Toggles the effect of the layer on and off. This duplicates the functionality of toggling visibility in the Shader Tree. When disabled, the layer has no effect on the shading of the scene. However, Modo saves disabled layers with the scene, and they are persistent across Modo sessions.

Inverts the colors (RGB values) for the layer to produce a negative effect.

Affects the blending between different layers of the same effect type. With this, you can stack several layers for different effects.

For more about blending, see Layer Blend Modes.

Changes the transparency of the current layer. If there are layers below this layer in the Shader Tree, reducing this value increasingly reveals the lower layers. Reducing the value always dims the effect of the layer.

Sets the association for the Texture Locator. Most texture layers have a Texture Locator that Modo automatically creates in the Item List. This defines the mapping of the texture (how Modo applies the texture) to the surface. You can specify alternate locators, but this is normally not required. Although you may want multiple texture items to share a single locator.

Defines how a texture/material is applied to a 3D surface. Types vary significantly in their effects. For a guide to each Projection Type see Sorry you didn't find this helpful.

Toggles the effect of the layer on and off, duplicating the functionality of toggling visibility in the Shader Tree. When disabled, the layer has no effect on the shading of the scene. However, disabled layers are saved with the scene and are persistent across Modo sessions.

Inverts the RGB values for the layer producing a negative effect.

Affects blending between different layers of the same effect type, allowing you to stack several layers for different effects.

For more on blending, please see the Layer Blend Modes page of the documentation.

Changes the transparency of the current layer. Reducing this value increasingly reveals lower layers in the Shader Tree if present, or dim the effect of the layer itself on the surface.

Most texture layers also have an associated Texture Locator that is automatically created in the Item List. This defines the mapping of the texture, the way it is applied, to the surface. The Locator option sets that association. While you can choose alternate locators, the need to do so is very rare, still, there are some possible instances where you may want multiple texture items to share a single locator.

Specifies the total number of characters to display.

Specifies the spacing between the individual characters within the overall content dimensions.

Allows the characters to scroll on a character-by-character basis. As this value is increased, the characters scroll from left to right.

Applies a skew to all of the display characters. Positive values skew the characters to the right, while negative values skew the characters to the left.

Defines the thickness of the individual segments for each display character.

Determines the spacing between the individual segments for each character.

Prefixes the counter with a defined number of zeros.

Specifies the number of zeros to be shown after a decimal point.

Specifies the number that is shown in the display. In the case of time, the value is represented in seconds, then converted to hours:minutes in the display.

Specifies the number base used to display the count value. The options are Decimal, Hexadecimal, Octal and Binary.

Specifies the format of the count for display. Options are Simple Count, Realtime Clock,or SMPTE time code (either SMPTE24, SMPTE25 or SMPTE30.)

Forces a 24-hour clock display when the Realtime Clock option is selected in the Counter Format.

When this option is enabled and the Counter Format is set to Realtime Clock, the character for seconds is included in the display.

When enabled, all of the unlit segments and decimals are included in the display.

When enabled, the scroll direction switches from the default setting of left to right and scroll from right to left.

When enabled, the UV coordinates of the display text are swapped.

When enabled, it flips the U coordinates of the display text.

Specifies U (horizontal) offset of the display text.

Specifies V (vertical) offset of the display text.

Specifies a clip level for the Background Color/Value, truncating values beyond the defined setting. Combined with the Upper Clip value, you can apply this option to extend or contract the total range of values for the texture.

Specifies a clip level for the Foreground Color/Value, truncating values beyond the defined setting. Combined with the Lower Clip value, you can apply this option to extend or contract the total range of values for the texture.

Increasing this value causes the texture to favor the foreground color over the background color, whereas decreasing the value causes the background color to be favored.

Similar to a gamma control that affects the falloff of the gradient ramp between the two color values. Setting the Gain to 100% creates a very sharp falloff effect, whereas setting the value to 0% creates a plateau around the value or color mid-point with sharp falloff on either extreme of the gradient.

When the Output Regions option is enabled, the procedural texture outputs random gray shades per region rather than outlines for tiles, providing a means to add random variety to the procedurally created texture. You can further control the amount of variation using the Regional HSV process layer.

Specifies the Color (or Value) of the texture's background area, which ramps toward the Foreground Color/Value.

Specifies the Alpha transparency of the Background Color.

When enabled, the Background Color area is completely transparent, revealing the shading results of any lower layers.

Specifies the Color (or Value) of the texture's foreground area, which ramps toward the Background Color/Value.

Specifies the Alpha transparency of the Foreground Color.