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The type of data that the AOV will contain. Available output formats are:
Float
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A single quantity. Useful for opacity (”alpha”) or depth (”Z”) information.
Color
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A 3-component color.
Vector
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A 3D point or vector. This will help differentiate the data from a color in further processing.
Quad
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A sequence of 4 values, where the fourth value is not an alpha channel.