Houdini 20.5 Nodes VOP nodes

Ambient VOP node

Generates a color using ambient lighting model calculation.

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This VOP uses the ambient lighting model calculation to generate a color. This lighting model return black if there are not specific ambient lights. These are the only lights used in this calculation. PBR ignores this VOP.

Inputs

Ka

The ambient intensity.

A floating point value used to darken or lighten ambient contribution.

amb

The ambient color.

This color is most often the main surface color in a material.

Outputs

color

The ambient color contribution:

Ka * amb * ambient()

illum

Just ambient lighting without the multiplication by the ambient intensity

PBR ignores this calculation.

See also

VOP nodes