Surfaces

The surface shader defines the light interaction at the surface of the mesh. One or more BSDF’s specify if incoming light is reflected back, refracted into the mesh, or absorbed.

Излучение определяет, сколько света испустится с поверхности, что позволяет любую поверхность превратить в источник света.

Терминология

BSDF

Stands for Bidirectional Scattering Distribution Function. It defines how light is reflected and refracted at a surface.

Отражение

BSDFs reflect an incoming ray on the same side of the surface.

Передача

BSDFs transmit an incoming ray through the surface, leaving on the other side.

Преломление

BSDFs are a type of Transmission, transmitting an incoming ray and changing its direction as it exits on the other side of the surface.

Параметры BSDF

A major difference from non-physically-based renderers is that direct light reflection from lights and indirect light reflection of other surfaces are not decoupled, but rather handled using a single BSDF. This limits the possibilities a bit, but we believe overall it is helpful in creating consistent-looking renders with fewer parameters to tune.

Шероховатость

For the glossy BSDFs, the roughness parameter controls the sharpness of the reflection, from 0.0 (perfectly sharp) to 1.0 (very soft).