In Cinema 4D, materials consist of channels. Shaders can be assigned to these channels; shaders may consist of images, effects, or layers that contain additional shaders. Each channel, and within them the shaders, are represented in GDL script by a compound parameter name. For example, if you wish to create…

Parameters and their possible values in each channel.

Available shader types and their parameters.

Some special channel parameters types needs combined values in more than one following parameter.

Value lists for shaders and channels predefined types.

Simple examples for surfaces.