Basic Surface EditorCharles Van Steyn•The surface editor has many different options and at first glance can appear overwhelming.•Once the functions of the different options are revealed the application of the options become much easier to work with.The Surface editor is located near the top left of the screen. In this tutorial I will start with color and go down the list ending with smoothing.Clicking on the gray box across from color will bring up the color box displayed above and there a basic color may be selected.Default LuminosityDiffusionLuminosity will make your surface brighter and somewhat emit light. Diffusion will scatter the light and soften it.Specularity creates a shine on the surface. as you can see the one on the left is set to 33% where as the one on the right is set to 100%.The glossiness cannot be changed unless there is at least some specularity applied to the surface. The difference here changes how large the spot of shine will be.as you can see the reflection changes the surface to do just that .Transparency RefractionWhen transparency is applied it allows you to see objects behind the surface you are changing. the refraction option can only be changed when the transparency is applied. it will warp the way you see the objects you see in the background.No Translucency High TranslucencyBoth of these renders are the same all except for one difference, the translucency on the lampshade on the right is cranked way up while the one on the left is at zero.No Bump Map 200% Bump Map2000% Bump[ Mapbump mapping is a simple way to get nice texturing on a surface. A texture must be applied to the bump mapping option for it to work.No Smoothing SmoothingLastly smoothing can be located at the bottom. There is a box there that when checked will apply smoothing to your surface where polygons connect.Thanks for viewing my tutorial.I hope you have fun editing your
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