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 Layer Blend Modes.

Changes the transparency of the current layer. Reducing this values increasingly reveals lower layers in the Shader Tree if present, or dims 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 the texture is applied) to the surface. The Locator option sets that association. You can choose alternate locators, however, the need to do so is very rare. There are, however, some instances where you may want multiple texture items to share a single locator.

Determines the design motif used to create the halftone pattern across the surface:

• Dots - applies a series of variable sized circles that simulating surface shading.

• Lines - applies a series of lines of variable width simulating surface shading.

• Crosshatch - applies a series of perpendicular lines of variable width simulating surface shading.

• Adaptive Hatching - simulates the technique of woodcut shading where the lines can't get very thin. At the lightest shading, it draws a dashed line which becomes more solid and thicker as it gets darker. A perpendicular cross hatch is added for the darkest tones.

Determines the size or spacing of the halftone Pattern. Larger values result in finer pattern spacing, while smaller values produce a larger more apparent pattern.

Determines the angle of the effect, relative to the final rendered frame. An Angle of 0 degrees produces an ordered grid or horizontal flow to the pattern, and a 45 degree angle produces an effect similar to a traditional black and white newsprint. 90 degrees produces a vertical flow to the pattern.

Determines the color of the halftone pattern added to the surfaces diffuse color.

When enabled, the Pattern is drawn relative the frame itself, based on a user defined Angle value. When disabled, the UV map defined in the associated Texture Locator determines the direction and angle of the halftone pattern, giving you ultimate control of halftone pattern results.

When Screen Coordinates is enabled, the Depth Scale value can be applied to simulate the Pattern UV map contouring without actually using a UV map. This is done by scaling the Tiles values as the surface recedes into the distance. The Depth Scale amount controls how much the depth affects the Tiles scaling.

When enabled, any specular highlights created by direct light sources in the scene are added as an additional white pattern overlaid on the surface.