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Basic Parameters Rollout (Standard Material)

The Basic Parameters rollouts for Standard materials contain controls that let you set the color of your material, the shininess, the transparency, and so on, and specify maps to use for the various components of the material.

  • Material Editor > Standard Material > Basic Parameters rollout for the shader you've chosen

Example: The Basic Parameters rollout for the Anisotropic shader.

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Basic Parameters rollouts vary depending on which shader is chosen.

The Basic Parameters rollout changes depending on which kind of shader you choose in the Shader Basic Parameters.

Note: The Strauss shader’s Basic Parameters rollout is simpler than those for other shaders. See Strauss Shader for a description.

Component Controls

The first part of the Basic Parameters rollout contains controls for overall material components. They are described in the following topics:

Highlight Controls

The second part of the Basic Parameters rollout contains controls for specular highlights, which in some ways are the greatest difference between the various shaders. See these topics for a description:

For information on highlights with the Strauss shader, see Strauss Shader.

Translucency Controls

For the Translucent shader, an additional group on the Basic Parameters rollout contains controls for translucency.

Shortcut Map Buttons

The small buttons to the right of the color swatches and numeric controls open the Material/Map Browser, where you can select a map for that component. These buttons are shortcuts: You can also use the corresponding buttons on the Maps rollout. If you have assigned a map to one of these color components, the button displays the letter M. An uppercase M means that the corresponding map is assigned and active. A lowercase m means that the map is assigned but inactive (turned off).

Topics in this section
  • Color Controls
    Color controls set the colors for different color components. You can set the color by clicking the color swatch to display the Color Selector.
  • Self-Illumination Setting
    These controls make the material self illuminated. Self-illumination creates the illusion of incandescence by replacing shadows on the surface with the diffuse color. As you increase self-illumination, the self-illumination color takes over from the ambient color. At a setting of 100, the material shows no shaded areas, although it can show specular highlights.
  • Opacity
    Opacity controls whether a material is opaque, transparent, or translucent. (A more physically accurate way to generate translucency is to use the Translucent shader.)
  • Diffuse Level
    Diffuse Level controls the brightness of the material's diffuse component.
  • Roughness
    Roughness controls the rate at which the diffuse component blends into the ambient component.
  • Translucency Setting
    The translucency controls are available for the Translucent shader.
Parent topic: Standard Material

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