Working with materials in VRED

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Open the Material Editor and edit the scene materials.

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To the left is a list of materials and if displayed, material tags.

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In the middle is the Group Preview,

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which provides pre-rendered preview icons of all materials based on any search, filtering, or selection in the section to the left.

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Get an overview of your materials in a selected folder by using the Group Preview.

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To change the size of the preview icons, use the slider along the bottom.

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To the right, you can find an overview of all editable selected material attributes.

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Nevertheless, you can fit the Material Editor components to your workflow.

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Under window, you can choose which component should be opened.

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Go to the drop-down menu and select which component should be shown.

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To help with material organization, you can open 2 material lists.

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Just drag the handle to expose or hide a list.

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All the Material Editor features can be accessed through menu bar options or via the Material list's right-click context menu.

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Regularly used functions can be reached via the icon bar.