{"id":4497,"date":"2020-07-13T08:35:37","date_gmt":"2020-07-13T08:35:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bssrdf.com\/?post_type=manual_documentation&#038;p=4497"},"modified":"2022-02-10T10:26:32","modified_gmt":"2022-02-10T09:26:32","slug":"flakes","status":"publish","type":"manual_documentation","link":"https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot11\/manual\/materials\/material-graph\/material-graph-nodes\/geometry-node-types\/flakes\/","title":{"rendered":"Flakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_83 ez-toc-wrap-right counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">On this page<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a310e0205c77\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #ffffff;color:#ffffff\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #ffffff;color:#ffffff\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a310e0205c77\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot11\/manual\/materials\/material-graph\/material-graph-nodes\/geometry-node-types\/flakes\/#Flake_Settings\" >Flake Settings<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot11\/manual\/materials\/material-graph\/material-graph-nodes\/geometry-node-types\/flakes\/#Flake_Shape\" >Flake Shape<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot11\/manual\/materials\/material-graph\/material-graph-nodes\/geometry-node-types\/flakes\/#Flake_Limit\" >Flake Limit<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot11\/manual\/materials\/material-graph\/material-graph-nodes\/geometry-node-types\/flakes\/#Seed\" >Seed<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot11\/manual\/materials\/material-graph\/material-graph-nodes\/geometry-node-types\/flakes\/#Vertex_Colors\" >Vertex Colors<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot11\/manual\/materials\/material-graph\/material-graph-nodes\/geometry-node-types\/flakes\/#Flake_UV\" >Flake UV<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot11\/manual\/materials\/material-graph\/material-graph-nodes\/geometry-node-types\/flakes\/#Flakes_Only\" >Flakes Only<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot11\/manual\/materials\/material-graph\/material-graph-nodes\/geometry-node-types\/flakes\/#Connected_nodes\" >Connected nodes<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot11\/manual\/materials\/material-graph\/material-graph-nodes\/geometry-node-types\/flakes\/#Surface\" >Surface<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot11\/manual\/materials\/material-graph\/material-graph-nodes\/geometry-node-types\/flakes\/#Density_Texture\" >Density Texture<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Use Flakes when you want your object to be made up of flakes of a specific material. Add Flake node to the geometry socket of the Root node.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/07\/flakes_node.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4498\" width=\"213\" height=\"91\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/07\/flakes_node.png 426w, https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/07\/flakes_node-300x128.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 213px) 100vw, 213px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Flakes-FlakeSettings\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Flake_Settings\"><\/span>Flake Settings<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Flakes-FlakeShape\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Flake_Shape\"><\/span>Flake Shape<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Choose if you want the flakes to be square or spheres. If you want to use UV maps on the flakes, they need to be set to&nbsp;<em>Square<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Flakes-Size\">Size<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/07\/Flakes_Plastic_Size-0.01to0.1cm.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4501\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The <em>Size<\/em> slider controls the size of the flakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The animation&nbsp;shows the effect of&nbsp;varying the flake size between 0.01 cm and 0.1 cm. The material is Plastic, applied to a 1 cm cube. A duplicate cube with transparent Toon material was added to indicate the bounding geometry of the flakes.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Flakes-Sizevariation\">Size variation<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/07\/Flakes_Plastic_SizeVariation-0.1to3.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4504\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The <em>Size Variation<\/em> slider adds fractional variation of flake size<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The animation shows the effect of&nbsp;varying the flake size variation between 0.1 and 3.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Flakes-Density\">Density<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/07\/Flakes_Plastic_Density-1to10p.cm_.gif\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4507\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>The <em>Density<\/em> slider will adjust how close the flakes are to each other<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The animation shows the effect of&nbsp;varying the flake density between 1\/cm and 10\/cm.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Flakes-FlakeLimit\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Flake_Limit\"><\/span>Flake Limit<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Flake Limit slider allows you to limit the amount of flakes used. The limit is per object, not the the overall for the material in the scene. The limit is a count expressed in millions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Flakes-Seed\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Seed\"><\/span>Seed<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The&nbsp;<em>Seed<\/em>&nbsp;slider randomizes the distribution of the flakes within the geometry.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/07\/flakes_panel-599x1024.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4510\" width=\"300\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/07\/flakes_panel-599x1024.png 599w, https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/07\/flakes_panel-175x300.png 175w, https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/07\/flakes_panel.png 752w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Flakes-VertexColors\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Vertex_Colors\"><\/span>Vertex Colors<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>With vertex colors enabled you can make the flakes different shades. In the example below the vertex is combined with a color gradient to make the flakes grey, light blue and dark blue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"950\" height=\"335\" src=\"https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/07\/vertex_flakes_graph.