Map Editor dialog box

Used to edit the settings for pattern maps and bump maps that are applied to surfaces during rendering. Opens when you click the Pattern Map or Bump Map icons in the Material Editor dialog box, or when you click the Map Editor icon in the Dynamically Adjust Map tool's settings. The various sections of this dialog box can be collapsed or expanded as required.

Map editor for pattern map (left) and for bump map (right).

Map

Lets you switch between maps.

• Pattern
— Lets you edit the settings for the pattern map.

• Bump
— Lets you edit the settings for the bump map.

Clear Map icon

Lets you clear the pattern or bump map.

State

Lets you turn off maps without losing their settings, and link the bump map to the pattern map.

• On
— Turns on the pattern or bump map, with the previously defined settings.

• Off
— Turns off the pattern or bump mapping, whilst retaining the current settings.

• Link to pattern
— Lets you link a bump map to the pattern map. That is, the image used for the pattern map also is used for the bump map.

Map type option button

Lets you select the type of file to be used for the map.

• Image
— Lets you select an image file, using the Open Image File icon to the right of the option menu and the text field. The name of the selected image file appears in the text field. Hovering the pointer over the name field will display the full path name of the image file in a tool tip.

• Gradient
— Lets you select a gradient as a material map. A second option button on the right lets you choose a Linear or Radial gradient.

With the image section expanded, clicking the color key buttons below the gradient display sample, opens the Gradient Color Chooser dialog box, which lets you select the colors for the gradient. Clicking on the gradient strip lets you place further color keys to control the gradient. Up to 50 color keys can be assigned to a gradient. See Gradient maps for information on creating gradients.

• Procedure
— Lets you select a procedural texture from an option button menu on the right. Hovering the pointer over the procedure option button will display the full path name of the procedural file in a tool tip.

With the image section expanded, custom settings for the selected procedural texture appear below the option buttons.