Category: mental ray > Materials

Shader Family: Surface Material

Output: Color

In the real world, objects can receive light on their back side: a paper held up to a light, a lamp shade, light bulbs, frosted or stained glass, sun-dappled tree leaves, etc. This shader models this effect, letting light that originates behind a surface bleed through to the front. Lume_Translucent_Material_Lambertian implements a built-in Lambertian shading, instead of the shading model being driven by an illumination shader of your choice as with the Translucency shader. You can also pick which lights in the scene will contribute to the effect.