Change properties of materials

Now that you have set the basic rendering parameters for the car model, you can start changing the properties of materials to get different rendering results. By changing just a few properties you can get a completely different look and feel of your model.

In this final step of the tutorial you change the properties of the MainBody_x1 material to:

• Change the ambient color
• Create two tone paint effect

Before you start making changes, you can make a copy of your project so that you can easily return to the initial state.

To make a copy of the project select File > Save Project As... and select the new name and location for the project.

Change the ambient color

When you want to change the base color of a material, adjust the Ambient Color color properties of that material. By changing the Ambient Color color properties of a material, you set the color of that material as it is when lights are not present.

To change the ambient color:

1. In the Library select Materials and Textures > Materials > MainBody_x1.
2. To clearly see the effect of the changes you are making, in the Properties set:
   • Light property for Diffuse Color, Emissive Color, and Specular Color to 0
   • Ambient Color properties:
     • Light to 127
     • Saturation to 255
3. Now adjust the Ambient Color Hue property. For example:
   

   Color	Hue property value
   Red	0
   Yellow	42
   Green	85
   Cyan	127
   Blue	170
   Magenta	212

   

Create two tone paint effect

When you want to create a two tone paint effect, first set the ambient color and then set the color of the second paint by adjusting the Specular Color properties of the same material.

To create the two tone paint effect:

1. In the Library select Materials and Textures > Materials > MainBody_x1.
2. To clearly see the effect of the changes you are making, set:
   • Light property for Diffuse Color and Emissive Color to 0
   • Ambient Color properties:
     • Hue to a desired base color. See Change the ambient color.
     • Light to 127
     • Saturation to 255
3. Adjust the Specular Color properties:
   • Saturation to 255
   • Light to 127
   • Hue to the color of the second paint. For example:
     

     Second color	Hue property value
     Red	0
     Yellow	42
     Green	85
     Cyan	127
     Blue	170
     Magenta	212

4. Finally, adjust the intensity of the effect by setting Specular Exponent property. In the example above, Specular Exponent property is set to 11.
   
   

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What's next?

In this tutorial you learned the basics of working with materials, textures, and rendering in Kanzi Studio.

To learn more about creating Kanzi applications, see Tutorials. The next suggested tutorial is Creating reflections.

To find out more about Kanzi Studio features, see Working with ....

See also

To find out more about rendering, see Rendering.

To find out more about materials, see Material types and materials.

To find out more about textures, see Textures.

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