Are PSD networks supported in Maya 2018 using Arnold?

[Anonymous]

I asked a more specific question about my inability to get the Arnold Standard Shader to respond to a PSD file node with color. People answered with a couple of work arounds, one being not to bother trying. But I just want to know for future reference as Maya commits to Arnold, should PSD networks work, will they, or are they a thing of the past?

I guess the question of whether I'm doing something incorrectly remains. But no one who responded to my earlier post ever suggested that.

Thanks for any clarification anyone has.

[ToddLawrimore]

Wow. Silence out there. I just tried this myself and it is NOT working. I get a lot of black in the render while my hardware shaded view looks great.

So, the question stands: Will this PSD network be supported going forward?

Thank you,

-Todd

[mspeer · Accepted solution]

Hi!

Currently they are not supported, but i can't say what happens in future.

[Anonymous]

Thank you for confirming. I'm sorry to lose the ease of using Photoshop for creating bump/normal details, although I suppose there are workarounds. But mostly it's good to know this isn't me doing something wrong.

[Anonymous]

Yes, I just encountered this issue....tried to create a PSD network for Arnold materials..and it doesn't give me an option for color...

Guess everyone is just phasing out photoshop for Substance painter? 

[Anonymous]

Just save the PSD file out as a png and reload it as an image file.