Materials and Shading Part 1: Managing Materials

Managing Materials: An Overview
Trying something new—a series! This tutorial is Part 1 of a series on Materials and Shading in Blender 2.92.0. This first video is a quick overview of the very basics of materials from creating and assigning them, to sorting and linking them to both data and objects. It even includes selection methods, and changing the viewport background. This tutorial is ideal for those relatively new to Blender or anyone looking for a materials refresher.

Use the timesteps below to quickly navigate to what interests you:
Material Viewport Display: 2:25
Adding new materials: 3:00
Multiple materials on one mesh: 3:40
Materials vs. Material Slots: 4:32
Using the Material Browser: 5:48
Material Fake User: 6:51
Changing the Viewport Background: 8:30
Selection Methods: 9:16
Remove Unused Material Slots: 13:32
Copy/Paste Materials: 13:44
Copy Material to Multiple Objects: 14:30
Sorting & Searching Material Lists: 17:00
Linking Materials through Objects & Data: 18:03


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"Acid Trumpet" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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