Specular Highlight Controls

The topics in this section describe the various controls for different kinds of Standard material highlights.

Topics in this section

Anisotropic Highlights
Anisotropic highlights are good for modeling hair, glass, or brushed metal.
Blinn, Oren-Nayar-Blinn, and Phong Highlights
The Blinn, Oren-Nayar-Blinn, and Phong shaders all have circular highlights and share the same highlight controls. Blinn and Oren-Nayar-Blinn highlights are somewhat softer and rounder than Phong highlights.
Metal Highlights
Metal-shaded materials generate their own specular color. Also, the highlight curve for the Metal shader differs in shape from the curve for Blinn Oren-Nayar-Blinn, and Phong highlights.
Multi-Layer Highlights
Multi-layer highlights consist of two layers, each of them anisotropic. The highlights are transparent to each other. Where they overlap, the Multi-Layer shader blends their colors.
Translucent Highlights
Like the Blinn shader, the Translucent shader has circular highlights.

Parent topic: Basic Parameters Rollout (Standard Material)