topic Re: Bringing in a stacked texture? AO/roughness/metallic - what node to use? in 3ds Max Shading, Lighting and Rendering Forum https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/3ds-max-shading-lighting-and/bringing-in-a-stacked-texture-ao-roughness-metallic-what-node-to/m-p/12708853#M567 <P>I tried loads of different nodes and may have got it, under: '<SPAN>Maps</SPAN><SPAN>, OSL</SPAN><SPAN>, Math</SPAN><SPAN>, Color components'. It seems to work.&nbsp;</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Does anyone know if this is correct or perhaps there's a more simple way of doing it?</SPAN></P> Mon, 15 Apr 2024 08:55:39 GMT mikeluard 2024-04-15T08:55:39Z Bringing in a stacked texture? AO/roughness/metallic - what node to use? https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/3ds-max-shading-lighting-and/bringing-in-a-stacked-texture-ao-roughness-metallic-what-node-to/m-p/12708809#M566 <P>I'm doing some texturing for an Unreal video game, we're using the packed texture method where the texture file has channels containing:<SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN><STRONG>R</STRONG><SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN>- AO<SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN><STRONG>G</STRONG><SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN>- Roughness<SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN><STRONG>B</STRONG><SPAN>&nbsp;</SPAN>- Metallic</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>What node do I need to run these through to get them understood by Max? I tried out various RGB nodes and the OSL: Bitmap Lookup (which looked like it was going to work) but can't figure this one out.</P> Mon, 15 Apr 2024 08:29:08 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/3ds-max-shading-lighting-and/bringing-in-a-stacked-texture-ao-roughness-metallic-what-node-to/m-p/12708809#M566 mikeluard 2024-04-15T08:29:08Z Re: Bringing in a stacked texture? AO/roughness/metallic - what node to use? https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/3ds-max-shading-lighting-and/bringing-in-a-stacked-texture-ao-roughness-metallic-what-node-to/m-p/12708853#M567 <P>I tried loads of different nodes and may have got it, under: '<SPAN>Maps</SPAN><SPAN>, OSL</SPAN><SPAN>, Math</SPAN><SPAN>, Color components'. It seems to work.&nbsp;</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Does anyone know if this is correct or perhaps there's a more simple way of doing it?</SPAN></P> Mon, 15 Apr 2024 08:55:39 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/3ds-max-shading-lighting-and/bringing-in-a-stacked-texture-ao-roughness-metallic-what-node-to/m-p/12708853#M567 mikeluard 2024-04-15T08:55:39Z Re: Bringing in a stacked texture? AO/roughness/metallic - what node to use? https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/3ds-max-shading-lighting-and/bringing-in-a-stacked-texture-ao-roughness-metallic-what-node-to/m-p/12711084#M568 <P>Yes, that is the correct way to do it. One image comes in, and you split the channels into different outputs.</P> Tue, 16 Apr 2024 05:51:05 GMT https://forums.autodesk.com/t5/3ds-max-shading-lighting-and/bringing-in-a-stacked-texture-ao-roughness-metallic-what-node-to/m-p/12711084#M568 CiroCardoso3v 2024-04-16T05:51:05Z