What are clear coat highlights?
When an object such as a car is painted, the paint job is finished with a clear coat, a transparent protective coating applied
on top of a colored base coat that creates a shiny and reflective surface. The clear coat has the effect of creating a secondary
sharp highlight on the surface. Turn on clear coat highlights to produce this effect and make your materials look extra shiny
with two specular highlights.
Clear Coat Highlight parameters
Tip
To view the parameters for a particular material, select an object with that material and press Ctrl+M.
- Show clear coat highlights for this material
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Check this box to show clear coat highlights.
- Color
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Adjusts the color of the clear coat highlights. For details on how to use these controls, see: Change colors.
- Highlight size
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Controls the size of shiny highlights or hotspots on the surface. This value is also called eccentricity. Enter any numeric
value.
- Highlight transition
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Modulates or scales the intensity of the clear coat highlight. This value is also called specular rolloff. Enter any numeric
value.
- Environment light effect
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Adjusts the effect that the environment light has on the material. That is, the brightness of the clear coat hotspots. Move
the slider from dimmer to brighter, or enter any numeric value.
