V-Ray Splat

This page contains information about the V-Ray Splat Texture.

Overview

The V-Ray Splat texture is a procedural texture that mimics a splatter effect similar to the way paint can splatter onto a surface. Both of its two color channels can be connected to texture maps.

Settings

Color 1 – Controls the color of the main surface.

Color 2 – Controls the color of the splatters.

Size – Controls the scale of the procedural texture produced. For more details, see the Size example below.

Iterations – Controls how many times the procedural repeats the process of creating splatters. For more details, see the Iterations example below.

Threshold – Determines how much of Color 1 is mixed with Color 2. At 0, only Color 1 is displayed; at 1, only Color 2 is displayed. For more details, see the Threshold example below.

Smoothing – Controls the sharpness of the splatters. Lower values make the splatters sharper, higher values make them more blurry. For more details, see the Smoothing example below.

Color Tweaks

Default Color – Specifies a color when there are no valid uvw coordinates.

Mult – Specifies a multiplier for the texture color.

Offset – Color corrects the texture by adding the RGB color values specified here to the RGB color values in the texture.

Invert – When enabled, the resulting texture color is inverted.

Alpha Tweaks

Source – Specifies the alpha source from Alpha, Color, and Opaque.

Use – Differentiates between textures exported from different applications. You can choose between Color Intensity (3ds Max) and Color Luminance (Maya).

Mult – Specifies a multiplier for the texture alpha.

Offset – Specifies an additional offset for the texture alpha.

Invert – When enabled, the resulting texture alpha is inverted, too. If disabled, just the color is inverted.

Placement

Placement Type – Specifies the way the valid portion of the texture is applied. The options are Full, Crop, and Place.

U/V – Specifies the U/V coordinates of the valid texture sector.

W – Specifies the width of the valid texture sector.

H – Specifies the height of the valid texture sector.

Jitter – Specifies the amount of random placement variation.

Tile U – When enabled, there is horizontal tiling.

Tile V – When enabled, there is vertical tiling.

UV Noise

Enabled – Enables the UV noise.

Amount – Specifies the UV noise amount.

Levels – Specifies the UV noise iterations.

Size – Specifies the UV noise size.

Animated – When enabled, the noise is animated.

Phase – Specifies the UV noise phase.

Mapping

Type – Specifies the mapping type.

UV Name – The name of the UV channel that is used.

Repeat U – Multiplier for U values.

Repeat V – Multiplier for V values.

Coverage U – U values are remapped to 1.0.

Coverage V – V values are remapped to 1.0.

Translate Frame U – Translates the frame in U direction after applying rotate_frame (and before wrap, coverage, clamp).

Translate Frame V – Translates the frame in V direction after applying rotate_frame (and before wrap, coverage, clamp).

Rotate Frame – Rotates the frame after applying UV noise.

Rotate UV – Rotates the UVs after mirroring.

Offset U – Offset added to U before mirroring (after wrap, coverage, clamp).

Offset V – Offset added to V before mirroring (after wrap, coverage, clamp).

Noise U – Noise magnitude multiplier in U direction.

Nose V – Noise magnitude multiplier in V direction.

Mirror U – When enabled, every other tile outside the [0;1] range is mirrored in U.

Mirror V – When enabled, every other tile outside the [0;1] range is mirrored in V.

Wrap U – When enabled, U values outside the [0;1] range wrap back to [0;1].

Wrap V – When enabled, V values outside the [0;1] range wrap back to [0;1].

Stagger – When enabled, tiles in the V direction add +0.5 to the U value for a 'staggering' effect.

Type – Specifies the type of projection mapping to use from the following:None

Planar
Spherical
Cylindrical
Ball
Cubic
Tri-Planar
Perspective

Projection Camera – Selects a camera.

Projection Camera (LOP) – Same as Projection Camera parameter but for use in the LOP context.

Fit Fill – Specifies how the projection is fitted.
Fit Fill – Fitted to fill the space.
Horizontal – Fitted horizontally.

Vertical – Fitted vertically.

Fit Type – Specifies the type of fitting to use:

None
Match Camera Film Gate
Match Camera Resolution

U / V Angle – Specifies the U / V mapping angle.

Film Gate W / H – Specifies the width / height of the film gate.

Hide Backface – Determines whether to project on back faces of polygons.

Hide Occluded – Determines whether to project on occluded points when using the Perspective Type.

Object Space – When enabled, the projection is applied in the object space of the currently shaded geometry.

Use Reference Points – Uses reference mesh/rest inputs for projection calculations.

Mapping Type – Specifies the type and shape of the texture from the following: Spherical, Angular, Cubic, Mirror Ball, Screen, Spherical (3ds Max), Cylindrical (3ds Max), Shrink Wrap (3ds Max), and Spherical (V-Ray).

Horizontal Flip – Flips the environment horizontally.

Vertical Flip – Flips the environment vertically.

Horizontal Rotation – Specifies the horizontal rotation (left and right).

Vertical Rotation – Specifies the vertical rotation (up and down).

Texture Rotation – Specifies the texture rotation.

Wrap U – If true, U values outside the [0;1] range wrap back to [0;1]. You can choose between the No Wrapping, Wrap and Mirror Tile options.

Wrap V – If true, V values outside the [0;1] range wrap back to [0;1]. You can choose between the No Wrapping, Wrap and Mirror Tile options.

Wrap X – If true, X values outside the [0;1] range wrap back to [0;1]. You can choose between the No Wrapping, Wrap and Mirror Tile options.

Crop U / V / W – Enables or disables cropping in the U / V / W direction.

DUVW Scale – Specifies an additional scale factor for the texture derivatives.

Ground – Enables ground projection of the texture.

Ground Radius – When Ground is enabled, this specifies the radius of the ground.