This is my first week using this software and I am also trying to customize materials. I followed Patricia's suggestion of double-clicking on a material thumbnail, but nothing happened. Perhaps I am not understanding Patricia's answer, so I'll give more detail in the hopes of getting clarification... I am using Pro Platinum V8, I select the Materials tab and double-click on a thumbnail. Or, I have also tried it within the Material Painter and the 3-D Workshop. Any help will be appreciated!

Hi efrain, Sorry the misunderstanding, the question and my answer was about Master Landscape Pro (is the thread where we are).
Patricia

Hi Larry Brewer,

The original version of Platinum 8 hasn't the "Materials Workshop" Power Tool. Platinum 8 has the Material Modifier, where you can develop changes in the current textures but you can add new ones

Hope this helps

Patricia

why does my stone for exterior go on the interior walls or as a ground cover?

Hi Brent,

Welcome to the Forum!

First, lets clarify a concept: the materials in Punch are just textures, therefore, you can "paint" your deck with a diagonal texture, but you can't rotate the textures in the Punch screen
So, your assumption is correct, you must rotate the material in Photoshop (or other graphic program) and then, import the new texture in Punch

To import and / or rotate materials in Punch, you'll need a Power Tool called Materials Workshop. Once you have the MLP version, you don't have this PT. You have only the Materials Modifier tool. With this PT you can only modify the current Punch textures

There is a work around to add new textures (for Punch versions without the Materials Workshop tool)
You can learn RB's tutorial about this subject,
http://www.punchhelpers.com/rb_resources.html

Regarding the concrete pattern, is the same situation, you must create it outside Punch and import / replace the texture

Hope this helps

Patricia