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| + | ====== Texture types ====== | ||
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| Modern engines use up to 5 different textures for one single texture ingame. Those 5 types are explained here! | Modern engines use up to 5 different textures for one single texture ingame. Those 5 types are explained here! | ||
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| Also note that the end lit material tends to look best when you use pixel values of medium brightness. Moreover, high-contrast and high-frequency components should be used with care in diffuse-maps, as such components often interfere with normal-maps later, compromizing the effect of dynamic lightning. Also the specular highlights might look strange with such diffuse-maps. | Also note that the end lit material tends to look best when you use pixel values of medium brightness. Moreover, high-contrast and high-frequency components should be used with care in diffuse-maps, as such components often interfere with normal-maps later, compromizing the effect of dynamic lightning. Also the specular highlights might look strange with such diffuse-maps. | ||
| - | **Specular-maps** (sometimes also called gloss-maps) define the shininess of the material. They are conveniently created together with or derived from their diffuse-map. Bright values mean that the material is mat. Note that specular-maps are not limited to gray-scaled images: Their tone (color) modulates with the color of the light source. | + | **Specular-maps** (sometimes also called gloss-maps) define the shininess of the material. They are conveniently created together with or derived from their diffuse-map. Bright values mean that the material is very shiny, dark values mean that the material is mat. Note that specular-maps are not limited to gray-scaled images: Their tone (color) modulates with the color of the light source. |
| Specular-maps often have the strongest impact on dynamic lightning. Note that for many materials that only have diffuse light reflection characteristics (e.g. sandstone), specular-maps can often be omitted entirely. | Specular-maps often have the strongest impact on dynamic lightning. Note that for many materials that only have diffuse light reflection characteristics (e.g. sandstone), specular-maps can often be omitted entirely. | ||
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