DiffuseSSS

DiffuseSSS is a simplified subsurface scattering method where details of anything through the material (i.e. objects behind) will not be visible. However you can see light passing through the object. Glossy reflections are also visible on the surface of the material. The reflections are not affected by the material color but are defined by the incident light.

This component renders quicker than SubsurfaceScattering and should be used instead if you don't need to see objects through the material. This is useful for representing objects like grapes.

Diffuse Subsurface Scattering

Tint

Controls the color of the inside of the material. Light passing through will gradually be absorbed based on the Tint color. The thicker the object, the more light will be absorbed. A pure white tint means there will be no absorption, a pure black tint means all light is absorbed as soon as it enters the material. This must be a single color value, it cannot be a texture map or noise function.

Input: Color

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DistanceScale

This scale, in metres, controls the overall strength of the subsurface scattering and absorption effects. Reducing this parameter will strengthen the effects. On average, light passing through the material will undergo scattering and absorption each time it travels this distance through the material. Note that the useful range for the distance scale parameter is between one-tenth and ten times the size of the object the material is applied to. Setting a value outside of this range will make little or no difference to the material's appearance.

Range: 0.0 -