Notice that the bump
texture and specularity do not display
as in Figure 3.9.
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Click the Options button to the right of the Display drop-down to display a panel that lets
you use a cube instead of a sphere as the preview object. The Options button also allows
you to change the preview window??™s background and lighting effects.
The Preset Shelf
Building surfaces is fun, no doubt, but seeing results right away can be even better. The
LightWave v9 Preset Shelf, a visual browser for surfaces, comes loaded with hundreds of
prebuilt surfaces you can apply instantly to your models. (It also holds other types of preset
attributes, such as camera handlers and environment handlers, along with surfaces).
To sample the prebuilt surfaces in the Preset Shelf, make sure the Surface Editor panel is
open and choose Presets from the Windows drop-down, or just press F8. In the Surface
Preset window that appears (Figure 3.11), click the Library drop-down (labeled WorkSpace,
the default name for a new empty library) and choose any of the listed surface libraries.
Figure 3.11 The Surface Preset panel is home to hundreds of readymade surfaces, as well as
any you decide to add.
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