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Material Setup

Examples for various material setups for utilizing Mesh Paint Mode's Blend Weight system.

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Setting up Materials

The Mesh Paint system requires the Mesh's Material to contain a Vertex Color node, as this is how the vertex color data is passed from the Mesh to the Material. The following topics cover ways to set up a Material so that it can be used with Mesh Paint mode.

Vertex Color Materials

Create a Material for 2-Way Texture Blending

Create a Material for 3-Way Texture Blends

Create a Material for 4-Way Texture Blends

Create a Material for 5-Way Texture Blends

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