Materials

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1. How can I create a good looking metal material?
2. How do the Paint buttons work?

1 - How can I create a good looking metal material?

Contributed by B@rt.

To create a convincing material, try the following:

1) First, add an environment map. I often use a 'clouds' __procedural__ texture, but you can also take a picture that matches the environment of your metallic object.

2) Give the material a specular color that is different from its diffuse color. You can change the specular color by clicking on the 'Spec' button below the second material sampler in the __Material Buttons Window__. Try for example a gray material with a blueish specular color.

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2 - How do the Paint buttons work?

Contributed by Michael Velikanje.

Explaining paint textualy is somewhat hard. There is a tutorial at: https://www.michaelv.f2s.com/tutorials.html that explains the basics.

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