Control value/ percent of maps like 3dsmax

[emartin8907]

In 3dsmax you can control the percentage of any map it would be great if we could do the same in maya!!!

Seems like it would be simple enough?...

[FSGFX]

i dont understand what you are aiming for..?

[francomanko]

You can use the blendcolor node, assign the map to one of the slots, a color to the other and the blend attribute to act as the percentage. There's another thread somewhere about it.

[vlado]

There was a heated discussion about this a long time ago; the overall consensus was to leave it like that because the native Maya shaders work in this way. As others suggested, you can use a blend node to do the same thing.

Best regards,
Vlado

[emartin8907]

heated discussion, Lol

This is what I was referring to (screen grab from 3dsmax)



I will try the blend node, thanks!

[emartin8907]

But how to plug blendcolors node into reflection glossiness slot?

It's really not the same thing at all. :/

[vlado]

Connect the outputR attribute of the blendColors node to the reflectionGlossiness input of the VRayMtl node?

Best regards,
Vlado

[emartin8907]

woooo there it is. Thanks again vlado!

[ivaylo.ivanov]

Most of the Maya textures also have color/alpha gain.