{"id":525,"date":"2024-05-22T11:43:13","date_gmt":"2024-05-22T08:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sigershop.eu\/?p=525"},"modified":"2024-05-22T12:58:03","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T09:58:03","slug":"thin-film-interference-texmap-plugin-overview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sigershop.eu\/free-3ds-max-plugins\/sigertexmaps-thinfilm\/","title":{"rendered":"Thin Film Interference Texmap Plugin Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>This Texmap plugin simulates the effect of thin film interference on a surface. It can be used as a reflection color map in a material with the Fresnel option turned off, as the plugin performs its own Fresnel calculations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Parameters<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Film Thickness<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Min<\/strong>: The minimum thickness of the thin film, measured in nanometers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Max<\/strong>: The maximum thickness of the thin film, measured in nanometers.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Map<\/strong>: A texture map that specifies the actual thickness of the film between the specified Min and Max values. Typically, a Noise map is used to add variation to the interference effect. If left blank, the Min parameter determines the film thickness.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chart<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>IOR<\/strong>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>External<\/strong>: The refractive index of the medium surrounding the material, usually set to 1.0 for air.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Film<\/strong>: The refractive index of the medium constituting the thin film.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Internal<\/strong>: The refractive index of the medium beneath the thin film.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Color Adjustment<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Gamma<\/strong>: Specifies the gamma correction value.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Hue Shift<\/strong>: Allows color changes using a standard Hue spectrum. Range: -180 to 180.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Saturation<\/strong>: Adjusts the intensity or purity of colors. Lower values desaturate the color, making it tend toward grayscale, while higher values intensify the color. Range: -100 to 100.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Installation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Copy the file \u201cThinFilm_xxxx.dlt\u201d to the MAXROOT\\plugins directory (delete any older version of the file if present).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use the appropriate file for your 3ds Max version:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>ThinFilm_2013.dlt<\/strong>: Compatible with 3ds Max 2013\/2014<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>ThinFilm_2015.dlt<\/strong>: Compatible with 3ds Max 2015\/2016<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>ThinFilm_2017.dlt<\/strong>: Compatible with 3ds Max 2017<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>ThinFilm_2018.dlt<\/strong>: Compatible with 3ds Max 2018<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Texmap plugin simulates the effect of thin film interference on a surface. It can be used as a reflection color map in a material with the Fresnel option turned off, as the plugin performs its own Fresnel calculations. Parameters Film Thickness Chart Color Adjustment Installation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-525","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-free-3ds-max-plugins","post-preview"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sigershop.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sigershop.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sigershop.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sigershop.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sigershop.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=525"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.sigershop.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":526,"href":"https:\/\/www.sigershop.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/525\/revisions\/526"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sigershop.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=525"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sigershop.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=525"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sigershop.eu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=525"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}