Can I use the shaders in Softimage ? How ?

[Frank1000]

Hi, I like the shaders at http://materials.mentalimages.com/browse.php, can I use them in Softimage ? If yes, how would I do that ?

Tips very appreciated.
regards,
Frank

[JanJordan]

I will have to research that. In general the material library exposes MetaSL materials, not shaders. So softimage would need to expose the material interface to the user.

[JanJordan]

until now, Softimage has not exposed the MetaSL capabilities of mental ray to the user.

[Kzin]

you can expose all the metasl nodes in xsi, but there is no output of the illum shaders, so you cant connect them to the material slot.

[JonathanF]

What are you guys waiting for?

Some years ago, MR was super implented in Softimage but now it's kind of outdated..

I guess it wouldnt be much effort to provide a little addon for Softimage to use the MetaSL materials from the website since it's also Mental Ray.

[JanJordan]

Hi JonathanF,

Thanks for the feedback.
unfortunately its not just a simple matter of us providing an addon. We are working on getting mr integration improved but this needs to be done together with Autodesk.

cu
Jan