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4513\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/07\/vertex_flakes_graph.png 950w, https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/07\/vertex_flakes_graph-300x106.png 300w, https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/07\/vertex_flakes_graph-768x271.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 950px) 100vw, 950px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/07\/vertex_flakes.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4516\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/07\/vertex_flakes.jpg 800w, https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/07\/vertex_flakes-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/07\/vertex_flakes-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/07\/vertex_flakes-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/07\/vertex_flakes-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Flakes-FlakeUV\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Flake_UV\"><\/span>Flake UV<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Enables the use of UV maps on your flakes. In the example below the KeyShot Logo is applied as a UV map to each flake which are made round using the same texture as an alpha opacity map.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"745\" height=\"291\" src=\"https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/07\/uv_flakes_graph.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4519\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/07\/uv_flakes_graph.png 745w, https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/07\/uv_flakes_graph-300x117.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 745px) 100vw, 745px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/07\/UV_flakes.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/07\/UV_flakes.jpg 800w, https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/07\/UV_flakes-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/07\/UV_flakes-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/07\/UV_flakes-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/07\/UV_flakes-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-columns gb-layout-columns-1 one-column\"><div class=\"gb-layout-column-wrap gb-block-layout-column-gap-2 gb-is-responsive-column\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-genesis-blocks-gb-column info-box gb-block-layout-column\"><div class=\"gb-block-layout-column-inner\">\n<h6 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"note\">Note<\/h6>\n\n\n\n<p>Vertex Colors and Flake UV only work with&nbsp;<em>Square<\/em>&nbsp;flakes<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Flakes-FlakesOnly\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Flakes_Only\"><\/span>Flakes Only<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>With the&nbsp;<em>Flakes Only<\/em>&nbsp;checkbox you have the option to keep\/hide the enclosing geometry, when generating the flakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"285\" src=\"https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/07\/flake_only_graph.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/07\/flake_only_graph.png 540w, https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/07\/flake_only_graph-300x158.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/07\/flakes_only.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4528\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/07\/flakes_only.jpg 800w, https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/07\/flakes_only-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/07\/flakes_only-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/07\/flakes_only-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/07\/flakes_only-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If you choose to disable the&nbsp;<em>Flakes Only<\/em>&nbsp;option the flakes will appear inside the original geometry, which means that they are only visible if your base material is transparent to some degree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Flakes-Connectednodes\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Connected_nodes\"><\/span>Connected nodes<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Flakes-Surface\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Surface\"><\/span>Surface<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Gives you the option to add a surface to the flakes. If you choose to show the enclosing geometry, the flakes will by default share the base material with the original geometry.<br>In this example the flakes are given a different material, than the base material, via the&nbsp;<em>Surface<\/em>&nbsp;slot on the&nbsp;<em>Flake<\/em>&nbsp;node<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"751\" height=\"312\" src=\"https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/07\/flake_keep_org_graph.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4531\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/07\/flake_keep_org_graph.png 751w, https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/07\/flake_keep_org_graph-300x125.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 751px) 100vw, 751px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/07\/flake_keep_original.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/07\/flake_keep_original.jpg 800w, https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/07\/flake_keep_original-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/07\/flake_keep_original-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/07\/flake_keep_original-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot11\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2020\/07\/flake_keep_original-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"Flakes-DensityTexture\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Density_Texture\"><\/span>Density Texture<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you do not want the flakes to be distributed evenly inside the object, you can add a texture to control the density. The&nbsp;<em>Density Texture<\/em>&nbsp;will act as a mask on the flake density. Where the texture is black, no flakes will be shown and where the texture is lighter, the amount of flakes will increase until it (at 100% white in the density texture) reaches the density that has been defined on the flake node.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29916,"featured_media":0,"parent":4417,"menu_order":3,"template":"","manualdocumentationcategory":[13],"manual_doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-4497","manual_documentation","type-manual_documentation","status-publish","hentry","manualdocumentationcategory-keyshot"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Flakes - KeyShot 11 Manual<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/manual.keyshot.com\/keyshot11\/manual\/materials\/material-graph\/material-graph-nodes\/geometry-node-types\/flakes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Flakes - KeyShot 11 Manual\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Use Flakes when you want your object to be made up of flakes of a specific material. 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