Maxwell V3 has introduced the concept of material Typesmaterial Material Assistants, which use a reduced set of intuitive parameters that greatly simplify and speed up the material creation process. Material Types Assistants are SHOP nodes which can be found under Maxwell Render / Types Material Assistants in the TAB menu of the SHOP network.
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- AGS: special transparent material useful for speeding up interior renders - see the Architectural Glass Solution (AGS) page for details.
- Car paint: for creating multilayered paints such as metallic car paint.
- Hair: useful for hair, fur.
- Metal: all kinds of metals.
- Opaque: any kind of opaque diffuse or shiny materials such as solid plastics, shiny wooden floors, concrete etc.
- Translucent: all transparent and semi transparent materials which are translucent - plastics, marble, milk.
- Transparent: all transparent glass and plastic materials which are not translucent - ie, they do not have sub surface scattering.
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These simplified Types materials do nothing more than simplify the UI of material creation, adjusting behind the scenes several parameters in the advanced editor - there is no difference in render quality between using Types Material Assistants or custom materials created from scratch using the advanced editor. |
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