---
title: SCNShadowMode.deferred
framework: scenekit
role: symbol
role_heading: Case
path: scenekit/scnshadowmode/deferred
---

# SCNShadowMode.deferred

SceneKit renders shadows in a postprocessing pass.

## Declaration

```swift
case deferred
```

## Discussion

Discussion In the mode, SceneKit blends shadows into the final image after the main rendering pass, so shadows can be of any color.

## See Also

### Constants

- [SCNShadowMode.forward](scenekit/scnshadowmode/forward.md)
- [SCNShadowMode.modulated](scenekit/scnshadowmode/modulated.md)