How do iray shaders work please

Toobis

Am considering getting some to add to a garment of daz clothing but I really don't get how he process works. Can someone give me the raw basics of applying an iray shader to something like an item of clothing? Pics would been preferable I learn way easier with pic examespecially.

Richard Haseltine

To apply a Shader preset, select the item itself and the surface(s) you want to affect - either using the list in the Editor tab of the Surfaces pane or using the Surface Selection tool - and double click the preset.

Taoz

Here's a screenshot where I've applied an orange color shader preset to a particular surface on both the suit and the heels of the shoes at the same time. Mix and match as you like.

 

kenshaw011267

One important thing to know about applying shaders, if you want to maintain the texture and just change the color use a ctrl-click to apply the shader and choose ignore instead of replace for images in the resulting dialog.

Toobis

What is the actual default location of the shader files once installed please in order to put them on the figure? what do you actually select first off to actually find the shaders to put on?

kenshaw011267

There are two directories that contain shaders, generally, /shaders and /shader presets. IME all of the shaders I've bought install to shader presets.

AllenArt

Toobis said:

What is the actual default location of the shader files once installed please in order to put them on the figure? what do you actually select first off to actually find the shaders to put on?

For shaders installed for a particular figure/character, for Genesis 3 they are under Genesis 3 male or female/Character/Character Name OR Genesis 3 male or female/Materials. For Genesis 8 they are almost all under Genesis 8 male or female/Character/Character Name. All human figures but Vicky and Mike 4 and previous are inside the folder "People".

Laurie

Toobis

Thx guys :)