Adding Material Collections to the Library Palette

Poser also allows you to save some or all of the materials for a single figure together in a Material Collection, in addition to saving single materials individually. Simply select the Material Collection option in the Add to Library dialog, as described below, and choose which materials you would like to include in the collection. Like MAT files, Material Collections provide the convenience of grouping materials in a single file, and also offer the added benefit of seamless integration into your Poser workflow. Please refer to The Material Room for information about the Material room.

To save Material Collection to the Library palette:

Open the Material room and select your desired category/subcategory.
Move the mouse into the Preview window, where it turns into an Eyedropper tool. Use the eyedropper to “pick up” one of the materials in the object that uses the material collection that you want to save. The single material that you clicked appears in the Edit view in the Material room.
Click the Add to Library icon (+) at the bottom of the Library palette.
In the New Material Set dialog, select the Material Collection radio button, and click the Select Materials button to open the Select Materials dialog.
Choose which materials you would like to include in your collection from the list presented in the Select Materials dialog, and click OK. Select All and Select None buttons are also provided to add or clear all materials in the selection set.
Enter a name for the Material Collection and click OK. A small thumbnail of the object with your material settings appears in the currently selected Material library category/subcategory.

If your material collection contains material layers, they will be saved with the material. To save a material layer on its own, see Using Layer-Only Materials.