topic Re: How to use mix shader adding image file in Arnold for Maya Forum

How to use mix shader adding image file

jadanlove98 — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 13:13:41 GMT

Hi....

I want to ask you something about mix shader.

When I connect the blue node to edge detection mask color(ai toon), it works very well..

BUT

I want to add a little more images to the mask color.

So I added ai image, but I can't see the added image in Renderview...

I can only see the same results as when i connected to the blue node.

SO...

Can you please let me know if there is a node I set up wrong ...

Or can you tell me another way?

Thank you for reading this.

Re: How to use mix shader adding image file

lee_griggs — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 14:19:24 GMT

Can you share some renders of what you are trying to achieve? Better still, can you upload the scene somewhere?

Re: How to use mix shader adding image file

jadanlove98 — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 15:06:24 GMT

~!~!!!!!
Thank you for your reply!!
I want to upload the whole scene right away.
BUT.. it needs a image source from a paid lecture(c4d using arnold, A lecture recommended by you a few years ago. it really really helped me.

https://www.domestika.org/en/courses/4144-3d-toon-style-environment-art-with-arnold. thank you so much.... )

so I don't know if I can upload it....

In C4D, I can implemented the image using mix rgba shader.
However, i actually don't know if I can use a mix shader node instead of that node in Maya.

Re: How to use mix shader adding image file

lee_griggs — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 17:09:59 GMT

Glad to hear it!

Have you tried the Layer RGBA shader?

Re: How to use mix shader adding image file

jadanlove98 — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 18:14:52 GMT

Thank you for advice..!!!

I did it right away.

it works better than mix shader !

but... The stain outline is gone..

If there's an image, the stain outline disappears.....

I tried png file and ai image shader, but it was the same result....

Re: How to use mix shader adding image file

jadanlove98 — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 02:23:58 GMT

I don't know how it works, but I've figured out how to implement it similarly.

When layer 1 is an image file and layer 2 is noise,

it is implemented similarly if the operation method of lyr2 is exclusion.

When layer1 is noise and layer2 is an image file,

it is implemented similarly if the operation method of lyr2 is softlight or pinlight or exclusion.

When I changed the operation of Layer 1, I didn't get any special results.

but the way Layer 2 worked, so I got a good result.

Thanks to your advice, I can move on to the next step. God of Arnold, lee griggs..

Re: How to use mix shader adding image file

lee_griggs — Tue, 12 Aug 2025 06:00:41 GMT

Hehe, glad it worked! 🙂