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1490 Chapter 16: Material Editor, Materials, and Maps

See also

For funct ionalit y shared with other 3D maps, see

the following topic:

Coordinates Rollout (3D) (page 2–1472)

Inter face

Size—Changes the scale of the smoke "clumps."

Default=40.

# I terations—Sets the number of t imes the fractal

function is applied. The higher the value, the

more detail within the smoke, but the longer the

calculation time. Default=5.

Phase—Shifts the turbulence within the smoke

pattern. Animate this parameter to animate the

movement of the sm oke. Default=0.0.

Exponent—Makes color #2, representing the

smoke, sharper and more wispy. As t his value

increases, the smoke "tendrils" become smaller

within the pattern. Default=1.5.

Swap—Exchanges the colors.

Co lor #1— Represents the smokeless port ion of the

effect.

Co lor # 2—Represents the smoke.

Because this map is usually used as an opacit y

map, you c an adjust the luminance of the color

values to alter the contrast of the smoke effect.

• Click a color swatch to change the color. Usually

you only need to do this to adjust luminance.

• Click a map button to assign a map instead of a

solid color. Turn on the check bo x to activate

the map.

Speck le Map

Material Editor > Maps rollout > Click a Map button. >

Material/Map Browser > Speckle

Speckle map used for rock s

Speckle is a 3D map that generates a speckled

surface pattern that’s useful for

diffuse mapping

(page 2–1339)

and

bump mapping (page 2–1347)

to create granite-like and other patterned surfaces.