Grease Pencil Material Properties

Material Slots

Next to the material name there are three icons buttons that control common properties of the material:

/ (Show/Hide in Ghosts)

Toggle the use of the material for Onion Skinning.

/ (Hide/Show Material)

Toggle whether the active material is the only one that can be edited and is visible.

/ (Lock/Unlock Material)

Toggle whether the active material is the only one that can be edited.

Specials

Show All

Turns on the visibility of every material in the list.

Hide Others

Turns off the visibility of every material in the list except the active one.

Lock All

Locks edition of all the materials in the list.

Unlock All

Unlocks edition of all the materials in the list.

Lock Unselected

Locks all materials not used in the selected strokes.

Lock Unused

Locks and hides all unused materials.

Copy Material to Selected

Copy the active material to the selected Grease Pencil object.

Copy All Materials to Selected

Copy all materials to the selected Grease Pencil object.

Remove Unused Slots

Remove all unused materials.

Lock & Visibility Controls

(Isolate Material)

Toggle whether the active material is the only one that can be edited.

(Isolate Material)

Toggle whether the active material is the only one that can be edited and is visible.

Surface

Stroke

When enabled, the shader use the stroke component. The Stroke component controls how to render the edit lines.

Line Type

Defines how to display or distribute the output material over the stroke.

• Line:

  Connects every points in the strokes showing a continuous line.

  Dots:

  Use a disk shape at each point in the stroke. The dots are not connected.

  Squares:

  Use a square shape at each point in the stroke. The squares are not connected.

Style

The type of the material.

• Solid:

  Use a solid color.

  Texture:

  Use an image texture.

  • Image

    The image data-block used as an image source.

    Blend

    Texture and Base Color mixing amount.

    UV Factor

    The image size along the stroke.

Base Color

The base color of the stroke.

Holdout

Removes the color from strokes underneath the current by using it as a mask.

Alignment

Defines how to align the Dots and Squares along the drawing path and with the object’s rotation.

• Path:

  Aligns to the drawing path and the object’s rotation.

  Object:

  Aligns to the object’s rotation; ignoring the drawing path.

  Fixed:

  Aligns to the screen space; ignoring the drawing path and the object’s rotation.

Rotation

Rotates the points of Dot and Square strokes.

Note

The Rotation option is limited to a range of -90 to 90 degrees.

Self Overlap

Disables stencil and overlap self-intersections with alpha materials.

Samples of different material strokes mode types and styles.

Fill

When enabled, the shader use the fill component. The Fill component control how to render the filled areas determined by closed edit lines.

Style

The type of material.

• Solid:

  Use solid color.

  Gradient:

  Use a color gradient.

  • Gradient Type

    Linear:

    Mix the colors along a single axis.

    Radial:

    Mix the colors radiating from a center point.

  Texture:

  Use an image texture.

  • Image

    The image data-block used as an image source.

Samples of different material fill styles.

Base Color

The base color of the fill.

Secondary Color Gradient

The secondary color.

Holdout

Removes the color from strokes underneath the current by using it as a mask.

Blend Gradient / Texture

The amount that the Secondary Color (for Gradient Style) or image texture (for Texture Style) Mixxes with the Base Color.

Flip Colors Gradient

Flips the gradient, inverting the Base Color and Secondary Color.

Location X, Y Gradient / Texture

Shifts the position of gradient or image texture.

Rotation Gradient / Texture

Rotates the gradient or image texture.

Scale X, Y Gradient / Texture

Scales the gradient or image texture.

Clip Image Texture

When enabled, show one image instance only (do not repeat).

Settings

Pass Index

This index can be used with some modifiers to restrict changes to only a certain material. See Modifiers for more information.