-----Materials Overview-----

Working with Materials

There are five types of materials in OctaneRender currently.

1. Diffuse — Used for dull, non-reflecting materials or mesh emitters
2. Glossy — Used for shiny materials such as plastics or metals
3. Specular — Used for transparent materials such as glass and water
4. Mix — Used to mix any two material types
5. Portal — Used to designate openings in scenes to allow the render kernel to better sample light from those areas

The materials can be accessed by right-clicking in the Nodegraph editor and navigating to the Materials category.

 

Methods for selecting materials in a scene

Select the material in the Outliner

Select the Mesh Node and then locate the material in the Node Inspector

Use the Material Picker and select the material in the Render Viewport.