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Last updated on
Aug 14, 2025
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Corrode
In: Wear and Finish
Description
The corrode filter mimics the effect of acid eating away at your material, leaving holes and damage to the surface.
Parameters
Basic parameters
- Random Seed:
The random seed determines the random values of other parameters that use randomness in this filter. - Affected Areas:
Select how the curvature of the surface impacts the effect of the filter. - Perforation Level: 0-1
Adjust the number of holes created. - Curvature Position: 0-1
Modify the curvature range to be affected. - Curvature Smooth: 0-1
Smooth the curvature map. - Damage Distance: 0-1
Control the damage radius around the corroded areas. - Damage Intensity: 0-1
Adjust the amount of damage in the impacted areas. - Height Intensity: 0-1
Control the impact of the damage to the height map. - Extrude Position: toggle
Switch the direction of the damage on the height map. When disabled, the damage eats into the surface; when enabled, the damage builds outwards from the surface.
Mask
- Use Custom Mask: toggle
Enable or disable the use of a custom mask. If enabled the following parameters appear:- Mask: image/brush
Select an image to use as a mask or use the brush to paint a custom mask directly in the 2D view. - Custom Mask - Blur: 0-1
Blur the mask. - Custom Mask - Invert: toggle
Invert the mask.
- Mask: image/brush
Advanced Parameters
Some of the Advanced Parameters impact the full material rather than just the areas modified by this filter.
- Luminosity: 0-1
Adjust luminosity or lightness for the full material. - Contrast: -1 to 1
Adjust albedo contrast for the full material. - Hue Shift: 0-1
Offset the hue value of colors in the full material. - Saturation: 0-1
Adjust the Saturation for the full material. - Normal Intensity: 0-1
Adjust the intensity of the normal map where it has been impacted by the Corrode filter. - Height Range: 0-1
Increase the range of values in the height map for the full material. - Height Position: 0-1
Offset the height of the full material. - Ambient Occlusion Intensity: 0-1
Adjust the strength of the AO impact due to the Corrode filter.