Materials
This section is a high-level guide for working with materials in Atom.
For more technical details, see Atom Developer Guide - Material System.
| Topic | Description |
|---|---|
| Material System Overview | An overview of the material system. |
| PBR Materials | The basic concepts of physically based rendering and how it applies to Atom’s PBR shading model. |
| Material File Specification | JSON reference for material data. |
| Material Type File Specification | JSON reference for material type data. |
System Overview
Materials contain data that control how model surfaces appear in a 3D environment.
PBR Materials
Learn about physically based rendering and how it applies to materials in Atom.
Material File Specification
Material files (*.material) are written in JSON format and contain the following elements.
Material Type File Specification
Material type files (*.materialtype) are in written JSON format.