How to use these maps in Octane

[Scottiefeng]

I am thinking the maps should be used in following ways, but really not sure. Please advise

Reflection maps=roughness?
Transparency = opacity?
Gloss map= specular?
Mask Map = ???


Thanks for help

[Syd_86]

Hi,
Reflection maps= node > environments > texture environment > rgbimage
Transparency map and Mask map = opacity
Gloss map= specular black=0 white=1
Roughness= node roughness, regulates the gloss specular node
example: you can create a glossy material, apply a saw wave generator to channel specular, then applies a generator to the channel roughness.
So you can see how the channel interferes roughness on specular channel.
I hope this helps you understand, what kind of image you have to assign to the different channels.
Correct me if i'm wrong.

[itsallgoode9]

what specifically are you looking for with a "mask map" that is different than opacity? I might be able to give you some insight on that.

[Rikk The Gaijin]

From Top left: Albedo, Gloss, Normal, Translucency, Cavity, Displacement, AO, Bump and Alpha.

[Tugpsx]

Wow! Rikk no wonder you works are so detailed. With this many maps its bound to give great detailed images. Thanks for sharing.

[linvanchene]

From Top left: Albedo, Gloss, Normal, Translucency, Cavity, Displacement, AO, Bump and Alpha.

I know how to use in OctaneRender:

Gloss, Normal, Displacement, Bump and Alpha.

And as far as I know it is not recommended to mix Normal, Bump and Displacement together in OctaneRender but to use just one of those types for each surface.


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But can someone show some examples how to use in OctaneRender:

Albedo, Translucency, Cavity, AO ?

[Rikk The Gaijin]

Wow! Rikk no wonder you works are so detailed. With this many maps its bound to give great detailed images. Thanks for sharing.

Hey thanks, but I have nothing to do with the image above, it's taken from QUIXEL website, I thought it was a good example of how maps should look.

[Rikk The Gaijin]

But can someone show some examples how to use in OctaneRender:

Albedo, Translucency, Cavity, AO ?

Albedo is just the pure color of your texture, and you need to plug it into the Diffuse slot of your material.
If you have a Translucency map, you need to create a Transmission node, and plug it in there (only Diffuse material and Specular material supports it, you can't use it with Glossy)
There isn't a dedicated slot for Cavity, so if you want to use it, I suggest to combine it with the albedo map in Photoshop.
AO maps are useless in Octane, as you already get an accurate ambient occlusion from the renderer.

[Scottiefeng]

Thanks for the input. Especially the samples given by Rikk. I will try them out.

[Scottiefeng]

Hi,
Reflection maps= node > environments > texture environment > rgbimage
Transparency map and Mask map = opacity
Gloss map= specular black=0 white=1
Roughness= node roughness, regulates the gloss specular node
example: you can create a glossy material, apply a saw wave generator to channel specular, then applies a generator to the channel roughness.
So you can see how the channel interferes roughness on specular channel.
I hope this helps you understand, what kind of image you have to assign to the different channels.
Correct me if i'm wrong.

Thanks。 Very helpful