Materials...

[Monkeyfarm]

It's the basic stuff that keeps hanging me up... Sigh...

If I apply a material to an object, say "basic material", then create another object, how do I get a new instance of the "basic material" on the second object so that they can have difference surface properties?

I'm not finding a clone material button.

I've watched the darn tutorials, but when I try to apply more than one instance of the same material, it doens't seem to work. I'm missing somethign somewhere.

[aurick]

What you have to do is save the material and then load it back into another slot that contains a material you won't be using. Use the original material for the first object and the saved-then-loaded one for the second object.