Doc:2.6/Manual/Render/Cycles/Nodes/Textures

Texture Nodes

Image Texture

Image texture from GoodTextures.com

Use an image file as a texture.

Image Datablock

Image datablock used as the image source. Currently not all images supported by Blender can be used by Cycles. In particular, generated, packed images or animations are not supported currently.

Projection

Projection to use for mapping the textures. Flat will use the XY coordinates for mapping. Box will map the image to the 6 sides of a virtual box, based on the normal, using XY, YZ and XYZ coordinates depending on the side.

Projection Blend

For Box mapping, the amount to blend between sides of the box, to get rid of sharp transitions between the different sides. Blending is useful to map a procedural-like image texture pattern seamlessly on a model. 0.0 gives no blending; higher values give a smoother transition.

Color Space

Type of data that the image contains, either Color or Non-Color Data. For most color textures the default of Color should be used, but in case of e.g. a bump or alpha map, the pixel values should be interpreted as Non-Color Data, to avoid doing any unwanted color space conversions.

Vector input

Texture coordinate for texture lookup. If this socket is left unconnected, UV coordinates from the active UV render layer are used.

Color output

RGB color from image. If the image has alpha, the color is premultiplied with alpha if the Alpha output is used, and unpremultiplied or straight if the Alpha output is not used.

Alpha output

Alpha channel from image.

Environment Texture

HDR image from OpenFootage.net

Use an environment map image file as a texture. The environment map is expected to be in Latitude/Longitude or 'latlong' format.

Image Datablock

Image datablock used as the image source. Currently not all images supported by Blender can be used by Cycles. In particular, generated, packed images or animations are not supported currently.

Color Space

Type of data that the image contains, either Color or Non-Color Data. For most color textures the default of Color should be used, but in case of e.g. a bump or alpha map, the pixel values should be interpreted as Non-Color Data, to avoid doing any unwanted color space conversions.

Vector input

Texture coordinate for texture lookup. If this socket is left unconnected, the image is mapped as environment with the Z axis as up.

Color output

RGB color from the image. If the image has alpha, the color is premultiplied with alpha if the Alpha output is used, and unpremultiplied if the Alpha output is not used.

Alpha output

Alpha channel from image.

Sky Texture

Sky Texture

Procedural Sky texture.

Sky Type

Sky model to use (Preetham or Hosek / Wilkie).

Sun Direction

Sun direction vector.

Turbidity

Atmospheric turbidity. (2: Arctic like, 3: clear sky, 6: warm/moist day, 10: hazy day)

Ground Albedo

Amount of light reflected from the planet surface back into the atmosphere. (RGB 0,0,0 is black, 1,1,1 is white).

Vector

Texture coordinate to sample texture at; defaults to Generated texture coordinates if the socket is left unconnected.

Color output

Texture color output.

Noise Texture

Noise Texture with high detail

Procedural Perlin noise texture, similar to the Clouds texture in Blender Internal.

Vector input

Texture coordinate to sample texture at; defaults to Generated texture coordinates if the socket is left unconnected.

Scale input

Overall texture scale.

Detail input

Amount of noise detail.

Distortion input

Amount of distortion.

Color output

Texture color output.

Fac output

Texture intensity output.

Wave Texture

Default wave texture

Procedural bands or rings texture with noise distortion.

Type

Bands or Rings shaped waves.

Vector input

Texture coordinate to sample texture at; defaults to Generated texture coordinates if the socket is left unconnected.

Scale input

Overall texture scale.

Distortion input

Amount of distortion of the wave (similar to the Marble texture in Blender Internal).

Detail input

Amount of distortion noise detail.

Detail Scale input

Scale of distortion noise.

Color output

Texture color output.

Fac output

Texture intensity output.

Voronoi Texture

Voronoi texture, type: Intensity

Voronoi texture, type: Cells

Procedural texture producing Voronoi cells.

Type

Intensity or Cells output.

Vector input

Texture coordinate to sample texture at; defaults to Generated texture coordinates if the socket is left unconnected.

Scale input

Overall texture scale.

Color output

Texture color output.

Fac output

Texture intensity output.

Musgrave Texture

Advanced procedural noise texture. Note that it often needs some adjustments (multiplication and addition) in order to see more detail.

Nodes for the image to the right

Remapped Musgrave texture such that most values are visible

Type

Multifractal, Ridged Multifractal, Hybrid Multifractal, fBM, Hetero Terrain.

Vector input

Texture coordinate to sample texture at; defaults to Generated texture coordinates if the socket is left unconnected.

Scale input

Overall texture scale.

Detail input

Amount of noise detail.

Dimension input

TBD

Lacunarity input

TBD

Offset input

TBD (Does not affect Multifractal and fBM)

Gain input

TBD (Does not affect Multifractal and fBM)

Color output

Texture color output.

Fac output

Texture intensity output.

Gradient Texture

Gradient texture using object coordinates

A gradient texture.

Type

The gradient can be Linear, Quadratic, Easing, Diagonal, Spherical, Quadratic Sphere or Radial.

Vector input

Texture coordinate to sample texture at; defaults to Generated texture coordinates if the socket is left unconnected.

Color output

Texture color output.

Fac output

Texture intensity output.

Magic Texture

Magic texture: Depth 10, Distortion 2.0

Psychedelic color texture.

Depth

Number of iterations.

Vector input

Texture coordinate to sample texture at; defaults to Generated texture coordinates if the socket is left unconnected.

Distortion input

Amount of distortion.

Color output

Texture color output.

Fac output

Texture intensity output.

Checker Texture

Default Checker texture

Checkerboard texture.

Vector input

Texture coordinate to sample texture at; defaults to Generated texture coordinates if the socket is left unconnected.

Color1/2 input

Color of the checkers.

Scale input

Overall texture scale.

Color output

Texture color output.

Fac output

Checker 1 mask (1 = Checker 1).

Brick Texture

Brick texture: Colors changed, Squash 0.62, Squash Frequency 3.

Procedural texture producing Bricks.

Options

Offset

Determines the brick offset of the various rows.

Frequency

Determines the offset frequency. A value of 2 gives a even/uneven pattern of rows.

Squash

Amount of brick squashing.

Frequency

Brick squashing frequency.

Sockets

Color 1/2 and Mortar

Color of the bricks and mortar.

Scale

Overall texture scale.

Mortar Size

The Mortar size; 0 means no Mortar.

Bias

The color variation between Brick color 1 / 2. Values of -1 and 1 only use one of the two colors; values in between mix the colors.

Brick Width

The width of the bricks.

Row Height

The height of the brick rows.

Color output

Texture color output.

Fac output

Mortar mask (1 = mortar).