In this course we will be teaching you essential terms, definitions and workflows to help you build a solid foundation for material and texture creation in Softimage We will start off by explaining what a shading network is, and why is it such a powerful way to work. We will then begin exploring the Material Manager, which is where you will be creating your Softimage shading networks and we will be covering many of the features, the workflows, and the concepts that will allow you to successfully begin creating your own shading networks in Softimage.