Material Key and Material Key Frame Animation (iClone 3.1)

iClone allows you to set keys of specific parameters for the six material channels. Thus, you may generate texture animation to enrich the look of your projects.

Saving Material Template VS. Material Key

The parameters that can be saved in the Material Template and Material key are slightly different as described in the following table.

	6 Channel Textures	Textures UV	Textures Strength	Reflection Refraction	Diffuse Color Ambient Color Specular Color	Opacity Value Self-Illumination Value Specular Value Glossiness Value	2-Sided
Material Template (.iMtl file)	Saved	Saved	Saved	Saved	Saved	Saved	Saved
Material Key (Material Track)	Saved	Not Saved	Saved	Saved	Saved	Saved	Not Saved

Material key and the Settings

One Material Key stores the following settings:

A. The Strength for each texture channel

The Strength.
The values of Refraction and Reflection.

B. The Material Color: Please refer to the Modifying Texture Settings - Advanced section for more information.

A: The Diffuse color.
B: The Ambient color.
C: The Specular color.

C. The Opacity Value

The value of Opacity: The values affect the selected material only while the other faces applied with other materials can not be influenced.

D. The Material Responding to Light: Please refer to the Modifying Texture Settings - Advanced section for more information.

A: The value of Specular.
B: The value of Glossiness.

E. The value of Self-Illumination.

Note:

Material keys can only be set to Props and Accessories.

Once you click the button, the material keys for all the props or accessories will also be deleted.