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Shortcut—
Double-click a sample slot to display
the mag nified window.
The magnify w indow’s title bar displays the
contents of the editable
mater ial name field (p age
2–1292)
. It varies depending on which level of the
material is active.
Auto—Tur n off to pre vent the m ag nif ied w i ndow
from updating automat ically. This can save
rendering time, especially when you have
resized the magnified window to make it larger.
Default=on.
Update—Click to update the magnified window.
ThisbuttonisunavailableunlessAutoisturned
off.
Dragging a different sample slot to the magnif y
window changes the contents of the magnify
window.
Sample Windows option s
The Material Editor always has 24 sample slots
available. You can choose to display fewer sample
slots at a larger size. When you do, scroll bars let
youmovearoundamongthesampleslots.
3X2SampleWindows—Displays a 3 x 2 array of
sample slots. (The default: 6 windows.)
5X3SampleWindows—Displays a 5 X 3 array of
sample slots. (15 windows.)
6X4SampleWindows—Displays a 6 X 4 array of
sample slots. (24 windows.)
Dragging and Dropping Maps and
Mater ials
You can move materials from sample slots to
objects using a drag-and-drop operation. You can
also drag to and from map and material buttons.
See the follow ing lists to determine where in the
interface you can drag from and drag to.
When dragging materials, use the
Undo command
(page 1–93)
to cancel m aterial assignments.
Where You Can Drag From
• Sample Slots (page 2–1264)
The content you drag from a sample slot is
always a t the top level of the sample slot,
regardless of which level is currently displayed.
Ifthesampleslotcontainsamaterial,youcan’t
dragfromthesampleslottoamapbutton,even
if you’re at the map level of the materia l.
•TheMaterialEditor
Type button (page 2–1293)
• Material/Map Browser (page 2–1256) lists (text
or icon lists)
You can’t drag from the modal ve rsion of the
Browser (when OK and Cancel buttons are
present).
• The sample slot in the Browser
• Materia l map buttons (see b elow)
• A projector light map button (see
Advanced
Effects Rollout (page 2–1185)
)
•The
Environment Background (page 3–268)
map button
•
Fog (page 3–278) Color and Opacity map
buttons
•
Displace modifier (p age 1–608) map buttons