Shader nodes implement material looks that you can apply to geometry.
Nodes
 | Fur Density Map | |
| Fur Style | |
 | GLSL Normal Map | This shader is used to render a bump mapped surface. |
 | GLSL Tangent Space Normal Map | This shader is used to render a bump mapped surface. |
 | Generic Displacement | Implements a generic displacement shader. |
 | Generic Fog | Implements a generic fog shader. |
 | Generic Interior | Implements a generic interior fog shader. |
 | Generic Light | Implements a generic light shader. |
 | Generic Output | Implements a generic output shader. |
 | Generic Shadow | Implements a generic shadow shader. |
 | Generic Surface | Implements a generic surface shader. |
 | Mantra: Delayed Load | Replaces the object with the contents of a file at render time. |
 | Mantra: Fur Procedural | Creates a set of hair-like curves across a surface at render time. |
 | Mantra: HScript Procedural | Runs an HScript for each point on the object’s geometry and instances the geometry output by the script at that point. |
 | Mantra: Image3D Procedural | Generates an iso-surface from a 3D texture image (.i3d) file. |
 | Mantra: Image3D Volume Procedural | Replaces object’s geometry with a volume primitive read from a 3D texture (.i3d) file. |
 | Mantra: Program Procedural | Runs an external program to generate geometry at render time. |
 | Mantra: Sprite Procedural | Renders points as sprites, small textures that are always normal to the camera. |
 | Mantra: VEX Volume Procedural | Render a volume from fields created by a CVEX shader. |
 | Merge Co-Shader | Merge multiple co-shaders for output. |
 | Output Shaders | Collects shaders for output. |
 | Point Instance Procedural | The underlying procedural when using Fast Point Instancing with the instance render parameters. |
 | Properties | Attach its properties to any objects that have the shader assigned. |
 | Pyro 2 | Flexible, production-quality fire and smoke shader. |
 | RSL ri_bumpy | Pixar’s prman factory shader |
 | RSL ri_carpet | Pixar’s prman factory shader |
 | RSL ri_cloth | Pixar’s prman factory shader |
 | RSL ri_cmarble | Pixar’s prman factory shader |
 | RSL ri_constant | Pixar’s prman factory shader |
 | RSL ri_delayedreadarchive | Pixar’s prman factory shader |
 | RSL ri_depthcue | Pixar’s prman factory shader |
 | RSL ri_diaknurl | Pixar’s prman factory shader |
 | RSL ri_distantlight | Pixar’s prman factory shader |
 | RSL ri_dynamicload | Pixar’s prman factory shader |
 | RSL ri_fog | Pixar’s prman factory shader |
 | RSL ri_glass | Pixar’s prman factory shader |
 | RSL ri_glassbal | Pixar’s prman factory shader |
 | RSL ri_lightlight | Pixar’s prman factory shader |
 | RSL ri_matte | Pixar’s prman factory shader |
 | RSL ri_metal | Pixar’s prman factory shader |
 | RSL ri_paintplastic | Pixar’s prman factory shader |
 | RSL ri_plastic | Pixar’s prman factory shader |
 | RSL ri_pointnofallofflight | Pixar’s prman factory shader |
 | RSL ri_rmarble | Pixar’s prman factory shader |
 | RSL ri_rsmetal | Pixar’s prman factory shader |
 | RSL ri_runprogram | Pixar’s prman factory shader |
 | RSL ri_shadowdistantlight | Pixar’s prman factory shader |
 | RSL ri_shadowpointlight | Pixar’s prman factory shader |
 | RSL ri_shadowspotlight | Pixar’s prman factory shader |
 | RSL ri_shinymetal | Pixar’s prman factory shader |
 | RSL ri_sinknurl | Pixar’s prman factory shader |
 | RSL ri_spatter | Pixar’s prman factory shader |
 | RSL ri_spotlight | Pixar’s prman factory shader |
 | RSL ri_stippled | Pixar’s prman factory shader |
 | RSL ri_stone | Pixar’s prman factory shader |
 | RSL ri_threads | Pixar’s prman factory shader |
 | Select | Select which shop to use for rendering based on valid render types and expressions. |
 | Subnetwork | The Subnet shop is essentially a way of creating a macro to represent a collection of shops as a... |
 | Switch | Switch shops based on a single expression. |
 | VEX 3D Texture Cloud | This surface shader uses a 3D texture image to generate clouds. |
