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title: "Texture Sampler"
url: "https://help.maxon.net/r3d/maya/en-us/Content/html/Texture%2BSampler.html"
section_path: "Shaders > Texture Shaders > Texture Sampler"
description: "Redshift uses Maya's File and Place2DTexture nodes to load and place textures but there are several Redshift specific options that are covered below."
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# Texture Sampler

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# Texture Sampler

## Overview

Redshift uses Maya's File and Place2DTexture nodes to load and place textures but there are several Redshift specific options that are covered below.

## Parameters

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### Advanced

These options allow advanced control of texture filtering and should be used with caution as they can affect texture sampling quality and performance.

Please see [this](https://help.maxon.net/r3d/maya/en-us/Content/html/Texture%2BOptions.html.md) topic for more information about these options:

#### Filter Enable

Selects the filtering enable mode of the texture sampler;

- None - no MIP-mapping, point-sampled for 'minification' and 'magnification'
- Magnification - no MIP-mapping, point-sampled for 'minification'
- Magnification/Minification - recommended default. MIP-mapped, with full filtering

#### Bicubic Filtering

Enables bicubic filtering on textures that are magnified. This produces much softer looking textures than regular bilinear filtering, but at the expense of slower rendering.

#### Prefer Sharp Filtering

Biases primary rays texture filtering to produce sharper looking textures.

#### Mip Bias

Biases texture mip-maps to yield sharper looking textures when the bias is less than 0 or softer looking looking textures when greater than 0.

##### UV Context

Connect a UV Context Projection node here to enable a local connection for simplified texture mapping. For more information, please see the [UV Context Projection page](https://help.maxon.net/r3d/maya/en-us/Content/html/UV%2BContext%2BProjection.html.md).