Create a Stingray Physically Based Shader

You can create and assign a physically based shader that respects the laws of physics and energy conservation. The Stingray PBS (physically based shader) node lets you balance diffusion/reflection and microsurface detail/reflectivity using roughness, normal, and metallic maps.

To create a Stingray Physically Based Shader

1. Do any of the following:
   • Right-click an object and select Assign New Material, then select Stingray PBS from the Assign New Material window.
   • Open the Hypershade window, then select Stingray PBS from the Maya category, Surface subcategory.

     (To assign the Stingray PBS to an object, you can middle-drag the material from the Hypershade to the object in your scene, just as you would any other Maya shader.)

You can then do the following:

• Connect input texture maps to your shader.

  By default, the Stingray PBS node accepts inputs for maps such as Color, Emissive and Metallic. If you only need to connect texture maps to your shader node, see Connect maps to a Stingray Physically Based Shader.

• Build your shader network in the ShaderFX editor window, using ShaderFX nodes.

  If you want to customize the shader graph for your StingrayPBS node, you can build this graph using the ShaderFX editor window and the available ShaderFX nodes. See Build a Stingray Physically Based Shader using the ShaderFX editor.

  For reference information on Stingray ShaderFX node attributes, see Stingray Shader Node Reference.

• Create a shading network in the Hypershade by connecting the Stingray PBS node with other Maya render nodes.

Related topics

• About ShaderFX nodes
• Work with ShaderFX nodes
• ShaderFX introductory sample workflow
• Export a Stingray Physically Based Shader