Skin

Last modified: 10 March 2025

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Skin

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Skin, as the name implies, is a single node for creating a skin-like material with subsurface scattering, The image above shows the LightWave logo with an additional bright Spherical light behind it.

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Model: The WikiHuman Project, Render: Craig 'Rebelhill' Monins

Inputs

The Skin node contains the following Inputs:

  • Specular Weight (Scalar) - Determines how intense the Specular Color is

  • Specular Color (Color) - Colors the specular component of the skin

  • Specular Roughness (Scalar) - The roughness of the surface

  • Specular Fresnel (Scalar) - The specular amount at parallel angles

  • Sheen Weight (Scalar) - Determines how intense the Sheen Color is

  • Sheen Color (Color) - Colors the sheen component of the skin

  • Sheen Roughness (Scalar) - The roughness of the sheen

  • Sheen Fresnel (Scalar) - The specular amount of sheen at parallel angles

  • Epidermis Weight (Scalar) - Determines the visibility of the outer layer of the skin shader

  • Epidermis Color (Color) - Specifies the color used for the outer layer of skin

  • Epidermis Distance (Scalar) - How far light is absorbed into a surface

  • Dermis Weight (Scalar) - Determines the visibility of the second layer of the skin shader

  • Dermis Color (Color) - Specifies the color used for the second layer of the skin shader

  • Dermis Distance (Scalar) - How far light is absorbed into this second layer

  • Hypodermis Weight (Scalar) - Determines the visibility of the inner layer of the skin shader

  • Hypodermis Color (Color) - Specifies the color used for the third layer of the skin shader

  • Hypodermis Distance (Scalar) - How far light is absorbed into this third layer

  • Normal (Vector) - Uses a normal map for skin displacement

  • Bump (Vector) - Uses a bump map for skin displacement with the Bump Height field to determine the quantity

  • Bump Height (Scalar) - Amount to displace the Bump input

Edit Panel

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Images applied to the inputs for Epidermis, Dermis and Hypodermis inputs will always give a more realistic result.

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Contributed by Richard Feeney