2D Layer

This topic describes how 2D layers are working in Smode. If you are starting with 2D compositing in Smode, you may probably want to check this overview video tutorial first:
Basically, a 2D Layer works by generating an image, modifying it and then rendering it. Here are the involved elements to perform this:

• 2D Generator The part of a 2D layer that generates the image Read More : The generator represents a source of images. Many different types of generator exist: still images, videos, live video feeds, shaders generating an image in real-time...
• 2D Modifier Modify a 2D image Read More : A 2D layer contains a chain of modifiers that are applied to the image of the Generator. A wide number of 2D modifiers are provided ranging from simple colorimetry operations to advanced stylization effects.
• 2D TextureMask Define a 2D Mask applicable on any 2D Renderer or 2D Modifier Read More : Any 2D modifier in Smode can be modulated with 2D masks that define for every pixel the level of application of this modifier. Masks enable numerous applications from traditional transparency-masking to advanced modulation of stylisation and distortion effects.
• 2D Renderer Allow to actually display a 2D Layer Read More : Once the image is modified, it gets rendered by its 2D Renderer Allow to actually display a 2D Layer Read More . By default there is one such renderer, but it's very easy to turn it into a Group 2D Renderer Allow multiple 2D Renderer for a single 2D Layer Read More to get the layer displayed multiple times (without nearly any additional cost). Each renderer has an opacity and a blending mode and it is possible to add local 2D Modifier Modify a 2D image Read More on renderers.

The following picture illustrates how the different components constituting a 2D layer operate together:


Here is a little composition made from a lot of 2D layers (images, videos, sprite-sheets) that runs on Smode in real time: