Shout3D™ 2.5 - Demo Tour

2D on top of 3D.

Shout3D PostRenderEffect nodes enable you to process each rendered frame as a 2D image. The possibilities are endless, but perhaps the most common use is to superimpose 2D text or graphics on top of the 3D scene.

As you pass your cursor over the animated objects in the scene, you'll bring up 2D text labels identifying each object. This demonstrates not only the PostRenderEffect, but also the use of Shout3D's Picker. The Picker here passes an imaginary ray from your cursor into the 3D scene and determines what objects the ray intersects. On the basis of that information, the PostRenderEffect generates the correct 2D label.