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1424 Chapter 16: Material Editor, Materials, and Maps

Ma pping Channel—

Shows the

map channel (page

3–1060)

this texture uses.

Light Map group

B utton—Showsthenameofthelightingmap.

Toggl e—When on, shaded viewports display the

lighting map. When off, it is not displayed.

If both the B ase Texture and Light Map toggles are

off, the material appears black in viewpor ts.

Ma pping Channel—Shows the map channel this

texture uses.

M etal B ump S hader R oll out

Material Editor > Viewport M anag er rollout > Cho ose

LightMap from the drop-down list. > Metal Bump Shader

rollout appears.

When you have chosen Metal Bump as the

DirectX

viewport shader (page 2–1308)

,thisrollout

appears. The Met a l Bump shader can display

avarietyof

texture-baked maps (page 3–139)

including normal maps for an embossed effect. It

is good for displaying shiny surfaces.

Note: In order to use the Metal Bump shader, you

must have 3ds Max configured to use the Direct3D

graphics driver. To change the graphics driver

configuration, ref er to the

Viewport Preferences

(page 3–874)

topic.

The Metal Bump shader’s results are alway visible

in viewports, regardless of the object type.

Wa rn in g : The Metal Bump shader lets you adjust

settings to get various effects in shaded viewports.

These settings will not necessarily apply when you

display the texture-baked objec t on other Direct3D

devices.