# Clarification with SceneDepth Visualization

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**Category:** AI\
**Tags:** unreal-engine, question\
**Created:** [November 13, 2015, 1:43am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/clarification-with-scenedepth-visualization/338315 "2015-11-13T01:43:27Z")\
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Hey zhtet,

I believe our documentation on Depth expressions will help explain some of your questions in regards to Scene Depth. Keep in mind, only translucent materials can utilize scene depth.

**Depth Expressions - Scene Depth**

> **[Depth Material Expressions](https://docs.unrealengine.com/5.1/en-US/depth-material-expressions-in-unreal-engine/)**
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> Material expressions that deal with depth of the pixel being rendered.

If you have further questions after taking a look at this documentation, let me know and I will do my best to provide you with an in ‘depth’ answer.

To answer your second question simply, yes. However, this does require a source build of the engine. What you can do is submit a pull request via GitHub. In order to get set up for this process follow the links and documentation below.

**GitHub Setup**

> **[A new, community-hosted Unreal Engine Wiki](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/a-new-community-hosted-unreal-engine-wiki/141494)**
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**Getting Started: Engine Sources References**

> **[Getting Started: Engine Source References](https://forums.unrealengine.com/showthread.php?12464-Getting-Started-Engine-Source-References)**
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> Here are a few helpful links to documentaion, videos, and tutorials to help you get started with Engine Source & GitHub in Unreal Engine 4. DOCUMENTATION: - \[Programming Guide\](https://docs.unrealengine.com/latest/INT/Programming/index.html) ...

Let me know if you have further questions.

Cheers,

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