mapping

[Bernhard S]

Hello all!

 

material questions:

1. I'am not sure in what order one should place the mappings of a texture material if you have a diffuse map, a bump map and a specularity map and a glossiness map. should i use for a glossiness map the specularity channel?
2. Should i switch of all channels of the bump map, and set the strength to zero and only enter a value for the bump level?
3. if i have a material with a specularity map, is it still necessary to do something with the reflective finish settings in the main settings?
4. what means fresnel?

 

 

lighting question:

what is the difference between the reflected and refracted channel in the background setings?

 

thanks!

 

Bernhard

[Roy Hirshkowitz]

The easiest way might be to use the "Texture Set" material template instead of the Advanced template. If your texture sets come from a place like Arroway then the template may be able to recognize the various maps automatically.

Refracted background is seen through transparent objects.