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copied or locked color components in materials you use in a scene. Color copying and locking are best used as conveniences when you design a new basic material. Shortcut Map Buttons The small buttons to the right of the color swatches access the Material/Map Browser on page 5357, where you select a map for that component. These buttons are shortcuts: you can also use the corresponding buttons in the Maps rollout on page 5414 If you have assigned a map to one of these color components, the button displays the letter M. An uppercase M means that the corresponding map is assigned and active. A lowercase m means that the map is assigned and inactive (turned off). The lock button to the right of the Diffuse map button locks Ambient mapping to Diffuse mapping. It is on by default. Usually it makes sense to use the same map for the ambient and diffuse components. To use different maps for ambient and diffuse, turn off the lock button. A map shortcut button for Ambient appears. Procedures To change a color component: 1 Click the color swatch next to the color component you want to change. The Material Editor displays a Color Selector on page 391. Right-clicking the color swatch also displays the Color Selector. 2 Use the Color Selector to change the values of the color component. As you change color values, the color component also changes in the sample slot. To copy one color component to another: 1 Drag the color swatch of the color you want to copy to the color swatch of the other color component. A Copy or Swap Colors dialog on page 5366 is displayed. 2 Click Copy to replace the second color swatch with the color you dragged. Click Swap to swap the two color components. 5438 | Chapter 19 Material Editor, Materials, and Maps