User Guide

428 Chapter 12: Methods

Parameters

newShaderName

Required. Specifies the name of the new shader. The name of the new shader

must be unique in the shader list.

shaderType Required. A symbol that determines the style in which the shader is applied. Valid

values include the following:

• #standard shaders are photorealistic, and have the following properties: ambient, blend,

blendConstant, blendConstantList, blendFunction, blendFunctionList, blendSource,

blendSourceList, diffuse, diffuseLightMap, emissive, flat, glossMap, ilk, name,

region, renderStyle, silhouettes, specular, specularLightMap, texture,

textureMode, textureModeList, textureRepeat, textureRepeatList,

textureTransform, textureTransformList, transparent, useDiffuseWithTexture,

wrapTransform, and wrapTransformList.

• #painter shaders are smoothed out, have the appearance of a painting, and have the following

properties in addition to all of the

#standard properties: colorSteps, hilightPercentage,

hilightStrength, name, shadowPercentage, shadowStrength, and style.

• #engraver shaders are lined, have the appearance of an engraving, and have the following

properties in addition to all of the #standard properties:

brightness, density, name,

and

rotation.

• #newsprint shaders are in a simulated dot style, have the appearance of a newspaper

reproduction, and have the following properties in addition to all of the #standard properties:

brightness, density, and name.

Example

This statement creates a #painter shader called newPainter:

newPainter = member("3D World").newShader("newPainter",#painter)