When prompted to Instance or Copy choose Instance if you need to edit the material in the Material/Map Browser and Copy if you want to create a separate material.Select a material in the Material/Map Browser and left click and drag to the first empty sample window in the Material Editor.Experiment with the Show checkboxes as described in the image below before reverting back to showing the Root Only Some materials are obviously assigned to a number of objects (editing these directly will change the materials on all the objects). This displays all the materials on all the objects in the scene. Select a number of objects in the scene then:.For information, the items in the list that appears are as follows: This is where you can start the process of creating a new material. Open the Material Map Browser by clicking the Get Material button in the Material Editor.This scene has materials assigned to most objects and the Material Editor has been cleared of materials Materials can be retrieved and placed in the Material Editor from the Material/Map Browser or from the scene directly Top of page Editing a Material on an Object in the Scene Retrieving Materials from a Scene or Library This tutorial focuses on how to retrieve a material for editing from an object in a scene or library and how to save materials in material libraries and maps on your system so you can start cataloging your most handy material assets Download Sample Data In this way you can catalog and use lots of quality materials collected over time, thus speeding up the process of creating realistic looking scenes Often, materials are copied from material libraries or from objects in a scene for immediate use, or edited to suit other objects before re-saving them under different names. Materials can be saved in material libraries and retreived for use in any other scene.

Once materials have been created and edited in the Material Editor to suit a particular scene they no longer need to be kept in the Materials Editor.

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