We’ll have a look at different material properties like colour, metalness, roughness, glass, translucency and how to adjust these with the material panel. Double click on a material’s thumbnail in the top bar or scene panel, or select the material on the objects property panel to open the material panel.

In this lesson:

Material Name

With the material panel open you will see a sphere previewing the current state of your material with the current name below.

• Rename material: Click on the current name in the material panel to type a custom name.

Colour

You can change the colour of any material to customize it, or create your own.

• Custom colour: Left-clicking on the colour swatch in the material panel brings up the colour picker.