changing color of textured materials for raytrace view

[MIKE J. SULLIVA]

trying to change a grey paver material from textured listing for raytrace view, trying to get a darker shade of grey. How can I change a color that will show in raytrace.

Thanks for any help. chief 10, xp pro os

Mike

[Chiefer]

Quick soln: Use rainbow tool to define material.

Adjust material color.

[sutcac]

Don't think they had the rainbow tool in V10. Just export the image (or you might even be able to find it in the Chief Data folder, as I think they used to do the materials files differently then) used in the material, edit in Photoshop, and import as a new material.

[Glenn Woodward]

V10 has the Rainbow tool, but doesn't have the Blend Color with Texture option.

[MIKE J. SULLIVA]

V10 has the Rainbow tool, but doesn't have the Blend Color with Texture option.

this is what is so frustrating about chief, all I want to do is change the colr of a material in raytrace from light grey to a darker grey. The rainbow tool will change it but not in raytrace. What good is raytrace if your stuck with the textured colors and can not alter them.

Mike

[MIKE J. SULLIVA]

Don't think they had the rainbow tool in V10. Just export the image (or you might even be able to find it in the Chief Data folder, as I think they used to do the materials files differently then) used in the material, edit in Photoshop, and import as a new material.

How do you import a different material that you can change the pattern & color, looking fo a running bond paver medium grey no joints (dry fit)

Thanks
Mike

[sutcac]

Glenn obviously has a better memory of V10 than me (it's been many many years since I have used that version), so I may not be able to tell you the exact steps but creating a new material should be covered in detail in the Help section of the program. You can find all kinds of texture images online and even seamless texture generators that will give you images suitable for importing as a texture in Chief. There are also many different sources of patterns both within Chief and available online that you can use as part of your material definition.

[Glenn Woodward]

Bryce,

I still have all the versions back to V10 loaded on my machine, so it was quite easy.
There is no way my memory is that good!

[MIKE J. SULLIVA]

Bryce,

I still have all the versions back to V10 loaded on my machine, so it was quite easy.
There is no way my memory is that good!

How do you import materials & patterns that will work in raytrace.

Thanks
Mike

[dgavin]

Mike - on original question you could change the properties of the material and lower the ambient setting to darken the material. Just adjust it way down.
TO import a material open the 3D tab select materials, plan and create a new material there using the jpg you have.