For more information about Maya materials, see Surface, displacement, volumetric materials.

For more information about mental ray for Maya shaders, see mental ray for Maya custom shaders and mental ray for Maya nodes.

Use one of the following methods to create a material in Hypershade:

• Right-mouse button click in Hypershade, then select a material from the pop-up menu (Create > Materials).
• Select a material from the Create menu in the menu bar.
• From the Create Bar, middle-drag a material swatch into Hypershade.
• Select a material from the Create Render Node window.

To open the Create Render Node window

1. Do one of the following:
   • Click the map button next to an attribute in an Attribute Editor.
   • In Hypershade, select Create > Create Render Node.