Last updated on
Sep 6, 2023
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Scratch
In: Wear and Finish
Description
Add scratches and wear to your material.
Before and after applying the Scratch filter.
Parameters
Basic parameters
- Random Seed:
The random seed determines the random values of other parameters that use randomness in this filter. - Scratch: toggle
Enable or disable scratches. If enabled the Scratch section appears. - Chip: toggle
Add a chipped effect to the surface. If enabled the Chip section appears. - Micro-scratch: toggle
Add micro-scratches to the surface. If enabled the Micro-scratch section appears.
Scratch
Basic parameters > Scratch needs to be enabled for this section to appear.
- Amount: 0-1
Control the number of scratches that appear. - Intensity: 0-1
Adjust the depth and strength of the scratches. - Scale: 1-4
Change the size of the scratches. Increase this slider decreases the scratch size.
Chip
Basic parameters > Scratch needs to be enabled for this section to appear.
- Amount: 0-1
Control the number of chips that appear. - Intensity: 0-1
Adjust the depth and strength of the chips. - Scale: 1-4
Change the size of the chips. Increase this slider decreases the chip size.
Micro-scratch
- Amount: 0-1
Control the number of micro-scratches that appear. - Intensity: 0-1
Adjust the depth and strength of the micro-scratches. - Rotation: 0-1
Rotate the micro-scratches. - Rotation Random: 0-1
Vary the rotation of the micro-scratches randomly. - Scale: 0-2
Adjust the size of the micro-scratches. Increase this slider to increase micro-scratch size. - Scale Random: 0-1
Vary the scale of the micro-scratches randomly. - Width: 0-1
Control the width of the scratches - Width Random: 0-1
Vary the width of the micro-scratches randomly. - Distortion: 0-1
Add distortion to the scratches to break up uniformity. - Distortion Random: 0-1
Control the randomness of the distortion effect. - Distortion Frequency: 0-1
Control the frequency scale of the distortion effect.
Mask
- Custom Mask: toggle
Enable or disable the use of a custom mask. If enabled the following parameters appear:- Mask: image/brush
Select an image to use as a mask or use the brush to paint a custom mask directly in the 2D view. - Custom Mask - Blur: 0-1
Blur the mask. - Custom Mask - Invert: toggle
Invert the mask.
- Mask: image/brush
Advanced Parameters
- Overall Opacity: 0-1
Adjust the opacity of the Scratch filter effect. - Base Color: toggle
Set whether the base color channel is affected by the filter. If enabled, an additional control appears:- Base Color - Color: color select
Select the base color of the scratches and chips.
- Base Color - Color: color select
- Metallic: toggle
Set whether the metallic channel is affected by the filter. If enabled, an additional control appears:- Metallic Value: 0-1
Adjust metallic value of the scratched areas.
- Metallic Value: 0-1
- Roughness: toggle
Set whether the roughness channel is affected by the filter. If enabled, an additional control appears:- Roughness - Value: 0-1
Adjust the roughness value of the scratched areas.
- Roughness - Value: 0-1
- Normal: toggle
Set whether the normal channel is affected by the filter. If enabled, additional controls appears:- Normal - Intensity: -1 to 1
Adjust the intensity of the normals. - Normal - Flatten:
Decrease this value to flatten the normals.
- Normal - Intensity: -1 to 1
- Height: toggle
Set whether the height channel is affected by the filter. If enabled, an additional control appears:- Height - Intensity: 0-1
Adjust the contrast of the height map.
- Height - Intensity: 0-1
- Emissive: toggle
Set whether the emissive channel is affected by the filter. If enabled, an additional control appears:- Emissive - Color: color select
Set the color of the emissive channel.
- Emissive - Color: color select
- Specular Level: toggle
Control whether the specular level channel is affected by the filter. If enabled, an additional control appears:- Specular Level - Value: 0-1
Adjust the value for the specular channel.
- Specular Level - Value: 0-1
- Ambient Occlusion: toggle
Set whether the ambient occlusion channel is affected by the filter. If enabled, the following additional controls appear:- Ambient Occlusion - Intensity: 0-1
Adjust the strength of the generated AO. - Ambient Occlusion - Radius: 0-1
Adjust the radius of the AO effect.
- Ambient Occlusion - Intensity: 0-1
- Opacity: toggle
Set whether the opacity channel is affected by the filter. If enabled, an additional control appears:- Opacity - Value: 0-1
Change the opacity of the material.
- Opacity - Value: 0-1