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1544 Chapter 16: Material Editor, Materials, and Maps

The subsurface scattering materials, suppor ted

by a shader library from mental images, can

model skin and similar organic materials.

Note: When you wire the parameters of an object

with a mental ray material assig ned, names of

material parameters might differ from those in the

Material Editor interface. Also, parameters not

supported by 3ds Max mig ht appear as blanks in

the wiring menu.

menta l r ay M at er ia l

Material Editor > Type button > M aterial/Map Browser

>mentalray

Note: The mental ray material appears in the Browser only

if the mental ray renderer is the currently active renderer.

The mental ray material lets you create a material

exclusively for use by the mental ray renderer

(page 3–78). A mental ray material consists, at the

top level, of from one to 10 kinds of shaders, or

shading components.

Impor tant: You must assign a shader to the material’s

Surface component. Otherwise, t he mental ray material

will not be visible when you render.

Inter face

Theinterfacetothementalraymaterialconsists

of two rollouts:

• Material Shaders Rollout (mental ray Material)

(page 2–1544)

• Advanced Shaders Rollout (mental ray Material)

(page 2–1548)

Ma ter ia l S ha der s R oll out (ment al

ray Material)

Material Editor > Type button > Material/Map Browser >

mental ray > Material Shaders rollout

Note: The mental ray material appears in the Browser only

if the mental ray renderer is t he currently active renderer.

The mental ray material lets you create a material

exclusively for use by the mental ray renderer (page

3–78). The Materia l Shaders rollout provides

controls for the main kinds of component shaders

you are likely to assign.

Impor tant: You must assign a shader to the material’s

Surface component. Other wise, the mental ray material

will not be visible when you render.