?—? Function??”This is a two-way connection, designated by a yellow dot. Function
connections allow you to transform values of the nodes in which they are connected.
You should connect functions to functions.
Note
Before you move on to the next chapter to learn about
LightWave v9 lighting, let??™s go a bit further in the
Node Editor.
8. Back in the Node Editor, the crumple looks kind of
dumpy just applied with a color connection. From the
Add Node menu, select a Gradient, as in Figure 3.49.
9. A small node is added to the workspace. Now you need
to connect this to the existing nodes. You need to build it
into your network. Double-click on the Gradient node
in the workspace. A panel opens showing you specific
controls for the node.
The NewTek manual, either printed or PDF, has a significant amount of information
on each and every function of the Node Editor. In fact, the Node Editor feature of
LightWave v9 is so deep,NewTek has dedicated almost an entire manual to it. For
that reason, Inside LightWave v9 is going to teach you the Node Editor through projects,
rather than describing every button and node. Be sure to check out the
???UsingNodes.
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