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Lightscape Materials Utility 575
Inter face
Selected Object group
Displays the name of the currently selec ted object.
Ifnoobjectsareselected,displaysNoneSelected.
If more than one object is selected, displays
Multiple Selected.
Add to All—Click to add a Lightscape material to
all materials used by all objects in the scene.
An object’s previous material, if any, b ecomes the
Lightscape material’s base material. If a material
is already using a Lightscape material, it remains
unchanged.
You set the new Lig htscape material’s values in the
Radiosity Mapping group, described below.
Add to S elected—Clicking to add a Lightscape
material to all materials used by the current
selection.
Anobject’spreviousmaterial,ifany,becomesthe
Lightscape material’s base material. If a material
is a lready using a Lightscape material, it remains
unchanged.
You set the new Lig htscape material’s values in the
Radiosity Mapping group, described below.
Remove from All—Click to remove the Lig htscape
material from all materials used by all objects in
the scene.
Each material’s base material becomes the
top-level material. If a material is not using a
Lightscape material, it remains unchanged.
Remove from Selected—Click to remove the
Lightscape material from all materials used by the
current selection.
Each material’s base material becomes the
top-level material. If a material is not using a
Lightscape material, it remains unchanged.
These parameters are used only when you add the
Lightscape materials. They set the initial va lues of
the new Lightscape material.
Radiosit y Ma ppin g group
Br ightness—Cont rols the brightness of t he
displayed image on your monitor. The setting
of this control does not affect the actual lighting
levels in the model. Default=50.0.
Co ntrast—Controls the contrast between light and
dark regions in the model. Default=50.0.
Ambient Light—Cont rols the amount of 3ds Max
ambient light that will be mixed in with the
radiosity calculations. If the value is 0.0, none of
the 3ds Max ambient lig ht is used. If the value is