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Pablo Rodriguez

Packed Texture

  • Packed Texture Overview:

  • Three main identifiers:

    • O.R.D
    • A.R.D
    • A.R.M

  • Channel Meanings:

    • O/A = Occlusion/Ambient Occlusion
    • R = Roughness
    • D = Displacement
    • M = Metallic

  • Channel Breakdown:

    • Red (R) = Ambient Occlusion
    • Green (G) = Roughness
    • Blue (B) = Displacement/Metallic
  • Key Benefits:
  • “Reduces memory load”
    • Instead of loading multiple maps
    • Single texture contains 3-4 maps’ info
    • Can include alpha channel for more data
  • Visualization:
  • In Engine:
    • Combined = Yellow/Orange/Pink blend
    • Can view individual RGB channels
  • Created in software like Photoshop
    • RGB channels viewed separately