 | VEX 3D Texture Fog | This fog shader uses a 3D texture image to generate clouds. |
 | VEX ASAD Light | ASAD Light - All Singing And Dancing Light Shader This shader simulates a point or cone light source. |
 | VEX Ambient | Ambient Light Source. |
 | VEX Attenuated Light | An attenuated light source. |
 | VEX Attenuated Spotlight | An attenuated cone light source. |
 | VEX Blur Shadow | The blur shadow shader generates soft shadows by sending out multiple shadow rays. |
 | VEX Brushed Aluminum | This surface implements anisotropic shading based on the lighting model by Greg Ward. |
 | VEX Burlap | This displacement shader simulates rough cloth like burlap Texture coordinates are used. |
 | VEX Cartoon | This shader colors like a cartoon. |
 | VEX Choppy Water | This shader gives the appearance of choppy waves. |
 | VEX Clay | The clay shader uses the Oren-Nayar diffuse lighting model to simulate very rough surfaces. |
 | VEX Collada Shader | The collada shader is used when importing collada files. |
 | VEX Constant | This shader will constant shade a surface. |
 | VEX Corrugated | This displacement shader simulates corrugated material (like cardboard or metal. |
 | VEX Decal | This surface shader generates a plastic surface which has a texture map modulating the diffuse at... |
 | VEX Displace Map | This shader will displace the surface geometry based on the luminance of the texture map. |
 | VEX Distant Light | Simulates a distant attenuated light source. |
 | VEX FBX Shader | The fbx shader is used when importing fbx files. |
 | VEX Fluffy Cloud | This shader is used by the i3dgen program (or the 3D Texture output driver) to generate a 3D texture map. |
 | VEX Fractal Dent | This shader generates creates a dented surface The rest position attribute is used if it exists. |
 | VEX Gingham Checks | This shader will generate gingham checks (like a gingham tablecloth). |
 | VEX Glass | The glass shader simulates a transparent, refractive surface. |
 | VEX Global Illumination | This light source can be used to add some global illumination effects. |
 | VEX Hair | This shader is based on the illumination model presented in 'Fake Fur Rendering', Siggraph Proceedings 1997. |
 | VEX Krinkle | This shader gives the appearance of crinkled up paper which has been unfolded. |
 | VEX Lit Fog | This fog shader computes lit fog by marching a ray from the eye to the surface being shaded. |
 | VEX Matte | Occludes geometry behind the surface being rendered. |
 | VEX Meta Cloud | This shader is used by the i3dgen program (or the 3D Texture output driver) to generate a 3D texture map. |
 | VEX Metal | Simulates a reflective metallic surface. |
 | VEX OpenGL Material | This shader is used to represent an Open GL material. |
 | VEX Path Tracer | The pathtracer shader is used by PBR rendering. |
 | VEX Photon Tracer | The photontracer shader is used to generate photon maps in mantra. |
 | VEX Plastic | Simulates a plastic surface. |
 | VEX Point Light | A point light source. |
 | VEX Polka Dots | This shader generates polka dots. |
 | VEX Riverbed | This shader gives the appearance of a dried up riverbed. |
 | VEX Shadow | The rayshadow shader generates shadows based on one of four different techniques. |
 | VEX Shadow Matte | The shadowmatte shader generates an alpha image that stores screen-space shadow information for later compositing. |
 | VEX Soft Toon | This non-photorealistic shader shades the surface facing away from the light, allowing detail to be seen in shadows. |
 | VEX Super Material | Phong, Blinn or Cook shading models use all three aspects of the material: ambient, diffuse and specular color. |
 | VEX Uniform Fog | This generates uniform fog. |
 | VEX Volume Cloud | This volume shader will shade volume objects as if they were fog. The density value will be used as the thickness of the fog at each point. |
 | VEX Volume Fire | This volume shader will shade volume objects as if they were flame. The density value will be used as a lookup into a color shading ramp, provided it lies within a certain range. |
