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1678 Chapter 16: Material Editor, Materials, and Maps

Size—

Sets the size of the mar ble pattern. Change

this to change the scale of marble, relative to the

object’s geometry. Default=50.

Leve ls —Sets the number of times the tu r bulence

algorithm is applied. Can range from 1.0 to 10.0.

The higher the value, the more complicated the

marble pattern. Default=8.0.

Color 1 and Color 2 groups

The controls in these groups are iden tical. They

determine the two main colors of the marble.

Co lor swatch—Click to display the Color Selector

(page 1–161).andchangethecolor.

Map—Click to assign a map instead of a solid color.

The check box turns the map on or off.

Saturation—Controls the saturation of the color in

the map, without altering the color displayed i n

the color swatch. Lower values darken the color,

and higher values lighten it. Range=1 to 100;

Default=85 for Color 1, 70 for Color 2.

Swap—Click to swap Color 1 and Color 2.

Planet Map

Material Editor > Maps rollou t > Click a Map button. >

Material/Map Browser > Planet

Planet map used to create another world

Planet is a 3D map that uses fractal math to

simulate the colors on the surfaces of a planet.

You can control the size of continents, percent of

ocean coverage, and so on. This map is meant to

be used as a diffuse map. It does not work well as

abumpmap.

Tip: TheMaterialEditor’ssampleslotdoesn’tshow

the planet effect very clearly. To help get the effect

you want, double-click the sample slot to get a

larger sample slot, or assign the map to geometry

and render the scene. Another w ay to preview the

planet map is to use the Material Edit or Options

dialog (page 2–1436) to set the 3D Map Sample

Scale to equal a main dimension of the object you

are applying the map to. For example, if you want

to u se the planet map on a sphere with a radius of

20, change the map scale from 100 (the default)

to 20.