## RenderChannel.ChannelType

### Description

Returns one of the values from the siRenderChannelType enum representing the basic data type which the render channel will contain. The basic data type indicates how the data in the channel will be interpreted by Softimage and which image output formats will be available to the Framebuffer that derives from this channel.

### C# Syntax

    // get accessor
    siRenderChannelType rtn = RenderChannel.ChannelType;

### See Also

Framebuffer siRenderChannelType