Help with MAYA please

Ok, before I ask this, I am a TOTAL n00b with MAYA. I have been using it for about 2 days so go easy on me. My problem is, I have a polygon model of a car, and I want to select only certain faces of it to color. I click on a face that I want to be black for example, and when I go to shade it, my whole model turns black. I cant figure out how to select just one face at a time. I know that when an object is outlined in green, it is selected, but I cant figure out how to select only certain faces. When I click on a face it highlights, but when I right click "select" it, the whole car highlights in green, not just that face. Any help is appreciated.

AC

EDIT: BTW, I can select faces individually to extrude them or manipulate them with no problems. Shading is the only thing that is giving me trouble.

I know in 3dmax you have to give each face a different material id... I wonder if it's a similiar thing.... Sadly, I'm a noob with this stuff to, but at least it's an idea.

Thanks for the reply. Yeah, I got some answers from another forum too. There are a few ways to do it as I have learned. The way you said, or by exporting the faces as a UV set and editing them in Photochop or the equivalent. I do it the easy way like you just mentioned

Heres my results so far using the easy way:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v46/stockhatch/cobra_2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v46/stockhatch/cobra_3.jpg

AC

nice... Better than I have ever done... I'm still waddling my way through 3dmax tutorials.

My brother on the other hand is real good.

Post some more pictures of your creations if u like ( intrested because i work in Maya too ), those are good