Materials Lab

The Materials Lab (also known as the MatLab) is where you'll create and edit the materials to apply to your objects. This unique editor lets you combine a wide variety of components and channels to create an infinite number of different surfaces and volumes.

There are two types of materials you can create: Surface materials, which define the surface properties of an object, and Volume materials, which define the properties of an object's volume as well as its surface.

When you're creating volume materials, the settings in the Materials Lab change. Some of the surface material settings are replaced by volume effects settings.

To display the Materials Lab:

1. Create an object.
2. Access the Materials Lab:

• Click the button next to the selected object.
• OR choose Objects > Edit Material from the menu.
• OR click on the Edit Material tool in the Edit Palette.

The contents of the composer depend on the material currently applied to the object. If there is no material, the default material's settings appear.

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