Blender 2.54 Save Material

Support Materials and Textures
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Hi is there a way to save material I created, so that I can use the material in a different blender project ?

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Add the material to the default cube. Delete all objects, in the material settings set the material to have a ‘fake user’ (the F button). Save the blend file. Your blend file with then only just contain a material. You can do this with mutiple materials in a single blend to give a material library blend file.

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Could use a blend file as a materials library and then append the ones you want to your actual project, from that library.

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But then my blend file in no time will become too large & I cant even group those materials.

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How about making a file for each group?.. I think an assets manager is planned, but for the moment there is just this kind of workaround. Don’t know if there is any script for this.

EDIT: or, making an object for each group, and assign all the materials of each group to a different object.

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If you are packing image files in materials.Blend file may grow, otherwise it will not be a headache

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for grouping, IMHO use clever Naming conventions, so that you can find things quickly

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material data is very very small.

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can we copy all material groups(6 material groups) on an object.

for example i have a car saved with the materials. so if i open the same car in a new project can i now load all 6 materials on the car?

thanks

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Hi
this thread was posted long ago.
Anyone know if there still no direct simple function to save just a material in a file?

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There’s currently no specific file-format for saving materials to.

However, having a large library of materials in a .blend file to append from is as simple as assigning as many materials as needed to the default cube (the limit for the number of material indices per-object is over 30000 in 2.59 compared to 16 in 2.49)

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There’s currently no specific file-format for saving materials to.

That’s what we call “friendly” “advanced” UI.
I have a list of these “friendly” details if you’re interested.
If anybody is interested here.

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You mean like… A list of release logs changes that made blender friendlier?

Ofcourse i am interested.

I was just about tosay it’s good thing he said that thing about 2.59 change in the material limit. It is something i want to know.
So thank you.

If that’s what you meant by all means share