      Returns boolean

    onActivate

    • A function that is added to the onActivateObservable

      Parameters

      Returns void

    onAfterRender

    • set onAfterRender(callback: ((efect: Effect) => void)): void

    • A function that is added to the onAfterRenderObservable

      Parameters

      • callback: ((efect: Effect) => void)

      Returns void

    onApply

    • set onApply(callback: ((effect: Effect) => void)): void

    • A function that is added to the onApplyObservable

      Parameters

      • callback: ((effect: Effect) => void)

      Returns void

    onBeforeRender

    • set onBeforeRender(callback: ((effect: Effect) => void)): void

    • A function that is added to the onBeforeRenderObservable

      Parameters

      • callback: ((effect: Effect) => void)

      Returns void

    onSizeChanged

    • set onSizeChanged(callback: ((postProcess: PostProcess) => void)): void

    • A function that is added to the onSizeChangedObservable

      Parameters

      Returns void

    samples

    • get samples(): number
    • set samples(n: number): void

    • Number of sample textures (default: 1)

      Returns number

    • Number of sample textures (default: 1)

      Parameters

      • n: number

      Returns void

    texelSize

    Methods

    activateSearch playground for activate

    • Activates the post process by intializing the textures to be used when executed. Notifies onActivateObservable. When this post process is used in a pipeline, this is call will bind the input texture of this post process to the output of the previous.

      Parameters

      • camera: Nullable<Camera>

        The camera that will be used in the post process. This camera will be used when calling onActivateObservable.

      • Optional sourceTexture: Nullable<InternalTexture>

        The source texture to be inspected to get the width and height if not specified in the post process constructor. (default: null)

      • Optional forceDepthStencil: boolean

        If true, a depth and stencil buffer will be generated. (default: false)

      Returns RenderTargetWrapper

      The render target wrapper that was bound to be written to.

    applySearch playground for apply

    • Binds all textures and uniforms to the shader, this will be run on every pass.

      Returns Nullable<Effect>

      the effect corresponding to this post process. Null if not compiled or not ready.

    cloneSearch playground for clone

    • Clones this post process

      Returns Nullable<PostProcess>

      a new post process similar to this one

    disposeSearch playground for dispose

    • dispose(camera?: Camera): void

    • Disposes the post process.

      Parameters

      • Optional camera: Camera

        The camera to dispose the post process on.

      Returns void

    getCameraSearch playground for getCamera

    • Gets the camera which post process is applied to.

      Returns Camera

      The camera the post process is applied to.

    getClassNameSearch playground for getClassName

    • getClassName(): string

    • Gets a string identifying the name of the class

      Returns string

      "PostProcess" string

    getEffectSearch playground for getEffect

    • The effect that is created when initializing the post process.

      Returns Effect

      The created effect corresponding the the postprocess.

    getEffectNameSearch playground for getEffectName

    • getEffectName(): string

    • Returns the fragment url or shader name used in the post process.

      Returns string

      the fragment url or name in the shader store.

    getEngineSearch playground for getEngine

    • Gets the engine which this post process belongs to.

      Returns Engine

      The engine the post process was enabled with.

    isReadySearch playground for isReady

    • isReady(): boolean

    • Get a value indicating if the post-process is ready to be used

      Returns boolean

      true if the post-process is ready (shader is compiled)

    isReusableSearch playground for isReusable

    • isReusable(): boolean

    • The post process is reusable if it can be used multiple times within one frame.

      Returns boolean

      If the post process is reusable

    markTextureDirtySearch playground for markTextureDirty

    • markTextureDirty(): void

    • invalidate frameBuffer to hint the postprocess to create a depth buffer

      Returns void

    restoreDefaultInputTextureSearch playground for restoreDefaultInputTexture

    • restoreDefaultInputTexture(): void

    • Since inputTexture should always be defined, if we previously manually set inputTexture, the only way to unset it is to use this function to restore its internal state

      Returns void

    serializeSearch playground for serialize

    • serialize(): any

    • Serializes the post process to a JSON object

      Returns any

      the JSON object

    setPrePassRendererSearch playground for setPrePassRenderer

    • Sets the required values to the prepass renderer.

      Parameters

      Returns boolean

      true if the pre pass is needed.

    shareOutputWithSearch playground for shareOutputWith

    • To avoid multiple redundant textures for multiple post process, the output the output texture for this post process can be shared with another.

      Parameters

      • postProcess: PostProcess

        The post process to share the output with.

      Returns PostProcess

      This post process.

    updateEffect

    • updateEffect(defines?: Nullable<string>, uniforms?: Nullable<string[]>, samplers?: Nullable<string[]>, indexParameters?: any, onCompiled?: ((effect: Effect) => void), onError?: ((effect: Effect, errors: string) => void), vertexUrl?: string, fragmentUrl?: string): void

    Updates the effect with the current post process compile time values and recompiles the shader.

    Parameters

  • Optional defines: Nullable<string>

    Define statements that should be added at the beginning of the shader. (default: null)

  • Optional uniforms: Nullable<string[]>

    Set of uniform variables that will be passed to the shader. (default: null)

  • Optional samplers: Nullable<string[]>

    Set of Texture2D variables that will be passed to the shader. (default: null)

    • Optional indexParameters: any
    The index parameters to be used for babylons include syntax "#include[0..varyingCount]". (default: undefined) See usage in babylon.blurPostProcess.ts and kernelBlur.vertex.fx
  • Optional onCompiled: ((effect: Effect) => void)

    Called when the shader has been compiled.

  • Optional onError: ((effect: Effect, errors: string) => void)

    Called if there is an error when compiling a shader.

      • (effect: Effect, errors: string): void

      • Parameters

        Returns void

  • Optional vertexUrl: string

    The url of the vertex shader to be used (default: the one given at construction time)

  • Optional fragmentUrl: string

    The url of the fragment shader to be used (default: the one given at construction time)

    • Returns void

    useOwnOutputSearch playground for useOwnOutput

    • useOwnOutput(): void

    • Reverses the effect of calling shareOutputWith and returns the post process back to its original state. This should be called if the post process that shares output with this post process is disabled/disposed.

      Returns void

    Static ParseSearch playground for Parse

    • Creates a material from parsed material data

      Parameters

      • parsedPostProcess: any

        defines parsed post process data

      • scene: Scene

        defines the hosting scene

      • rootUrl: string

        defines the root URL to use to load textures

      Returns Nullable<PostProcess>

      a new post process

    Static RegisterShaderCodeProcessingSearch playground for RegisterShaderCodeProcessing

    • Registers a shader code processing with a post process name.

      Parameters

      • postProcessName: Nullable<string>

        name of the post process. Use null for the fallback shader code processing. This is the shader code processing that will be used in case no specific shader code processing has been associated to a post process name

      • Optional customShaderCodeProcessing: PostProcessCustomShaderCodeProcessing

        shader code processing to associate to the post process name

      Returns void

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