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Can I fade in transparency of a material based on distance to camera when the object is part of an array of objects? It seems that they only use the original object's location attributes. However when I apply modifiers the material still won't attenuate based on ray depth? enter image description here

I am trying to fly through the array objects, but I want to fade them in gently as I go so that they don't 'pop' into view.

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Use the camera data node and a color ramp to control the transparency.

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Note that you might need to increase the transparency bounce settings for the Light Paths to prevent artifacts.

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Or you might want to try controlling the transparency through the Ray length on the Light Path:

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