Overview

Rim Lighting simulates light reflection at sharp angles, meaning that it enhances visualization of silhouette shapes, separating surface (making it more visible) from the background.

CRYENGINE supports this feature in the skin shader and it is also texture based, meaning that we are able to mask-out which pixels you want with rim. The Hair shader also supports this feature.

Notes

• Rim color comes from diffuse color and light diffuse color.
• You can mask out rim highlights, by setting the gloss map on the alpha channel of diffuse texture.
• Check HumanSkin Shader for description on rim lighting paramters.

Rim lighting from left, and then from right

Without and with rim lighting