> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.colormass.com/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.colormass.com/scanning-and-tiling/texture-editor/i-cant-add-an-operator.md). # I Can't Add an Operator If you can’t add any operators (i.e., the *+ Add operator* option isn’t available), it means the textures are already being used in a material. This is actually a safety feature of the platform, designed to reduce errors that could occur when a single texture is used by multiple materials and editing that texture would unintentionally modify all of them. In that case, you can simply copy the existing texture as follows:

And once you are **done** with your edits then in the material select your new revision like so: