📄 threejs/Addons/Postprocessing/RenderPixelatedPass

File: RenderPixelatedPass.md | Updated: 11/15/2025


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RenderPixelatedPass

A special type of render pass that produces a pixelated beauty pass.

Code Example

const renderPixelatedPass = new RenderPixelatedPass( 6, scene, camera );
composer.addPass( renderPixelatedPass );

Import

RenderPixelatedPass is an addon, and must be imported explicitly, see Installation#Addons.

import { RenderPixelatedPass } from 'three/addons/postprocessing/RenderPixelatedPass.js';

Constructor

new RenderPixelatedPass( pixelSize : number, scene : Scene, camera : Camera, options : Object )

Constructs a new render pixelated pass.

pixelSize | The effect's pixel size.
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scene | The scene to render.
camera | The camera.
options | The pass options.

Properties

.camera : Camera

The camera.

.depthEdgeStrength : number

The normal edge strength.

Default is 0.4.

.normalEdgeStrength : number

The normal edge strength.

Default is 0.3.

.pixelSize : number

The effect's pixel size.

.pixelatedMaterial : ShaderMaterial

The pixelated material.

.scene : Scene

The scene to render.

Methods

.dispose()

Frees the GPU-related resources allocated by this instance. Call this method whenever the pass is no longer used in your app.

Overrides: Pass#dispose

.render( renderer : WebGLRenderer, writeBuffer : WebGLRenderTarget, readBuffer : WebGLRenderTarget, deltaTime : number, maskActive : boolean )

Performs the pixelation pass.

renderer | The renderer.
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writeBuffer | The write buffer. This buffer is intended as the rendering destination for the pass.
readBuffer | The read buffer. The pass can access the result from the previous pass from this buffer.
deltaTime | The delta time in seconds.
maskActive | Whether masking is active or not.

Overrides: Pass#render

.setPixelSize( pixelSize : number )

Sets the effect's pixel size.

pixelSize | The pixel size to set.
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.setSize( width : number, height : number )

Sets the size of the pass.

width | The width to set.
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height | The height to set.

Overrides: Pass#setSize

Source

examples/jsm/postprocessing/RenderPixelatedPass.js