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Luminance
A luminescent object can be seen even when there are no lights in the scene. It is self-illuminated.
Texture, Mix Mode, Mix Strength
For details on these settings, look up ‘texture settings’ in the index.
You can use the three dots button to load an image that is to act as a luminance map. The brighter
a pixel in the luminance map, the more luminescent the corresponding region of the material. If
you have chosen a Luminance Color and loaded a texture (luminance map) as well, the color will be
added at 100% strength to the texture. If you want to see the result without the chosen color, set
Mix Strength to 0%.
Luminescent materials are used to help simulate objects that seem to be self-illuminated in the real
world, such as the windows of an ofce block at night, neon writing or a TV screen.