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What does the "specular shader" included with many Mousso characters do?

LaPartitaLaPartita Posts: 411
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A whole bunch of Mousso's G8 characters have a "specular shader" included, but there's no explaination of what this is or why we should/should not use it. Can anyone help clarify?

 

A few examples:

https://www.daz3d.com/nylyssa-for-genesis-3-and-8-female

https://www.daz3d.com/ysabel-hd-for-zelara-8

https://www.daz3d.com/marnie-hd-for-genesis-8-female

https://www.daz3d.com/ekaterina-for-genesis-8-female

 

Comments

  • MelissaGTMelissaGT Posts: 2,611
    edited August 2022

    Specularity is another word for gloss/shine. 

    Post edited by MelissaGT on
  • LaPartitaLaPartita Posts: 411

    so the specular shader makes the characters shinier?

  • PendraiaPendraia Posts: 3,598

    It controls the way the figure reacts to the lighting and is viewpoint dependent.

    Prior to having shader systems in DS it was reliant on baked in highlights. A specular shader controls how the mesh reacts to the lighting and will change from the direction you view it.

  • Sven DullahSven Dullah Posts: 7,621
    edited August 2022

    ...another misuse of the word shader, should be specular shader preset...unless it truly is a new and innovative MDL shader that handles specular highlights differently than the IRayUber shader...

    Post edited by Sven Dullah on
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