---
title: "Shader Properties"
url: "https://help.maxon.net/c4d/en-us/Content/html/XSLAPOSTERIZER-ID_SHADERPROPERTIES.html"
section_path: "Material Manager > Classic Materials > Classic material > Channel Shaders > Posterize Shader > Shader Properties"
element_id: "XSLAPOSTERIZER"
group_id: "ID_SHADERPROPERTIES"
description: "This is the source image or channel shader to affect with the Posterizer filter. You can bring in and affect any image or 2D shader available to CINEMA 4D."
---

## Shader Properties

### Texture

Parameter ID: `SLA_POSTERIZER_TEXTURE`

This is the source image or channel shader to affect with the Posterizer filter. You can bring in and affect any image or 2D shader available to CINEMA 4D.

### Levels

Parameter ID: `SLA_POSTERIZER_LEVELS` · Range: [1..40]

Number of levels of color, between zero and maximum intensity.

### Filter Width

Parameter ID: `SLA_POSTERIZER_FILTER` · Range: [0..200%]

Adjusts the softness of the posterize effect by widening and smoothing the edges between levels.