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1486 Chapter 16: Material Editor, Materials, and Maps
1. Specular color
2. Diffuse color
3. Ambient color
Pr ocedur es
To change a color component:
1.
Click the color swatch next to the color
componen t you want to change.
The Material Editor displays a Color Selector
(page 1–161).
Right-clicking the color swatch also displays
the Color Selector.
2. Use t he Color Selector to change the values of
the color component.
As you change color values, the color
componentalsochangesinthesampleslot.
To copy one color component to a nother:
1.
Drag the color swatch of the color you wan t
to copy to the color swatch of the other color
component.
A Copy or Swap Colors dialog (page 2–1452) is
displayed.
2. Click Copy to replace the second color swatch
with the color you dragged. Click Swap to swap
the two color components.
To l ock t wo color components:
1.
Click the lock button between Ambient
and Diffuse or between Diff use and Specular.
The Material Editor displays an alert that
asks whether you want to lock the two color
components.
2. Click Yes.
The color above replaces the color below. In
other words, Ambient replaces Diffuse and
Diffus e replaces Specular.
If two colors are locked, and you lock the other
two, all three component colors are replaced
by the active color.
While two colors are locked, adjustments to
one color component affect the other as well.
To unlock two color components:
• Click the lock button to turn it off.
Thetwocolorsremainthesameuntilyou
change one of them, or both.
Interfa ce
Ambient—Controls the ambient color (page 3–908).
The ambient color is the color in shadow (indirect
light).
Diffuse—Controls the diffuse color (page 3–929) .
The diffuse color is the color in direct light.
Specular—Controls the specular color (page
3–1014). The specular color is the color of the
highlight on a shiny object. You can con trol
the size and shape of high lights in the Specular
Highlights group, described below.