Creating & Editing Materials
on this page: edit an exisiting model | base a new material on an existing material | create a new material from scratch
The Material Palette can use a
variety of palettes installed on your system with Showcase. You can
create new materials using the Material
Editor and add them to the Material Palette.
Find it: Looks palette > Material Palette
or Material Editor 
To edit an existing material:
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Open the Material Palette and click on the material you want to edit.
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Choose Edit > Edit Material. The Material Editor
pops up.
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Use the Material Editor to
edit the material.
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Save your changes in the Material Palette. (File > Save
or Save Palette As)
To base a new material on an existing
material:
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Open the Material Palette and click on the material you want to copy
and edit.
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Choose Edit > Copy, or press Ctrl+C.
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Click on an empty material, and choose Edit > Paste, or
press Ctrl+V.
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Choose Edit > Edit Material. The Material Editor
pops up.
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Use the Material Editor to
edit the material.
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Save your changes in the Material Palette. (File > Save
or Save Palette As)
To create a new material from scratch:
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Open the Material Palette and click on an empty material.
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Choose Edit > Edit Material. The Material Editor
pops up.
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Use the Material Editor to
choose a color and set appearances for the new material.
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Save your changes in the Material Palette. (File > Save
or Save Palette As)
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