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title: "Material Presets in V-Ray for Houdini"
canonical: "https://documentation.chaos.com/space/VRAYHOUDINI/113280220/Material%20Presets%20in%20V-Ray%20for%20Houdini"
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This short tutorial explains how to access and use the V-Ray Material Presets included with different V-Ray materials.

Want to follow along but don’t have a license? > Macro (ui-button)




## **Workflow**

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### **V-Ray Material Presets: Rendered Samples**


The following render swatches display all of the V-Ray Material's presets.



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### **V-Ray CarPaint Material Presets: Render Example**


![image](media://b8966444-9a2b-4923-980a-15c07ca5346e)

CarPaint_Flakes_DahliaYellow


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### **V-Ray Light Material Presets: Render Examples**


The following render swatches display all of the V-Ray Light's presets.



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### **V-Ray SSS Material Presets: Render Example**


![image](media://257d668a-7e20-41f6-ba9d-2daa2a93f64c)

Plastic_SSS_Orange