You can create a new material in two ways: modifying an existing material, or creating a new one from scratch.
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Modifying an Existing MaterialIn this example, the cylinder has the material "Stones - Granite Sierra" and the plate below is "Metals - Antique Brass." 
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- To create a new material from an existing material, find the existing material in the Material Editor, .
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Image Added - Assign a name for the new material. It will be placed in the same category as the original.
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- In the Pattern category, increase the Scale (which is the size of the repeated image, in drawing units), and change the various mineral colors.
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This is the result - a larger scale granite with different colors.
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- For the plate, make a new material from the antique brass.
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- In the Reflectance category, increase the Mirror Factor.
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This changes the plate surface to reflect the cylinder.
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Wrapping an ImageIf you have your own image you want to use as a material, this is defined in the Pattern category. This example uses a ceramic tile:
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Image Removed - In the Material Editor, click create a New Category.
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With - Within the "Tiles" as the category, click New Material.
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Assign a material name. add a new material and call it "Beige Floral ". 
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Image Added - For the Pattern category, select "Wrapped Image" and click
Image Added - Click the Browse icon next to File name.
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Image Added - In the Open dialog navigate to an image and select it.
Image Added - For Reflectance, use "Matte" with a high Ambience Factor.
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- Use "Auto Axis" for Wrapping.
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- This material is good for the cylinder, but the material used for the plate should be slightly different. Use New Material to create a copy of the tile material.
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- The Wrapping here should be "Z plane" so that only the top face of the plate will be covered.
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Here is the result with "Auto Axis" applied to the cylinder and "Z-plane" applied to the plate.
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- If you want to change the aspect ratio of the tiles on the cylinder, switch to "UV" and increase the "U scale."
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This makes the cylinder's tiles twice as wide, with the same height.
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