Get material from proxy file?

[lupaz]

Hi there,

I applied a white material to all proxies. Now I would like to retrieve the original material that is saved within the proxy file.
Is that possible to do?

[romullus]

No, materials are not saved with proxy files. If you deleted material from the scene, then it's probably gone.

[maru]

You can merge the original object from the original scene - it will get merged with its original material.
Otherwise, there is now way to do it.
We are planning to have a cross-platform proxy format in the future, including materials too.

[lupaz]

Got it. Then it's lost :/
Thanks.

BTW, a nice feature would be to have the option to give the proxies a default grey material temporarily.
This would allow to render everything else faster and then you can turn the actual material ON when you need to render the final.