Material nodes results in "shadeless" material

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I was experimenting with simulated hair without using particles. The test came along relatively well while I was not using material nodes. See example below. (Don’t comment on the realism of the hair - yet)

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I decided midstream to switch over to nodes-based materials as I have more control over the texture. I am relatively new at material nodes (but quite familiar with materials and textures). Having done that, the resultant material now seems to be shadeless - even though the button is not activated.

I am wondering whether it could be that the colour is produced by a colourband in texture node and not a material node. (I did initially start with a colour node, but when I introduced the colourband in the texture node, the material node stopped having any effect.)

See sample below. Notice how the hair seems much lighter and is shadeless. When I render with “shadeless” activated, the image does not change.

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Can anybody help?

Thanks,

AnyMation

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One thing to make sure of, make sure ALL the materials being mixed into the node material has shadeless off. You might want to show us your node setup.

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make sure your specular color is different (LIGHTER) than your base color, and that Spec is enabled. Specularity is what we call sheen.

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Thanks guys,

I was in leave for a week, but I found the problem before I left. (Can’t quite remember what it was again)