Replacing a color

thomthom · 26 Oct 2010, 12:21

Maybe an eyedropper to sample the color on one of those surfaces, then the ability to choose another color and paint all 37 surfaces at once?

Material Replacer: http://forums.sketchucation.com/viewtopic.php?f=323&t=26013

hellnbak · 26 Oct 2010, 12:47

Thanks, installed Material Replacer and tried it, but it seems to only be able to replace a color with another color already in the scene, not from the color choices within Paint Bucket

thomthom · 26 Oct 2010, 12:51

Yes, in-model replacement.

Gaieus · 26 Oct 2010, 12:56

Just put a simple rectangle in the model and paint it with a material you want to replace the other with.

hellnbak · 26 Oct 2010, 13:25

@gaieus said:

Just put a simple rectangle in the model and paint it with a material you want to replace the other with.

What I'm looking for is a way to simply choose a material from the Paint Box menu, you know, how would it look in this color, or this color. Your method would be a lot slower, and I'm into instant gratification

thomthom · 26 Oct 2010, 13:37

@hellnbak said:

What I'm looking for is a way to simply choose a material from the Paint Box menu, you know, how would it look in this color, or this color. Your method would be a lot slower, and I'm into instant gratification

Then the quickest would be to to apply a new material, but edit the existing.

hellnbak · 26 Oct 2010, 13:46

@thomthom said:

Then the quickest would be to to apply a new material, but edit the existing.

Could you explain what that means?

dale · 26 Oct 2010, 13:48

Please accept this fine virtual beer (in lieu of a cookie) and a big thanks, for this great plugin.

thomthom · 26 Oct 2010, 13:52

@hellnbak said:

@thomthom said:

Then the quickest would be to to apply a new material, but edit the existing.

Could you explain what that means?

I mean, the quickest method to try out different colour would not be applying a new material, but after applying one material to what you want, edit that material's colour with SU's material editor.

thomthom · 26 Oct 2010, 13:53

@dale said:

Please accept this fine virtual beer (in lieu of a cookie) and a big thanks, for this great plugin.

whoa! I want that beer! hm... I'm off to London in December...

pyroluna · 26 Oct 2010, 14:01

@hellnbak said:

Could you explain what that means?

Google does that very nicely:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvSP54o_KqY