Material Picker is the most intuitive tool for finding and editing materials in Blender. Get access to any material in one single click through the Viewport, or browse through all of your materials in the Shader Editor.
Main Features
Get what you see
Material Picker
Pick any material from the viewport by simply hovering over it.
Get fast and organized
Material Browser
Browse and manage all of your materials in the most intuitive way.
Find what's sought
Material Search
Quickly get access to any material straight from the workspace. Automatically synchronizes with the Material Browser for a smooth workflow.
100% Reliable
Everything Supported
Material Picker works every time, no matter the workflow you use!
Geometry Nodes
When picking a material from objects with geometry nodes or other modifiers without having it in a material slot, a new hidden object will be created with the material ready to be edited.
Linked Objects
When picking a linked Material you can automatically open the corresponding file to edit it. The changes will update immediately when tabbing back.
Instanced Objects
When picking a material of instanced objects the original object will automatically be searched and selected with the picked material active.
Quality guaranteed
Made with a Professional
Material Picker was designed with the help of a 3D Artist with the goal of speeding up your everyday workflow, especially when working with larger scenes.
That’s what he is saying:
I can’t even think about the inability to quickly and easily select the desired material in Blender due to its multiple branching options of ways that objects can be brought together to get the final result… without spewing the most disparaging vulgarities about how I despise that aspect of Blender. I’ve got one less thing to vex me now.
Thinsoldier
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If you have any questions don’t hesitate to message me via Ask a Question, Discord or send an E-Mail to support@rubenmesserschmidt.com. Also, suggestions and criticism are welcome.
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Thanks to Thinsoldier for suggesting this addon and helping with testing as well as providing many great ideas for this project!
“Cyberpunk Speeder” (https://skfb.ly/6uWss) by Piotr Pisiak is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
“The Minimalist White Room” (https://blendswap.com/blend/13874) by Wig42 is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). The volume object was added for demonstration purposes.