Face Styles

The face style defines the shading on a face. Realistic (below left) is meant to
produce the effect of realism. Gooch (below right) can show details better by softening
the contrast between lit areas and shadowed areas. Lit areas use warm tones and shadowed
areas use cool tones.

The None face style produces no shading, and displays only edges. Customize edge settings
to control whether facet edges or isolines are displayed.

Lighting Quality

Lighting quality determines the smoothness of shaded objects.

Faceted lighting computes a single color for each face. Individual faces appear flat.
Smooth lighting smooths the edges between polygon faces by computing the colors as
a gradient between the faces’ vertices. This gives objects a smooth appearance.

For the Smoothest option, the Per-Pixel Lighting (Phong) setting must be enabled in
the Graphics Performance dialog box. The colors are computed for individual pixels,
giving a smoother appearance. If not, the Smooth setting is used instead.

Highlights

The size of an object’s highlights affect the perception of shininess. A smaller,
more intense highlight makes objects appear shinier. The highlight intensity that
is set in a visual style does not apply to objects with attached materials.

Opacity

The opacity property controls the transparency of objects.

Face Color Modes

Display face colors in the normal way, or specify a face color mode. Monochrome displays
faces in the varying shades of a specified color. Tint shades faces by changing the
hue and saturation values based on a specified color. Desaturate softens colors.