Material

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Copy/Paste

Supports to quickly copy and paste specified materials as needed.

1. Copy: Select the specified object and click the button to copy its material;
2. Copy ↑: Click the button to copy the material of the selected Material Editor;
3. Paste: Click to paste the copied material to the target object. This only works when certain material is copied with the Copy button.
4. Paste ↑: Click the button to paste the copied material to the target Material Editor;
5. Pick: Select the object that need to apply material, then click the Pick button and select a material from an object in the scene to reuse the material;
6. Pick ↑: Select the Editor that need to apply material, then click↑button and select a Material Editor to reuse the material;
7. Maps to projec.: Check to copy the maps of selected object to the maps folder where the current max is located;
8. With Uvw: Check to copy the Uvws of selected object and paste to target object;
9. Preview: Check to preview material effects;

Optimize V-Ray Material

Supports optimizing materials used for V-Ray rendering based on set parameters.

1. Sub.: Select and set to change the subdivision of target material to the set value;
2. Dep.: Select and set to change the depth of target material to the set value;
3. Optimize: Click to optimize the material of selected object according to the set value;
4. Optimize ↑: Click to optimize all materials in the scene according to the set value;
5. Affect reflect.: Check to have the optimization results affect reflection;
6. Affect refract.: Check to have the optimization results affect refraction;

Clamp V-Ray Material

Supports limiting the range of data flowing through the operator to a minimum and maximum.

1. Gloss.: Limit the range of gloss;
2. Sub.: Limit the range of subdivision;
3. Dep.: Limit the range of depth;
4. Clamp: Click to clamp the target material;
5. Clamp ↑: Click to clamp all materials;
6. Affect reflect.: Check to have the clamp results affect reflection;
7. Affect refract.: Check to have the clamp results affect refraction;

Simplify Material

Supports simplifying materials based on set parameters.

1. Diffuse map: Check to retain the diffuse map;
2. Opacity m.: Check to retain the opacity map;
3. Bump m.: Check to retain the bump map;
4. Refle.: Check to retain the reflection;
5. Refra.: Check to retain the refraction;

Material Editor

Supports quick setting of material editor and importing materials into material editor.

1. Std.: Click to refresh the current material editor and set the material sphere to the standard material;
2. →VR: Click to refresh the current material editor and set the material sphere to the V-Ray material;
3. →CR: Click to refresh the current material editor and set the material sphere to the Corona material;
4. Import: Click to import the material of the selected model into the material editor;
5. Import +: Click to import all the material spheres of the current scene into the material editor;
6. Pages: Supports page turning and viewing of imported material spheres;

Material Converting

Supports quick conversion of material types.

1. To Std.: Click to convert the select material to the standard material;
2. To Std. +: Click to convert all materials to the standard material;
3. To VR: Click to convert the select material to the V-Ray material;
4. To VR. +: Click to convert all materials to the V-Ray material;
5. To CR: Click to convert the select material to the Corona material;
6. To CR. +: Click to convert all materials to the Corona material;
7. To ACES: Click to convert the select material to the ACES material;
8. To ACES. +: Click to convert all materials to the ACES material;
9. To sRGB: Click to convert the select material to the sRBG material;
10. To sRBG. +: Click to convert all materials to the sRBG material;
11. To Std. Bitmap first: Check to convert to standard bitmap first;
12. To fit the renderer: Check to convert the material to fit specific render engine first;
13. + color map for solid color (ACES): Check to add a colored map to solid colors when performing ACES conversion;

Material Operation

Quickly apply various material operations.

1. Show Tex.: Display the map of the selected model;
2. Show Tex. +: Display all maps in the scene;
3. Hide Tex.: Hide the map of the selected model
4. Hide Tex. +: Hide all maps in the scene;
5. Cls Hilight.: Turn off the material highlight of the selected model;
6. Cls Hilight. +: Turn off all material highlights in the scene;
7. Cls Interp.: : Turn off the material interpolation of the selected model;
8. Cls Interp. +: Turn off all material interpolations in the scene;
9. Fresnel On : Turn on the material Fresnel of the selected model;
10. Fresnel On +: Turn on all material Fresnel in the scene;
11. Fresnel Off: Turn off the material Fresnel of the selected model
12. Fresnel Off +: Turn off all material Fresnel in the scene;
13. Rename: Rename the material with the same name that exists in the current scene;

Self-Illumination

Supports modifying the self-illumination intensity of the certain material of the selected object.

1. Standard: Modify the self-illumination intensity of the standard material of the selected model;
2. VRayMtl: Modify the self-illumination intensity of the V-Ray light material of the selected model;
3. CoronaM.: Modify the self-illumination intensity of the Corona light material of the selected model;
4. Apply: Click to apply self-illumination intensity to the specified object according to the previously modified parameters;

Random Material

Supports randomly assigning materials to the target model according to the set parameters.

1. Line.: Select to generate a linear random material, also supports for Random map;
2. Noline.: Select to generate non-linear, random materials, also supports for Random map;
3. Sel Map: Click to select a map in your PC and click Random map to apply the map;

Hue/Saturation/Brightness/Contrast

Supports adjusting the Hue/Saturation/Brightness/Contrast of the selected material by moving the slider.

1. + color map for solid color diffuse reflection: Check to add a color map for solid color diffuse reflection;
2. Clear: Click to clear all color correction operation;

Texture Editing

Supports various texture map editing;

1. Blur: Change the blur value of map;
2. Apply: Apply the blur value to the map of selected material;
3. Apply +: Apply the blur value to the map of all materials in the scene;
4. Filter: Select to toggle filtering mode between Pyramid and Area modes;
5. Apply: Apply the filtering mode to the map of selected material;
6. Apply +: Apply the filtering mode to the map of all materials in the scene;
7. Map UV: Map tiling according to the set U/V value;
8. Rotate: Apply map rotation according to the set Rotation value;
9. Gamma: Click to change the gamma value according to the set Gamma value to the map of selected material;
10. Gamma +: Click to change the gamma value according to the set Gamma value to the map of all materials in the scene;
11. RGB: Click to change the RGB value according to the set RGB value to the map of selected material;
12. RGB +: Click to change the RGB value according to the set RGB value to the map of all materials in the scene;
13. Output: Click to change the output value according to the set Output value to the map of selected material;
14. Output +: Click to change the output value according to the set Output value to the map of all materials in the scene;
15. Affect: Click to select whether the above settings only affect Diffuse reflection or All maps;
16. Also process procedural map: Check to process procedural maps simultaneously;

Bitmap Editing

1. Compress Bmap.: Click to compress the size of the selected map according to the set Size;
2. Compress. Bmap. +: Click to compress the size of all maps according to the set Size;
3. Comp. Files: Click to compress the size of the selected file according to the set Size;?
4. Convert: Click to convert the format of the selected map according to the set format;
5. Convert +: Click to convert the format of the all maps according to the set format;
6. Conv. Files: Click to convert the format of the selected file according to the set format;
7. Backup source files: Check to back up the target texture before apply any changes;

Quick PS

Supports apply quick PS processing of rendered images;

1. Collage: Click to collage multiple selected images to be one image;
2. PS Edit: Click to open the selected images in PS directly (please make sure you have Photoshop installed in your workstation);
3. PS Edit ↑: Click to merge multiple selected images into one PDF file;

4. Layering: Click to select the rendered image and a channel image to layer (cutout) the objects. CG MAGIC will automatically open the PSD file path when layering is finished;