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Matcap

Matcaps ('material capture') are textures that encode how the material will look from various view angles. They look like circles/spheres.

It's usually used to add a bit of spice and extra detail to certain parts of a material.

Under the hood the shader uses the 'double-sided' matcap mode from Poiyomi.

General Options​

Matcap Texture​

This is the matcap texture that will be applied.

  • Uses UV0.
  • The RGB components will be used for color.
  • Alpha will be interpreted as opacity/mask. So 0 alpha pixels will remove color from the matcap.
  • Defaults to black when not set.

Size​

Determines the 'zoom' of the matcap.

  • Larger values will zoom the matcap out.
  • Smaller values will zoom into the matcap.

Tint​

This determines the color tint of the matcap.

Alpha is treated as the opacity. So an alpha of zero will remove the matcap entirely.

Emissive​

By default, matcaps are not emissive and will be affected by lighting. Turning this on will make them emissive instead.