The triangle next to the word “Color” reveals color sliders so you can mix your own colors. Triangles are often used as an indicator that there’s something hidden behind that button. If you see a triangle, click on it! I promise you won’t regret it. If you get lost in an ocean of objects now, you can turn off the visibility of any layer by clicking on their dots or right-click and select hide. You’ve now moved your object to a different layer! If you’ve already created an object in the wrong layer (indicated with a right-facing triangle in front of the layer dot), select the object and click in front of the dot of the layer you want to move it to, and a triangle will appear in that spot. To organize your objects into specific layers, click on the layer you want them to be in before creating a new object. You can’t change the layer color, but if you right-click on a layer, you can name the layers. The colors are applied to the outlines of your objects. A free lightweight 8-bit voxel editor and interactive path tracing renderer. Notice how, in the screenshot above, all the layers are colored and named. Organization of layers with colors and layer names. A line of text will have appeared explaining to you what this button does, what shortcut keys are assigned to them, and even any optional uses for some of them. If you can’t figure out what a particular button does, hover your mouse cursor over it and look at the bottom of the program window. For example, the trash can button is obviously used for deleting items. Some are very straightforward because we’ve been exposed to them through other applications. There are a lot of buttons in MagicaVoxel. But if you’re like me and you don’t always like to watch a video guide on everything and instead read about it, I’ll try my best to explain to you five essential basics to know before getting started with MagicaVoxel. A lot of information can be found online, like on the MagicaVoxel website, ArtChanny’s YouTube Channel, and the MagicaVoxel discord server. MagicaVoxel has improved over the years, and its most recent version (0.99.7.0 beta) has really streamlined a lot in regards to its user interface. Color Management ∘ Bonus: Click All The Things! How to Use MagicaVoxel
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