Editing Artwork Properties

Susan Kehila

Updated November 27, 2024 12:05

You can edit the properties of artwork.

To edit artwork properties:

If the Materials tab is not already open, on the Resources tabs, click Materials.
If not already open, click the Garment tab.
Go to the Artwork section and click the artwork you want to edit. The artwork properties are displayed in the Context view.

Edit the properties as required.

Note

For information about editing vector graphics, refer to Editing Vector Artwork Properties.

2021.3.1 and newer

Label	Description
1	Name and Physics Name of the artwork Click to rename the artwork. The Rename Material dialog box is displayed. Type in the new name. Select or clear Apply to all Colorways according to whether you want the new name to be applied to all colorways. Click OK. Physics Click Physics to display the Physics dialog box. If you want to add physical properties to the artwork: Select Enable Physical Properties. Edit the properties as required. For example: Add thickness by typing in a Thickness value. Make the artwork molded by selecting Molded, then adding a Depth and Type. Click Restore from Database to reset the physical properties to the database values. For more information, refer to Physics Reference. Note: The Physics property is not applicable for seams, and is disabled.
2	Image of the face and the back of the artwork. The selected image is highlighted in blue. The selected image determines which visual properties are displayed in the relevant sections. Note: The arrowhead icons are only enabled if the face and back are different. Click to copy the properties of the face to the back. Click to copy the properties of the back to the face. Toggle to hide or show the selected side. Hide means that the side is invisible in 2D and 3D. Shown Hidden
3	Material Mode The available modes are PBR and Substance. By default, PBR is selected. If selected, no changes to the artwork material are implemented. If Substance is selected, the Effect (Artwork execution) drop-down is displayed. Click the drop-down to display the available effects, then click to select. When the available effects are displayed, you can click Import Substance to import your own custom presets. For more information, refer to Importing Custom Substance Presets. Note: If you select an effect, the standard PBR material properties do not display and are replaced by the properties available for the selected effect. To display the standard material properties, at Material Mode, select PBR. For more information, refer to Substance Presets.
4	Material Blending The blending mode determines how a material blends with the material beneath it in the stacking order. For more information, refer to Material Blending. Transparency The amount of transparency the element is to display, expressed as a percentage. Note: If the selected side is hidden, Transparency is automatically set to 100%.
5	Diffuse Map representing the flat, solid color aspect of the material. Includes a texture (image file) and a color. Click to reset the diffuse color so that it no longer has any effect on the diffuse image. Note: If you reset the material color, depending on your preferences, the blending mode may also be changed. Resetting the material color automatically sets the blending mode to the mode specified in your preferences. For example, if the material blending mode is Multiply, and the default blending mode in your preferences is Overlay, when you rest the material color, its blending mode is changed to Overlay. If the blending mode specified in your preferences is: Multiply, the color resets to white Overlay, the color resets to 50% gray The left thumbnail is an image. Click the thumbnail to display the image editor. For more information, refer to Image Editor. The right thumbnail displays the diffuse color. Click the thumbnail to display the color picker. In Color Blending, click the drop-down to select the color blending to apply. For more information, refer to Color Blending Modes. Select Hide Background to hide the artwork background.
6	Use Lower Layer Maps You can use this feature to blend materials to underlying materials. For example, to add a special finish effect to jeans, or for realistic display of knitted pieces. Select this option to: Disable all the material maps other than diffuse. Inherit the maps of all the materials that are under (a lower z-index) the selected material. For example, assume you have artwork on top of a pattern piece. Selecting the option for the artwork means that all the artwork material maps, except diffuse, are ignored. In addition, the material maps for the pattern piece are used by the artwork. If you have artwork on top of a pattern piece on top of another artwork on top of a base fabric, selecting the option for the top artwork means that all the artwork material maps, except diffuse, are ignored. In addition, the material maps for the pattern piece, the other artwork, and the base fabric are all used by the top artwork. The following image shows the feature in use. Auto Generate Depth Maps You can use this feature to automatically generate depth maps (normal and displacement) for the material if required. If the material has normal and displacement maps which you want to use, ensure this option is not selected. Note: If selected and you make a change to the material, the software automatically regenerates the depth maps
7	Specular Map representing the shininess aspect of the material; how reflective it is. Includes a texture (image file). The thumbnail is an image. A specular map image is a gray level image. Click the thumbnail to display the image editor. In Intensity, drag the slider or type in a number from 0 (none) to 10 (maximum) to set how reflective the material is.
8	Roughness Map representing the roughness aspect of the material; the surface irregularities that diffuse light. Includes a texture (image file). The thumbnail is an image. A roughness map image is a gray level image. Click the thumbnail to display the image editor. In Intensity, drag the slider or type in a number from 0 (none) to 1 (maximum) to set how much roughness the material has.
9	Normal Map representing the bumpiness of the material. Includes a texture (image file). The thumbnail is an image. Click the thumbnail to display the image editor. In Depth, drag the slider or type in a number from -3 to 3 to set the bumpiness of the material. A value of 0 is not bumpy and values of -3 and +3 are most bumpy, in different directions.
10	Displacement (Ray Trace Only) Map representing the 3D geometrical aspect or thickness of the material, and is used to create realistic depth effects. Includes a texture (image file) and depth. Effective in ray trace renders. Note: There must be a texture for the displacement map to have any effect. The thumbnail is an image. A displacement map image is a grayscale image. Medium gray (RGB of 128,128,128 or 50% gray): no effect Darker gray: concave depth as shown in the following image: Lighter gray: convex depth as shown in the following image: Click the thumbnail to display the image editor. In Depth, drag the slider or type in a number from 0 (none) to 3 (maximum) to set the depth of the material. Note: 16-bit grayscale files are supported for displacement maps. Such files may be JPEG, TIF or PNG format. For an introduction, check out the video: Displacement Maps
11	Advanced Options Toggle to display additional visual properties. For more information, refer to Advanced Options.
12	Information Type in any additional production information you want to add. Text entered here is available as JSON data when a tech pack is created. The data is displayed in the artwork page of the exported tech pack along with the selected print execution.
13	Fur Select Use Fur to display fur properties. For more information, refer to Fur.