8

Raytrace Maps Rollout 1365
When you load old 3ds Max files or bring earlier
materials from the Browser into the Materials
Editor, the s pinner values for Opacity, Specular
Level, Glossiness, and Self-illumination are altered,
where necessary, to maintain the equivalent
material effect.
Pr ocedur es
To assign a map:
1.
Click a map button.
Amodal
Material/Map Browser (page 2–1256)
is displayed.
2. Use the Browse From buttons to choose where
you want to look.
If you choose Material Library and the dialog’s
displayareaisblank,youneedtoopenalibrary
file. Click the Open button and then choose
the library to browse.
3. Use the display buttons to choose how you view
maps.
• View List shows each m ap by name.
• View List + Icons shows a small preview and
each map’s name.
• View Small Icons shows a small preview for
each map.
• View Large I cons shows a large preview for
each map, along with the map’s name.
Tip: You can resize the Browser dialog to
increasethesizeofthedisplayarea.Thisis
especially useful when you view large icons.
4. Double-click the map you want.
To us e the same map for dif fer ent par ameter s:
1.
In the Maps rollout, use a map button to assign
amap.
TheMaterialEditorisnowatthemaplevel,and
displays controls for the map parameters.
2. ClickGoToParenttoreturntothe
materiallevel,andthenopentheMapsrollout.
3. Drag the assigned map button to another map
button.
The
Copy (Instance) Map dialog (page 2–1295)
is displayed.
4. Choose Copy or Instance, and then click OK.
If you choose Swap, the Material Editor swaps
the two button assignments.
To view the parent material’s parameters:
• If you are currently at the map level in the
Material Editor, click Go To Parent.
The parameters for the map’s parent material
are displayed. Also, the Show End Result and
Go to P arent buttons become unavailable.
To view a map’s parameters:
• Ifyouarecurrentlyatthemateriallevelin
the Material Editor, click the button that
corresponds to the map.
The parameters for the map are displayed. Also,
the
Show End Result (page 2–1290) and Go to
Parent (page 2–1290)
buttons become available.
In the Basic Parameters rollout, if a map
has been assigned to a color component or
parameter, the corresponding button displays a
letter M. In the Maps rollout, i f a map has been
assigned, the corresponding button displays
the m ap name.
To view a map’s location:
• Click Material/Map Navigator to view the
Navigator.
The
Material/Map Navigator (page 2–1291)
displaysthehierarchyofthecurrentmaterial,
which contains the map.