Surfaces Tab

glennblackphotos

hi is there a tutorial or explanation anywhere for the surface tab so I can learn what all the options do?

I kind of get the feeling I could get better results if I knew what things did in detail.

thanks.

mikael-aronsson

It depends on the shader (and renderer), each shaders has it's own parameters, if you use IRAY there is some documentation on the standard shader at http://docs.daz3d.com/doku.php/public/software/dazstudio/4/referenceguide/interface/panes/surfaces/shaders/iray_uber_shader/start

If you buy shaders there is usually documentation included with them as a pdf.

If you use 3DL there is some information here http://docs.daz3d.com/doku.php/public/software/dazstudio/4/userguide/chapters/textures_surfaces_and_materials/start

Even if yoiu don't use 3DL it does explain what ambient/diffuse/specular parameters are and how they work, to some extent that is valid for IRAY also.

The best way to figure it out might be to create a simple geometry (sphere, box, cylinder), setup some light and play around with different surface parameters and see what they do.

 

glennblackphotos

mikael-aronsson said:

It depends on the shader (and renderer), each shaders has it's own parameters, if you use IRAY there is some documentation on the standard shader at http://docs.daz3d.com/doku.php/public/software/dazstudio/4/referenceguide/interface/panes/surfaces/shaders/iray_uber_shader/start

If you buy shaders there is usually documentation included with them as a pdf.

If you use 3DL there is some information here http://docs.daz3d.com/doku.php/public/software/dazstudio/4/userguide/chapters/textures_surfaces_and_materials/start

Even if yoiu don't use 3DL it does explain what ambient/diffuse/specular parameters are and how they work, to some extent that is valid for IRAY also.

The best way to figure it out might be to create a simple geometry (sphere, box, cylinder), setup some light and play around with different surface parameters and see what they do.

 

Many thanks