Native Softimage Shader Families

This table lists the supported native Softimage shader families:

String to use for accessing or associating to ShaderDef objects	Description	Shader node color
mrContourContrast	mental ray Contour Contrast Shader
mrContourMat	mental ray Contour Material
mrContourStore	mental ray Contour Store Shader
mrData	mental ray Data Blob
mrEnvironment	mental ray Environment Shader (environment phenomenon in a material or camera)
mrGeometry	mental ray Geometry Shader (geometry phenomenon)
mrLens	mental ray Lens Shader (lens phenomenon in a camera)
mrLight	mental ray Light Shader (light phenomenon)
mrLightmap	mental ray Lightmap Shader
mrOutput	mental ray Output Shader (output phenomenon in a camera)
mrPhenomenonMat	mental ray Material Phenomenon
mrPhotonLight	mental ray Photon Light Shader (photon emitter phenomenon in a light)
mrPhotonMat	mental ray Photon Material Shader (photon phenomenon in a material)
mrPhotonVolume	mental ray Photon Volume Shader (photon phenomenon in a material or camera)
mrShadowMat	mental ray Shadow Material Shader (shadow phenomenon in a material)
mrState	mental ray State Shader
mrSurfaceMat	mental ray Surface Material Shader (material phenomenon in a material)
mrTexture	mental ray Texture Shader (texture phenomenon)
mrVolume	mental ray Volume Shader (volume phenomenon in a material or camera)
xgsRealTimeShader	Realtime Shader

Note

For information about the shader library from the user's perspective and more information about how shader families are represented types in the render tree, see the user guide.

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