In this recipe, we will combine two materials within a node tree to create the full slate roof effect.
This recipe starts at the end of the last one. If you have not completed that recipe you can download the blendfile from the Packtpub website.
Since two component materials have already been created, we only have to combine them within the material node to create the final result.
With the
slate-roof-04.blend
open, select the plane object and from the Materials panel, change the material to theslate-roof
material created in previous recipes. Do this by clicking the Browse Data ID button to the left of the material name and selectslate-roof
from the displayed list. This will display the beginning node setup with theslate-roof
material attached to an Output node.In the Node editor, press SHIFT+A to bring up the Add menu and add a new Input/Material node. Choose the
slate-stains
material from its Browse Data ID.
Now, we have two materials...