.. index::
    single: contrast
    single: 0x52434f4e
    single: category; drawdb; shader; operation; contrast
    single: category; utility; color

_default - contrast (0x52434f4e)
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:classification:
    
    
    drawdb/shader/operation/contrast
    
    utility/color
    
    

:plugin:
    (built-in)

:id:
    0x52434f4e


:link:
    visit Autodesk Maya 2026 official reference `a link`_.

.. _a link: https://help.autodesk.com/cloudhelp/2026/ENU/Maya-Tech-Docs/Nodes/contrast.html



Attributes (24)
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            <tr>
                <th class="attr_name">Long name (short name)</th>
                <th class="attr_type">Type</th>
                <th class="attr_default">Value</th>
                <th class="attr_minmax">Min/Max</th>
                <th class="attr_flags">Flags</th>
            </tr>
            
            <tr>
                <th colspan="5">channel box</th>
            </tr>
            
                
    
            <tr class="parent indent0 dotted" data-attr-name="bias">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">bias (b)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">float3</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, out, storable</td>
            </tr>


    
                
    
            <tr class="child indent1 dotted" data-attr-name="biasX">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 4ex;"><span class="attr_label">biasX (bx)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">float</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">0.5</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">0/1</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, keyable, out, storable</td>
            </tr>


    
                
    
            <tr class="child indent1 dotted" data-attr-name="biasY">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 4ex;"><span class="attr_label">biasY (by)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">float</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">0.5</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">0/1</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, keyable, out, storable</td>
            </tr>


    
                
    
            <tr class="child indent1 last" data-attr-name="biasZ">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 4ex;"><span class="attr_label">biasZ (bz)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">float</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">0.5</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">0/1</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, keyable, out, storable</td>
            </tr>


    

            
                
    
            <tr class="parent indent0 dotted" data-attr-name="contrast">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">contrast (c)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">float3</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, out, storable</td>
            </tr>


    
                
    
            <tr class="child indent1 dotted" data-attr-name="contrastX">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 4ex;"><span class="attr_label">contrastX (cx)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">float</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">2</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, keyable, out, storable</td>
            </tr>


    
                
    
            <tr class="child indent1 dotted" data-attr-name="contrastY">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 4ex;"><span class="attr_label">contrastY (cy)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">float</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">2</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, keyable, out, storable</td>
            </tr>


    
                
    
            <tr class="child indent1 last" data-attr-name="contrastZ">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 4ex;"><span class="attr_label">contrastZ (cz)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">float</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">2</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, keyable, out, storable</td>
            </tr>


    

            
                
    
            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="renderPassMode">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">renderPassMode (arp)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">enum</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">1</div>
                    
                    <ul class="attr_enum_list">
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            Pass through (0)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item default">
                            Apply to Render Passes (1)
                            
                            <span class="enum_default">(default)</span>
                            
                        </li>
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            No Contribution (2)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            Write Shader Result to Beauty Passes (3)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                    </ul>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">0/3</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, keyable, out, storable</td>
            </tr>


            
                
    
            <tr class="parent indent0 dotted" data-attr-name="value">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">value (v)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">float3</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, out, storable</td>
            </tr>


    
                
    
            <tr class="child indent1 dotted" data-attr-name="valueX">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 4ex;"><span class="attr_label">valueX (vx)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">float</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, keyable, out, storable</td>
            </tr>


    
                
    
            <tr class="child indent1 dotted" data-attr-name="valueY">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 4ex;"><span class="attr_label">valueY (vy)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">float</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, keyable, out, storable</td>
            </tr>


    
                
    
            <tr class="child indent1 last" data-attr-name="valueZ">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 4ex;"><span class="attr_label">valueZ (vz)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">float</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, keyable, out, storable</td>
            </tr>


    

            
            
            
            <tr>
                <th colspan="5">external visible attributes</th>
            </tr>
            
                
    
            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="frozen">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">frozen (fzn)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">bool</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">0/1</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, out, storable</td>
            </tr>


            
                
    
            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="frozenAffected">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">frozenAffected (fza)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">bool</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">0/1</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, extension, out, storable</td>
            </tr>


            
                
    
            <tr class="parent indent0 dotted" data-attr-name="outValue">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">outValue (o)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">float3</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, out</td>
            </tr>


    
                
    
            <tr class="child indent1 dotted" data-attr-name="outValueX">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 4ex;"><span class="attr_label">outValueX (ox)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">float</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, out</td>
            </tr>


    
                
    
            <tr class="child indent1 dotted" data-attr-name="outValueY">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 4ex;"><span class="attr_label">outValueY (oy)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">float</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, out</td>
            </tr>


    
                
    
            <tr class="child indent1 last" data-attr-name="outValueZ">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 4ex;"><span class="attr_label">outValueZ (oz)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">float</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, out</td>
            </tr>


    

            
            
            
            <tr>
                <th colspan="5">external hidden attributes</th>
            </tr>
            
                
    
            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="isHistoricallyInteresting">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">isHistoricallyInteresting (ihi)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">byte</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">2</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">0/255</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, hidden, in, out, storable</td>
            </tr>


            
                
    
            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="message">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">message (msg)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">message</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, hidden, out</td>
            </tr>


            
            
            
            <tr>
                <th colspan="5">internal attributes</th>
            </tr>
            
                
    
            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="binMembership">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">binMembership (bnm)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">-</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">-</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">hidden, storable</td>
            </tr>


            
                
    
            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="caching">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">caching (cch)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">bool</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">0/1</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, out, storable</td>
            </tr>


            
                
    
            <tr class="indent0" data-attr-name="nodeState">
    

                <td class="attr_name" style="text-indent: 0ex;"><span class="attr_label">nodeState (nds)</span></td>
                <td class="attr_type">enum</td>
                <td class="attr_value">
                    <div class="attr_current">-</div>
                    
                    <ul class="attr_enum_list">
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            Normal (0)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            HasNoEffect (1)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            Blocking (2)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            Waiting-Normal (8)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            Waiting-HasNoEffect (9)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                        <li class="attr_enum_item">
                            Waiting-Blocking (10)
                            
                        </li>
                    
                    </ul>
                    
                    
                </td>
                <td class="attr_minmax">0/10</td>
                <td class="attr_flags">connectable, in, out, storable</td>
            </tr>


            
            
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