Adobe 65036570 User Guide - Page 355

ADOBE DIRECTOR 11.0 344 User Guide • Relative to another object: If you want to move an object so that it goes toward the right edge of the screen, use model.translate (vector(10,0,0), sprite(1).camera). If you want to rotate the object parallel to the camera and around the center of the screen, use model.rotate(vector(0,0,0), vector(0,0,1), 20, sprite(1).camera). Shaders A model resource defines a model's shape, and shaders define the model's surface colors and reflectivity. You can use just one shader or more than one. Each mesh in a model resource can have its own shader. For example, a box might have six different shaders, one for each mesh (a box is actually composed of six plane meshes carefully arranged). If you do not specify a shader, the default #standard shader is used. If the shader's properties are modified, the change affects all models that use that shader. Models that are created with script are assigned the standard shader. You can replace the default shader of a model with any of the other types of shaders. Properties of the standard shader The standard shader makes the surface of a model appear in a photorealistic style. Use the following properties to work with the standard shader: Property Name name ambient diffuse specular shininess emissive blend Access Get Get and set Get and set Get and set Get and set Get and set Get and set Description Default The string name of this shader. None. A color object describing the surface's reaction color(63,63, to ambient light. 63) A color object describing the surface's reaction to diffuse light. Ambient and diffuse color objects together describe a model resource's base color. color(255, 255,255) A color object describing the surface's specular highlight color. This setting has an effect only if there are lights in the scene whose specular property is TRUE (1). color(255, 255,255) An integer between 0 and 100 that indicates 30.0 how shiny a surface is. A color object describing the color of light this object seems to give off. This does not turn the surface using this shader into a light source; it just gives it the appearance of being one. color(0,0,0) An integer between 0 and 100 indicating how 100 transparent (0) or opaque (100) this surfaces is. Unlike with a texture that includes alpha information, this setting affects the entire surface uniformly.