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1418 Chapter 16: Material Editor, Materials, and Maps
This group of radio buttons is displayed only when
you’ve chosen New under Browse From. It controls
whattypesofmapstheBrowserdisplaysinthe
material/map list. (The Browser displays materials
regardless of this setting.)
2D Maps—Lists only 2D map types.
3D Maps—Lists only 3D (procedural) (page 3–997)
map types.
Co mpositors—Lists only compositor map types.
Co lor Mods—Lists only color modifier map t ypes.
Other —Lists reflection and refraction map t ypes.
All—(The default.) Lists all map types.
Copy ing a nd Pa st ing: R i ght-Cl ick
Menu for Materials, Maps,
B itma ps, a nd Color s
Material Editor > Right-click a Type button, sub-materials
button, map button, bitmap button, or color swatch.
Elsewhere in the user interface > Right-click a map button
or color swatch.
A set of right-click pop-up menus in the Material
Editor (and elsewhere in the program’s user
interface) lets you copy and paste, and otherwise
manage materials, maps, bitmaps, and colors.
You see these menus only if copy and p aste
actions are appropriate. Fo r example, if you copy
a material and then right-click a map button,
nothing happens.
Mater ial R ight-Click Menu
When you right-click a button that represents a
material, this menu appears. This includes the
Type button (page 2–1449) for a material, and
sub-materialbuttonssuchasyoufindinthe
Multi/Sub-Object material (page 2–1594),the
Blend material (page 2–1588),andothers.
Cut—Makes a copy of the material. If you
right-click a sub-material button, this also removes
the material from that sub-material component. If
youright-clicktheTypebutton,Cutisequivalent
to Copy.
Co py—Mak es a copy of the material.
Pas t e (Copy)—Pastes a copy from the copy buffer.
This item doesn’t appear if you haven’t yet copied
amaterial.
Pas t e (Ins t a n ce)—Pastes an instance f rom the copy
buffer.
This item doesn’t appear if you haven’t yet copied
amaterial.
Cle ar —If you right-click a sub-material button,
Clear removes the m aterial from that sub-material
component without making a copy of it. If you
right-click the Type button, Clear has no effect.
Map R ight-Click Menu
When you right-click the button for a map
component (a “map slot”), the menu you see
depends on whether a map has b een assig ned yet.
When a Map Has Been Assigned
The following menu appears if a map has been
assigned: