Advanced Member druh0o Posted July 15, 2017 Advanced Member Share Posted July 15, 2017 So, I have a question about Export Textures workflow. (I'm pretty sure it's already was somewhere in past topics, but I didn't find) Exporting to Photoshop (Ctrl+P) I have a bunch of layers with my color work (grouped together in my first picture) and separate layers for an Ambient Occlusion (AO), normal map etc. And now I can save color map, AO map and normal map from Photoshop. So it's first option for export my textures. The second option is Export Objects & Textures panel in 3D-Coat. So I choose Unreal 4 export preset for example. And then I got several maps: _BaseColor, _ao, etc. But looking to _BaseColor map I can see that color information and AO kinda combined together. Is it correct behavior? Or may be I'm doing something wrong? And which is the right way to export color and AO maps? In particular for Unreal Engine 4. Because in UE 4 my material now has some kind of "double AO" when exporting from 3D-Coat. _BaseColor texture map exported from 3D-Coat: _ao texture map: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlosan Posted July 15, 2017 Share Posted July 15, 2017 Which is your Texture Workflow ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member druh0o Posted July 15, 2017 Author Advanced Member Share Posted July 15, 2017 Oh yeas, Roughness/Metalness workflow. But my version is 4.7.24 as latest stable version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reputable Contributor digman Posted July 15, 2017 Reputable Contributor Share Posted July 15, 2017 (edited) Before exporting the textures from 3DC, hide the AO layer, then it will not be combined with the albedo map when exporting. You can still export the AO from the export panel even though it is hidden. Yes it is a little counter intuitive. Tip: You can deselect "Use Export Constructor for Per / Channel Packing" if you do not need any per channeling packing. This is an artist call depending upon his / her workflow. Edited July 15, 2017 by digman 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Advanced Member druh0o Posted July 15, 2017 Author Advanced Member Share Posted July 15, 2017 (edited) Thank you very much digman ! It's totally resolved this issue I didn't know that "hide AO before export" trick! Now I have consistent results. Edited July 15, 2017 by druh0o 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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