The settings you make in the material manager are stored in its preferences and reused the next time you open it. For more information about the material manager, see The Material Manager.
Explorer
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Determines which materials are displayed in the Scene tab. • Local Material shows materials applied locally on an object or cluster itself. • Applied Material includes materials inherited from parents, groups, and partitions. |
Image Clips
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Show |
Determines which clips are displayed in the Image Clips tab. • All Image Clips • Used Image Clips • Unused Image Clips |
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Thumbnail Size |
Sets the thumbnail size used in the Image Clips tab. |
Material Shelf
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Show |
Filters the materials displayed in the shelf: • All Materials • Used Materials • Unused Materials • Highlighted Materials displays only the materials highlighted by the Highlight Materials From Selected Objects button (Materials > Get Materials From Selected Objects). |
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Thumbnail Size |
Sets the thumbnail size used in the material shelf. |
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Highlight on Explorer Selection |
Automatically highlights materials in the shelf and displays them in the bottom pane when you select them in the explorer in the left pane of the material manager. |
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