Material Editor

You use either the Slate or Compact MaterialThe representation of the surface or volume properties of an object. Editor to work with Octane materials and maps. For this example, we will focus on the Slate Material Editor. The Octane materials and maps are under the "OctaneRender..." groups in the Material/Map Browser. For beginners, focus on the Universal Material, RGB Image, and 2D transformation nodes.

Universal Material - integrates well with PBRA contemporary shading and rendering process that seeks to simplify shading characteristics while providing a more accurate representation of lighting in the real world. (Physically Based Rendering) workflows like Substance Designer.
RGB Image - imports external texture maps to any material parameters that accept a texture map.
2D Transformation - sets the rotation, scale, and translation of the texture.

Figure 1: Slate Material Editor

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