manual/render/eevee/render_settings/sampling.rst

@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ Shadow Rays Count
 Shadow Steps Count
    Amount of shadow map sample per shadow ray.
 
+.. _bpy.types.SceneEEVEE.volumetric_shadow:
+
 Volumetric Shadows
    Approximate light absorption of the surrounding volume objects. This makes the volumes more opaque to light.
    This is a very computationally expensive option and has limitations.

manual/render/eevee/render_settings/shadows.rst

@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-.. _bpy.types.SceneEEVEE.shadow:
-
-*******
-Shadows
-*******
-
-These settings influence shadows which appear on objects because there is another object (the occluder)
-between them and a Light.
-
-.. reference::
-
-   :Panel:     :menuselection:`Render --> Shadows`
-
-Pool Size
-   Size of the shadow pool, a bigger pool size allows for more shadows in the scene, but might not
-   fit into GPU memory.
-
-Rays
-   Amount of shadow rays to trace for each light.
-
-Steps
-   Amount of shadow map sample per shadow ray.
-
-Normal Bias
-   Move along their normal.

manual/render/eevee/render_settings/volumes.rst

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ Volumetrics
 EEVEE simulates volumetric scattering by evaluating all volume objects inside the view frustum.
 
 To achieve this, EEVEE uses several 3D textures which have a high video memory usage.
-The texture dimensions can be tweaked using the *Tile Size* and *Samples* parameters.
+The texture dimensions can be tweaked using the *Resolution* and *Steps* parameters.
 
 Object volumes have some :ref:`limitations <eevee-limitations-volumetrics>`.
 
@@ -15,50 +15,34 @@ Object volumes have some :ref:`limitations <eevee-limitations-volumetrics>`.
 
    :Panel:     :menuselection:`Properties --> Render --> Volumetrics`
 
-Start
+Resolution
-   Start distance of the volumetric effect.
+   Controls the quality of the volumetric effects. Lower resolution increases video memory usage and quality.
 
-End
+Steps
-   End distance of the volumetric effect.
+   Number of steps to compute volumetric effects. Higher count increases video memory usage and quality.
-
-Tile Size
-   Controls the quality of the volumetric effects. Lower size increases video memory usage and quality.
-   This is the size in pixels of a volumetric cell.
-
-Samples
-   Number of samples to compute volumetric effects. Higher count increases video memory usage and quality.
    These samples are distributed along the view depth (view Z axis).
 
 Distribution
    Blend between linear and exponential sample distribution. Higher values puts more samples near the camera.
 
 Max Depth
-   Maximum surface intersection count used by accurate volume intersection method. Will create
+   Maximum surface intersection count used by accurate volume intersection method.
-   artifacts if it is exceeded.
+   Will create artifacts if it is exceeded.
 
 
-.. _bpy.types.SceneEEVEE.volumetric_light:
+Custom Range
+============
 
-Volumetric Lighting
+When working with volumes objects, EEVEE automatically compute the best depth range where to compute
-===================
+the volume sampling and lighting.
+In certain situation, this isn't enough and produces sub-optimal sampling which increases noise.
+This is particularly the case when using a volume shader inside the *World* or when working with large of volume objects.
+The custom depth range can be enabled to restrict the computation of volumes to a certain range along the camera depth and thus increase precision.
 
-Let the volume scattering scatter light in the scene.
+Start
-Unnecessary if no Volume Scatter is present in the scene.
+   Start distance of the volumetric effect.
 
-Light Clamping
+End
-   Clamp light contribution of the volume scattering effect. Reduces flickering and noise.
+   End distance of the volumetric effect.
-   Set to 0.0 to disable clamping.
-
-
-.. _bpy.types.SceneEEVEE.volumetric_shadow:
-
-Volumetric Shadows
-==================
-
-Approximate light absorption of the surrounding volume objects. This makes the volumes more opaque to light.
-This is a very computationally expensive option and has limitations.
-
-Samples
-   Number of samples to compute volumetric shadowing.
 
 .. seealso:: :ref:`Limitations <eevee-limitations-volumetrics>`.