VFX Pass Generator - Beeble Documentation

VFX Pass Generator

VFX Pass Generator uses our foundation model, SwitchLight 3.0, to convert your footage into VFX-ready assets by generating:

PBR Maps: Normal, Base color, Metallic, Roughness, Specular for relighting
Alpha: foreground matte for background replacement
Depth Map: For compositing and 3D integration

Your image or video becomes a rotoscoped, relightable 2.5D asset, ready for use in 3D Relight, Blender, Unreal or other 3D tools for further VFX work.

Beeble Studio (Desktop) processes your footage locally on your machine, no upload to the cloud.

Key Features

PBR, Alpha & Depth Pass Generation

4K Resolution, up to 1 hour

Process up to 4K resolution and one-hour videos locally on your GPU.

Image Sequence Support

Upload image sequence for professional workflow. Export VFX passes as image sequence.

16-bit EXR Support

Full 16-bit EXR input and output support for professional VFX workflows.

Unlimited Local Rendering

Files never leave your machine. No cloud credits used. Perfect for confidential or proprietary material.

Nuke, Blender & Unreal Engine Plugin

Direct integration plugins for seamless VFX pass import into Nuke, Blender, and Unreal Engine workflows.

Available VFX Passes

Pass	Description
Alpha	Clean background removal and matte extraction
Depth	Normalized depth map for compositing
Normal	Surface normal map for realistic relighting
Base Color	Diffuse color without lighting information
Roughness	Surface roughness for material properties
Specular	Specular highlights and reflections
Metallic	Metallic surface properties

Specifications

These specifications are for Beeble Studio (Desktop). For cloud processing, see Beeble (Cloud).

Import Format

Image Sequence
Image
Video

	Beeble Studio (Desktop app)
File Format	EXR, PNG, JPG, JPEG
Resolution	Up to 4K (4096 px)
Max Frames	Up to 100,000 frames
Color	sRGB, Linear sRGB, ACEScg (Linear)
Alpha	If Source Alpha option is enabled , the provided alpha in your frame will be used as the final VFX Pass

Output Format

Beeble Studio provides three output formats:

EXR: 16-bit multi-layer EXR files, with each frame containing all passes.
PNG: 8-bit PNG sequences for each VFX pass.
MP4: 8-bit MP4 files for each VFX pass.

Map	Color Channels (Layer.Channel)	Bit Depth	Color Space	Note
Source	Source.red, Source.green, Source.blue	16-bit float	Linear
Alpha	Alpha.red	16-bit float	Linear	0.0–1.0 matte
Normal	Normal.red, Normal.green, Normal.blue	16-bit float	Linear	Object space / OpenGL normal map
BaseColor	Basecolor.red, Basecolor.green, Basecolor.blue	16-bit float	Linear	Note: ‘Basecolor’ uses lowercase ‘c’
Roughness	Roughness.red	16-bit float	Linear	White = Rough surface
Specular	Specular.red	16-bit float	Linear
Metallic	Metallic.red	16-bit float	Linear	White = Metallic surface
Depth	Depth.red	16-bit float	Linear	Normalize depth to [0, 1] within the foreground range

Good vs. Bad Footage

Even though our AI models generate VFX passes from your footage—like depth, normals, or lighting layers—we don’t “invent” details. The quality of the output depends entirely on the input. Make sure your footage contains enough visual detail by following these examples.

✅ Good Footage

Footage should be ready for compositing with:

Includes clear subjects – such as people or objects
Strong separation between subject and background
High-quality – sharp focus, high bitrate, and detailed visuals
Soft, even lighting – avoid harsh shadows or blown highlights
Correct white balance and proper exposure

❌ Bad Footage

Avoid footage with these problems:

No visible subject, or subject is too small in frame
Grayscale footage – color is required
Poor quality – low bitrate, blurry, noisy, or out of focus
Improper exposure – overexposed, underexposed, or extreme contrast
Too much camera movement – shaky or unstable footage is hard to work with