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What is a Matcap texture?
matcap stands for “material capture” – it is a complete material including lighting and reflections so you can add it to an object and not have any need for, well, lighting and reflections. It is most commonly used for sculpting, as it gives quick and useful feedback on how an objects shape is changing.
What is a Matcap shader?
What is a MatCap shader? Material capture (“MatCap”) shaders are popular effects used in most 3D modeling tools: A material is captured by rendering a sphere into a texture. Models can be shaded by making a simple lookup into the reference texture. The effect works great for previewing objects in a 3D modeling tool.
What’s Matcap?
Matcap stands for “material capture” and is an image that is used as an image texture to fake a whole material including lighting and reflections in 3D applications.
Is there a way to make your own matcap?
Read about other ways to support us. Matcap materials store information about material properties and the environment. This way, you can apply it to a model and it will look ‘realistic’ even without additional lighting. They are a super helpful tool while modelling or sculpting, and you can create your own!
How can I change the color of my matcap?
Use the color picker to apply a color to the MatCap material. Disable Apply to all materials to use a different MatCap for each material. Switch between them in the dropdown. Use the Curvature slider to increase the contrast of details, including normal maps. It requires smooth-shaded vertex normals on geometries.
What do you need to know about matcap shaders?
MatCap (Material Capture) shaders are complete materials, including lighting and reflections. They work by defining a color for every vertex normal direction relative to the camera. You can switch the default renderer to MatCap in Scene Settings. You can also switch a Lit model to MatCap in the Model Inspector.
What is the default matcap for Sketchfab material?
The default MatCap is “skin_soft”, but there are 6 MatCap images available to all users. Switch between them in the list. Use the color picker to apply a color to the MatCap material. Disable Apply to all materials to use a different MatCap for each material. Switch between them in the dropdown.