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 – Specifies the diffuse color for the base layer.

Reflection –

Specifies the reflectivity of the base layer. The reflection color itself is the same as the

base Color.

Glossiness –

Specifies reflection glossiness for the base layer.

Bump Type – Specifies whether a bump map or a normal map effect

is added to the base material. 

Bump

 – Applies the map as a bump map.
Normal (Tangent)

 – Applies the map as a normal map in tangent space.
Normal (Object)

 – Applies the map as a normal map in object space.
Normal (Camera)

 – Applies the map as a normal map in screen/camera space.
Normal (World)

 – Applies the map as a normal map in world space.
From Bump

 – The map is applied as determined by map type itself.
Explicit Normal

 – Applies the map as an explicit normal.

Bump Strength

 – Controls the strength of the the bump/normal effect on the base layer.

Trace Base Reflection

 – Toggles reflections for the base layer

Specifies the strength of the coat reflections when the surface is viewed directly from the front.

Color

 – Specifies the color of the coat layer.

Glossiness –

Specifies the glossiness of the coat reflections.

Bump Type – Specifies whether a bump map or a normal map effect

is added to the base material. 

Bump

 – Applies the map as a bump map.
Normal (Tangent)

 – Applies the map as a normal map in tangent space.
Normal (Object)

 – Applies the map as a normal map in object space.
Normal (Camera)

 – Applies the map as a normal map in screen/camera space.
Normal (World)

 – Applies the map as a normal map in world space.
From Bump

 – The map is applied as determined by map type itself.
Explicit Normal

 – Applies the map as an explicit normal.

Bump Strength – Controls the strength of the the bump/normal effect on the coat layer.

Trace Coat Reflections – Toggles reflections for coat layer.

are traced for all layers of the Car Paint material.

Trace Depth – Specifies the number of times a ray can be reflected. Scenes with lots of reflective and refractive surfaces may require higher values to look correct. A value

of -1

 specifies this option is controlled by the

global Render Settings.

Subdivs – Determines the amount of samples for the glossy reflections of the different layers

.

Cutoff

 – Cutoff threshold for the reflections of the different layers.

Use Environment Override – Enables the use of the Environment Override color or texture.

Environment Override

 – A color or texture that is used as an environment for the material.

Environment Priority

 – Specifies the environment override priority when several materials override it along a ray path.

the Orientation

 parameter. Note how lower values produce flakes more aligned with the surface normal, so that light is reflected more uniformly. Higher values produce more random flakes leading to more variation in the flake illumination.

Example: The Flake Density Parameter

This set of images shows the effect of

the Density

 parameter. Note how larger values produce more flakes, but do not change the flake size.

Example: The Flake Scale Parameter

This set of images

demonstrates the effect of

the Scale

 parameter. Note how lower values scale the entire flake structure.

Example: The Filtering Mode Parameter

This example shows the effect of

the Filtering Mode

 parameter.

Example: Anti-aliasing Filters

Here is an example briefly demonstrating the effect of different anti-aliasing filters on the final result.

Note that rendering with a particular filter is not the same as rendering without a filter and then blurring the image in a post-processing program like Adobe Photoshop. Filters are applied on a sub-pixel level, over the individual sub-pixel samples. Therefore, applying the filter at render time produces a much more accurate and subtle result than applying it as a post effect.