Environment Image Sampler
Updated: 12 Aug 2025
This shading node enables you to apply an Environment Image to a material.
Environment Image Sampler
Method #
Shading nodes are applied to material texture channels to generate textures procedurally while rendering. A typical Input would be the environment map node.
The image can be used in normal, reflection or refraction mode.
Parameters
Parameter Details Position X TBC
Position Y TBC
Position Z TBC
Rotation Heading TBC
Rotation Pitch TBC
Rotation Bank TBC
Scale X TBC
Scale Y TBC
Scale Z TBC
Parameter Details Position TBC
Rotation TBC
Scale TBC
World Position Only TBC
Inherit Time TBC
These properties control the core behaviours of the node.
Parameter Details Source Channel Source input from which the shader will be generated.
Mapping Type Select which mapping type will be used in the image.
- Normal : This samples the environment image in the direction of the surface normal.
- Reflection : This samples the environment image using a reflection on the surface from the camera position, making a reflection effect. Useful for adding reflective effects to a surface.
- Refraction : This samples the environment image using a refraction through the surface from the camera position, making a reflection effect. Useful for adding refractive effects to a surface.
Texture Channel Select which channel(s) from the selected texture to use for shading the surface.
- RGBA : Apply your texture uniformally to the RGBA channels.
- Red : Limit the texture to only apply to the Red channel.
- Green : Limit the texture to only apply to the Green channel.
- Blue : Limit the texture to only apply to the Blue channel.
- Alpha : Limit the texture to only apply to the Alpha channel.
- RGB : Limit the texture to only apply to RGB, avoiding Alpha
- Luminance : Limit the texture to only apply to Luminance.
Intensity Adjust the intensity of the texture
Blur Control the amount of blur used.
Preview In Viewport Preview the effects of the shading node on the channel it’s applied, without other nodes further in the chain being used.
Inputs
| Parameter | Details |
|---|---|
| Position X | TBC |
| Position Y | TBC |
| Position Z | TBC |
| Rotation Heading | TBC |
| Rotation Pitch | TBC |
| Rotation Bank | TBC |
| Scale X | TBC |
| Scale Y | TBC |
| Scale Z | TBC |
| Parameter | Details |
|---|---|
| Position | TBC |
| Rotation | TBC |
| Scale | TBC |
| World Position Only | TBC |
| Inherit Time | TBC |
These properties control the core behaviours of the node.
| Parameter | Details |
|---|---|
| Source Channel | Source input from which the shader will be generated. |
| Mapping Type | Select which mapping type will be used in the image.
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| Texture Channel | Select which channel(s) from the selected texture to use for shading the surface.
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| Intensity | Adjust the intensity of the texture |
| Blur | Control the amount of blur used. |
| Preview In Viewport | Preview the effects of the shading node on the channel it’s applied, without other nodes further in the chain being used. |
| Name | Description | Typical Input |
|---|---|---|
| Environment Image | Override the environment image in the attributes with an input image from the nodegraph. | Environment Image |
| Blur Amount | Control the amount of blur that is applied. | Gradient |