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Mask Map

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

Material/Map Browser > M ask

Mask map applies labels to the fire extinguisher.

With the Mask map, you can view one material

through another on the surface. The mask controls

where a second map is applied to the sur face.

By default, lighter (w hiter) areas of the mask

are opaque, showing the map. Darker (blacker)

areas of the mask are transparent, showing the

underlying material. You can use Invert Mask to

reverse the mask’s effect.

Inter face

These are the controls for the Mask map:

Map—Selects or creates the map to be viewed

through the mask.

Mask—Selectsorcreatesthemaptouseasamask.

Inver t Mask —Inverts the effect of the mask.

Mix Map

Material Editor > Maps rollout > C lick a Map button. >

Material/Map Browser > Mix

Mix map blends skull and crossbones with the reflected scene.

With the Mix map, you can combine two colors or

materials on a single side of the surface. You can

also animate the Mix Amount parameter, and draw

map morphing (page 3–974) function curves to

controlhowthetwomapsareblendedovertime.

Viewports can display both maps in a mix map.

Formultiplemapdisplay,thedisplaydrivermust

be OpenGL (page 3–841) or Direct3D (page 3–844).

The software display dr iver (page 3–840) does not

support multiple map display.