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This page provides information about the Texture nodes in V-Ray for Cinema 4D.

Overview

V-Ray Node Space offers a number of nodes and node categories. Some of the nodes are texture nodes, used as utility or surface maps.

V-Ray Node space is available in Cinema 4D versions 21.1 and later!

V-Ray Texture Nodes are not interchangeable or compatible with the V-Ray (Classic) Textures.

Nodes

V-Ray Node Textures have several categories - Color, Context, Material Generator, and Math. See the table for links and descriptions of each node.

Color

Node	Description
Bump to Glossiness	Converts a normal or bump map into a glossiness map.
Color	Assigns a flat color.
Color Channel	Extracts only one color channel out of a given texture.
Color Correction	Applies various color corrections to a Bitmap node.
Color Range	Remaps textures from an old range to a new range of values.
Color to Float	Converts a color or texture into a floating point value.
Combine Color	Multiplies a texture with a color.
Combine Float	Multiplies a texture with a float value.
Compose Color	Composes a color output from the basic channels of a color.
Float to Color	Converts the input scalar texture to a grayscale color.
Invert	Inverts the texture colors.
Invert Float	Outputs the inverted result of a float input texture.
Layered	Stacks multiple textures on top of each other in order to mix their output.
Luminance	Wraps a color texture and outputs its luminance.
Mask	Adds a mask to a texture.
Mix	Blends between two colors or textures.
MultiSubTex	Distributes multiple textures to many objects.
Normal Map	Reads a normal map from a file.
OCIO	Applies OpenColorIO (OCIO) color transformations to textures to manage their look.
Random	Generates a random float or color value based on an input seed value.
Ray Switch	Gives a material a different color or texture when it is viewed through shadows, GI, reflections, and refractions.
Remap	Remaps different types of values.
RGB to HSV	Converts a color from an RGB color model to an HSV color model.
TriPlanar	Allows quick assignment of Bitmaps and other 2D textures on objects that don't have suitable UV coordinates.
UVW to Color	Converts UVW coordinates, provided by a Context node, to color.

Context

Node	Description
Color to UVW	Adjusts the pattern of various maps according to the UVW of other maps.
UVW Channel	Specifies which UV channel from the loaded Bitmap node is read.
UVW Object	Changes the object's UV position, scale, sheer, and rotation.
UVW Place 2D	Adjusts the placement, rotation, and repetition of 2D material generator nodes.
UVW Projection	Controls the UVW placement of the Bitmap node.
UVW Randomizer	Applies random offset, rotation, and scale to texture nodes assigned to a single object with different Face IDs or different objects.
UVW Transform	Adjusts a Bitmap Node in position, rotation, scale, and sheer.

Math

Node	Description
Color Arithmetic	Performs an arithmetic operation between two colors/textures.
Condition	Compares two float values.
Float Arithmetic	Performs mathematical operations on float values.
Vector Product	Performs multiplication operations on two vectors.

Material Generator

Node	Description
Bitmap	Loads image files into the scene.
Cellular	Creates a procedural effect that mimics closely packed cells.
Checker	Generates a procedural checkerboard texture.
Curvature	Samples the underlying mesh for curves and creates a grayscale model of it.
Dirt	Simulates a variety of effects: for example, dirt around the crevices of an object, or produces an ambient occlusion pass.
Distance	Returns a different color based on a point's distance to objects specified in a selection list.
Edges	Outlines all the edges of the geometry, achieving an effect similar to the Lines shading in the viewport.
Falloff	Produces a gradient texture based on the angular falloff of the surface of the geometry
Fresnel	Blends two colors or maps based on the angle of view and an Index of Refraction.
Grid	Generates a procedural grid pattern using custom colors.
Hair Sampler	Provides extra output options, which can be used when shading hair.
Maxon Noise	A V-Ray implementation of the Noise texture found natively in Cinema 4D.
Noise Max	Generates a procedural noise texture.
Particle Sampler	Reads the attributes of the particle system and outputs the data to a material node.
Ramp	Creates different types of gradients.
Sampler Info	Provides information about the scene, with the choice to show any of various aspects as color blocks.
Smoke	Generate a procedural texture that gives a smoke-like effect.
Softbox	Can be used in a V-Ray light to create the illumination coming from a Soft Box light source.
Splat	Creates a procedural effect that mimics a splatter, similar to the way paint can splatter onto a surface.
Stucco	Creates a procedural effect that produces a surface similar to an uneven, almost dented stucco surface.
TexOSL	Loads Open Shading Language OSL shader code files (.osl) or OSL object code files (.oso).
Tiles	Generates a versatile procedural tile texture.
User Color	Reads user-defined object properties from the current material and converts them to a color value.
User Integer	Reads and returns a single integer value from the currently shaded object as a result.
User Scalar	Reads and returns a single number value of the currently shaded object as a result.
Vertex Color	Allows you to use vertex color mapping with a mesh.

How to Create Node Textures

For Cinema 4D version R25 and later

Make sure V-Ray is your Renderer. This is done through Render Settings > Renderer.

Go to the Material Manager and from Create > Materials, select New Node Material.

Alternatively, go to V-Ray > V-Ray Node Materials and select a V-Ray surface material from the list. If the Separate menu for V-Ray materials option in the Preferences is disabled, go to Create > V-Ray > V-Ray Node Materials.

The Node editor opens and you can now work with all available V-Ray nodes.

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For Cinema 4D up to version S24

First, make sure you work in the V-Ray Node Space. You can select it from the drop-down menu of the Node Space option.

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Then, go to the Create menu > Materials and select New Node Material option.

New Material node is created. When double-clicked on it, the Node Editor is opened. Now you can work within the Node Editor by creating and adjusting V-Ray nodes.

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