Switch shaders and variants in Alias

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I've got all the new shades applied to my model.

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And now, I'd like to create a shader variation for the body.

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To do this, I'll click on the body color,

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select a New Switch Shader,

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and it's automatically added to the new switch shader.

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Next, I'll

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drag the red metallic shader onto the switch,

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which adds it to the list of shades in the switch.

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Then I'll middle mouse button drag and drop the switch shader onto the body,

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replacing the single red car paint.

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Switch shaders work together with Variants to allow

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you to quickly change between shader variations.

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Position your model in a view you'd like for

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your thumbnail, and then go to the Variant Lister

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and create new variant to capture the

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model with the current switch shader assignment.

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I'm just going to use this for a shader variation,

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so I'll turn off the Camera mask to avoid changing views when I select the variant.

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Next,

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we'll select the gray metallic shader in the switch shader editor to make it active,

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and then create New Variant, which captures the model with this new shader applied.

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You can continue to add shaders to the switch

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shader to create additional shader variations of your model.