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Jaydude4d
Posted: 16 January 2020 03:54 PM   [ Ignore ]  
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I miss some background/explanation about the BSDF node, which seems to be quite important.

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Dr. Sassi
Posted: 16 January 2020 06:29 PM   [ Ignore ]   [ # 1 ]  
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Hi Jaydude4d,

This is a more extended discussion, or perhaps as short as this one: It is all about the surface and light qualities.

Well, this is not really helping, of course.

BSDF is short for Bidirectional Scattering Distribution Function. It is the idea to mathematically define the way light is treaded in conjunction with surfaces.

This is also too short, the WIKI site might be more precise:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bidirectional_scattering_distribution_function

The answer to the specific node is here:
https://help.maxon.net/us/index.html#NET_MAXON_RENDER_NODE_BSDF-NET_MAXON_NODE_BASE_GROUP_INPUTS

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