 | VEX Window | Simulates light streaming through a window. |
 | VEX Z-Depth Fog | This fog shader computes the coverage based on an ease-in ease-out curve between the near and far clipping planes. |
 | VEX Z-Map Fog | A fast volumetric light shader. |
 | VOP CVEX | Container for a CVEX shader implementation. |
 | VOP RSL Displacement | Container for an RSL displacement shader implementation. |
 | VOP RSL Imager | Container for an RSL imager shader implementation. |
 | VOP RSL Light | Container for an RSL light shader implementation. |
 | VOP RSL Surface | A shader node containing a RenderMan surface shader VOP network. |
 | VOP RSL Volume | Container for an RSL volume shader implementation. |
 | VOP VEX Displacement | Container for a VEX displacement shader implementation. |
 | VOP VEX Fog | Container for a VEX fog shader implementation. |
 | VOP VEX Image3D | Container for a VEX image3d shader implementation. |
 | VOP VEX Light | Container for a VEX light shader implementation. |
 | VOP VEX Photon | Container for a VEX photon shader implementation. |
 | VOP VEX Shadow | Container for a VEX shadow shader implementation. |
| VOP VEX Surface | A shader node containing a surface shader VOP network. |
 | mentalray mi_car_paint_phen | mentalray factory shader |
 | mentalray mi_dgs_material | mentalray factory shader |
 | mentalray mi_dgs_material_photon | mentalray factory shader |
 | mentalray mi_dielectric_material | mentalray factory shader |
 | mentalray mi_dielectric_material_photon | mentalray factory shader |
 | mentalray mi_metallic_paint | mentalray factory shader |
 | mentalray mi_parti_volume | mentalray factory shader |
 | mentalray mi_parti_volume_photon | mentalray factory shader |
 | mentalray mi_path_material | mentalray factory shader |
 | mentalray mib_amb_occlusion | mentalray factory shader |
 | mentalray mib_blackbody | mentalray factory shader |
 | mentalray mib_cie_d | mentalray factory shader |
 | mentalray mib_fg_occlusion | mentalray factory shader |
 | mentalray mib_geo_cone | mentalray factory shader |
 | mentalray mib_geo_cube | mentalray factory shader |
 | mentalray mib_geo_cylinder | mentalray factory shader |
 | mentalray mib_geo_sphere | mentalray factory shader |
 | mentalray mib_geo_square | mentalray factory shader |
 | mentalray mib_geo_torus | mentalray factory shader |
 | mentalray mib_glossy_reflection | mentalray factory shader |
 | mentalray mib_glossy_refraction | mentalray factory shader |
 | mentalray mib_illum_blinn | mentalray factory shader |
 | mentalray mib_illum_cooktorr | mentalray factory shader |
 | mentalray mib_illum_hair | mentalray factory shader |
 | mentalray mib_illum_lambert | mentalray factory shader |
 | mentalray mib_illum_phong | mentalray factory shader |
 | mentalray mib_illum_ward | mentalray factory shader |
 | mentalray mib_lens_clamp | mentalray factory shader |
 | mentalray mib_lens_stencil | mentalray factory shader |
 | mentalray mib_light_infinite | mentalray factory shader |
 | mentalray mib_light_photometric | mentalray factory shader |
 | mentalray mib_light_point | mentalray factory shader |
 | mentalray mib_light_spot | mentalray factory shader |
 | mentalray mib_twosided | mentalray factory shader |
 | mentalray mib_volume | mentalray factory shader |
 | mentalray misss_fast_shader | mentalray factory shader |
 | mentalray misss_physical | mentalray factory shader |
 | mentalray misss_physical_photon | mentalray factory shader |
 | mentalray misss_skin_specular | mentalray factory shader |
 | Material | A higher-level shader that can contain one or more sub-shaders, such as surface shaders, displacement shaders, and property shaders. |
 | Material shader builder | A higher-level shader that can contain one or more sub-shaders, such as surface shaders, displacement shaders, and property shaders for RenderMan. |
| Material shader builder | A higher-level shader that can contain one or more sub-shaders, such as surface shaders, displacement shaders, and property shaders. |