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Chapter 10: Controlling Appearance with Materials

Understanding Appearance

RGB Colors

Shading

Figure 10.1
Comparing a shaded sphere with an unshaded one.

Figure 10.2
Your headlight, like a miner's headlight.

Glowing Effects

Figure 10.3
Comparing shading of a lightbulb when turned off versus turned on.

Transparency

Understanding Material Animation

HSV Colors

Animating Colors

The Shape Node Syntax

The Appearance Node Syntax

The Material Node Syntax

The ColorInterpolator Node Syntax

The ScalarInterpolator Node Syntax

Experimenting with Appearances and Materials

Using Appearance and Material

Figure 10.4
A bright red sphere.

Specifying the Appearance and Material of Multiple Shapes

Figure 10.5
A simple, multicolored space station.

Animating Color

Figure 10.6
A multicolored space station where the center sphere animates from red, to green, to blue, and back to red.

Making Shapes Glow

Figure 10.7
A lightbult, turned on.

Making Shapes Blink

Figure 10.8
A blinking sphere.

Using Multiple Color Interpolators

Figure 10.9
Three blinking spheres.

Making Shapes Transparent

Figure 10.10
A simple space station with a half-transparent central sphere.

Animating Transparency

Figure 10.11
A simple space station with animating transparency for the central sphere.

Controlling Animation Using Scalar Interpolation

Figure 10.12
A cube that bounces forward and back as an interpolator remaps time.

Summary

Chapter 10: Controlling Appearance with Materials

Table Of Contents

Chapter 10: Controlling Appearance with Materials

Understanding Appearance

RGB Colors

Shading

Figure 10.1 Comparing a shaded sphere with an unshaded one.

Figure 10.2 Your headlight, like a miner's headlight.

Glowing Effects

Figure 10.3 Comparing shading of a lightbulb when turned off versus turned on.

Transparency

Understanding Material Animation

HSV Colors

Animating Colors

The Shape Node Syntax

The Appearance Node Syntax

The Material Node Syntax

The ColorInterpolator Node Syntax

The ScalarInterpolator Node Syntax

Experimenting with Appearances and Materials

Using Appearance and Material

Figure 10.4 A bright red sphere.

Specifying the Appearance and Material of Multiple Shapes

Figure 10.5 A simple, multicolored space station.

Animating Color

Figure 10.6 A multicolored space station where the center sphere animates from red, to green, to blue, and back to red.

Making Shapes Glow

Figure 10.7 A lightbult, turned on.

Making Shapes Blink

Figure 10.8 A blinking sphere.

Using Multiple Color Interpolators

Figure 10.9 Three blinking spheres.

Making Shapes Transparent

Figure 10.10 A simple space station with a half-transparent central sphere.

Animating Transparency

Figure 10.11 A simple space station with animating transparency for the central sphere.

Controlling Animation Using Scalar Interpolation

Figure 10.12 A cube that bounces forward and back as an interpolator remaps time.

Summary

Figure 10.1
Comparing a shaded sphere with an unshaded one.

Figure 10.2
Your headlight, like a miner's headlight.

Figure 10.3
Comparing shading of a lightbulb when turned off versus turned on.

Figure 10.4
A bright red sphere.

Figure 10.5
A simple, multicolored space station.

Figure 10.6
A multicolored space station where the center sphere animates from red, to green, to blue, and back to red.

Figure 10.7
A lightbult, turned on.

Figure 10.8
A blinking sphere.

Figure 10.9
Three blinking spheres.

Figure 10.10
A simple space station with a half-transparent central sphere.

Figure 10.11
A simple space station with animating transparency for the central sphere.

Figure 10.12
A cube that bounces forward and back as an interpolator remaps time.