Corona Layered Material

This page provides information about the Corona Layered Material.

Last updated 12 January 2026

This page provides information about the Corona Layered Material.

Overview

The Corona Layered Material offers stacking of multiple materials on top of each other in order to mix them. You can also use a mask to control which parts of each material appear in the render. For example, rusted spots on a metal surface, exposed bricks below a cracked concrete wall, or a glossy pattern on a matte-painted object.

Parameters

Base mtl – This slot defines the base material of the surface. Other layers are stacked on top of it.

Displacement – Specifies what displacement blending mode to use for the layered displacement. The base displacement is always used. The displacements in additional layers can be:

Ignored with Only from base material.
Blended like other color properties with Blend all layers.
Additively added on top of each other with Add all layers.

Layer 1, 2, 3,.. – The layers which you can stack on top of the Base Material.

Mtl – The material to use in the current layer.
Mask – The mask for the current layer.

Displacement Blending Modes

Blend all layers

The default displacement blending mode. It works by stacking the base layer displacement and the displacement maps of all other layers on top of each other without any special blending mode. The displacement of each individual layer is mixed based on that layer’s opacity.

Only from base material

In this mode, only the displacement from the base material is applied to the object.

Click here to see the material setup

Click here to see the material setup

Add all layers

Works by stacking the base layer displacement and the displacement maps of all other layers on top of each other and using the Add blending mode to mix them together. The displacement of each individual layer is mixed based on that layer's opacity.

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Corona Layered Material

Overview

Parameters