Templates Rollout

You can also use templates as starting points for generating customized materials. Choose a template from the drop-down list; a description of the material then appears in the left-hand pane.

Interface

Appearance & Attributes

Matte Finish: Changes the material to an ideal Lambertian (diffuse) shading without affecting colors or maps.
Pearl Finish: Creates soft blurry reflections without affecting colors or maps.
Glossy Finish: Creates strong reflections without affecting colors or maps.

Finishes

Satin Varnished Wood: Satin-finish wood with light blurred reflections.
Glossy Varnished Wood: Gloss-finish wood with strong reflections slightly blurred.
Rough Concrete: Concrete finished with a brush or broom, giving a very rough appearance.
Polished Concrete: Polished concrete with slightly blurred glossy reflections.
Glazed Ceramic: Glazed ceramic with glossy reflections.
Glazed Ceramic Tiles: Glazed tiles and grout with glossy reflections.
Glossy Plastic: Plastic with glossy reflections.
Matte Plastic: Plastic with a matte, rough finish.
Masonry: Brick material with bumps and extremely soft reflectivity.
Rubber: Dark rubber with soft reflectivity.
Leather: Dark brown leather with soft reflectivity.

Transparent Materials

Glass (Thin Geometry): Glass for window panes modeled as single faces. Does not do any refraction.
Glass (Solid Geometry): Refracting glass for solid objects. Requires entry and exit surfaces with oriented normals.
Glass (Physical): Refracting glass for solid objects with attenuation of light inside volumes. For best results, requires caustics or segmented ray-traced shadows.
Frosted Glass (Physical): Frosted glass for solid objects with attenuation of light inside volumes. Interpolates blurred transparency for faster renderings.
Translucent Plastic Film, Light Blur: Translucent plastic modeled as single faces. Performs a light blur on transparency.
Translucent Plastic Film, Opalescent: Translucent plastic modeled as single faces. Performs a strong blur on transparency, wich opalescent effect.
Water, Reflective surface: Water surface for rivers, oceans, and so on. Captures reflections, but the water itself is not transparent.

Metals

Chrome: Highly reflective chrome surface.
Brushed Metal: Brushed metallic surface. The grain of the brushed finish is created by a noise map modulating the reflection.
Satined Metal: Satined metallic surface showing a uniform spread for the reflections.
Copper: Copper material.
Patterned Copper: Copper material with procedural brush patterns.

Advanced Tools

Enable Details Enhancement: Turns on ambient occlusion to enhance small details and create “connecting” shadows.
Disable Details Enhancement: Turns off ambient occlusion for the material.