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Color Invert

Invert the color of a source texture map or procedural texture. This is commonly done to convert glossiness maps (white = perfectly shiny) to roughness maps (white = maximum roughness), or invert opacity masks.

Last updated 3 August 2026

Color invert node

Invert the color of a source texture map or procedural texture. This is commonly done to convert glossiness maps (white = perfectly shiny) to roughness maps (white = maximum roughness), or invert opacity masks.

Color invert panel

Color Invert Example with Label Opacity

ColorInvert Mask Label
Flat material showing the Opacity texture.
Flat material showing the Opacity texture.
ColorInvert InvertedMask Label

Mold-Tech plastic material with Metal Label.

Mold-Tech plastic material with inverted Opacity for the Metal Label.

The Material Graph structure of this example.
The Material Graph structure of this example.

Advanced

The Advanced material is the most versatile of all KeyShot Studio material types. There are more parameters in this material than in any other. With this variety of parameters, materials such as metals, plastics, transparent or cloudy plastics, glass, leathers and diffuse materials can all be created from this singl...

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Animation Node Types

The Animation nodes are unique in that they allow you to create changing parameters of your materials. When you add an Animation node to your material, it will automatically be added to the animation timeline as well.

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Anisotropic

The Anisotropic material type gives you advanced control over the highlights on the material surface. On other material types that have a single “Roughness” slider, increasing this value causes the highlights on the surface spread out evenly in all directions. Anisotropic gives you control over the highlight shape b...

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Area Light

The power of the light can be controlled in either Watt, Lumen or Lux. Lumen or Lux are recommended for best results. The choice between Lumen or Lux depends on the preferred workflow.

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