Forum: Carrara


Subject: Shader management

ren_mem opened this issue on Feb 03, 2006 ยท 27 posts


sailor_ed posted Sun, 05 February 2006 at 10:00 PM

You are right, the Layers List will not generate the entire list by itself. Here is what you have to do:

Start with an object with several shading domains. Like I guess your poser figure is. Go to its default shader in the shader room.

1.From the top shader drop down select Complex Shader>Layers list.

  1. In the left hand pane, at the bottom of the shader is a large +. Click on it.
  2. It will make a new shader. From this new shaders drop down list select Parametric Mapping.
  3. In the right hand pane there should be 2 shaders listed, the original and the new one titled Parametric Mapping. From the Apply to drop down list select the shading domain it will be applied to. (The drop down should list all the available domains)
  4. Repeat 2-4 until you have used up all the available domains.

You now have an empty layers list shader for your object. Filling the layers with previously saved shaders should not be too hard. Import them all into your file and select them in the usual way in the shader room.

Message edited on: 02/05/2006 22:04