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Saving Opacity maps and others

  • March 25, 2022
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App version: 23.2.2.325

Platform: Windows 11 21H1 x64

Hello everyone, this is my first post in the Adobe community, please don't be too harsh. Tell me how to save the Opacity map or any other map, when I choose to save, only the map with the Albedo color is saved?

 

You need to get the Glossness, Subsurfake, Specular maps and save these maps as separate files.

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"why use 3D packages for this?"

 

The process involves de- lighting to remove all shadows etc and leave just a flat coloured map. Then the information for each of the PBR maps e.g. Diffuse, Metal, Roughness, Height, AO, Normal needs to be calculated. Photoshop does not have the tools for even the first step. It had some basic height and normal generation but that is part of the 3D functionality that is deprecated and being removed.

Substance Sampler and Substance Designer do have the necessary tools and controls.

 

Dave

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davescm
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davescmCommunity Expert
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March 25, 2022

Are you trying to create those 3D maps, that you listed, from a single 2D image as a starting point? If that is the case, then Photoshop is not the right tool. Adobe Substance Designer and Adobe Substance Sampler both have the tools and functions to create a set of 3D texture maps from a 2D image. 

 

Dave

    I
    Input Games StudiosAuthor
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    March 25, 2022

    In general, I need to create maps from one Color map, all maps are 2D pictures, why use 3D packages for this?

    davescm
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    davescmCommunity ExpertCorrect answer
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    March 25, 2022

    "why use 3D packages for this?"

     

    The process involves de- lighting to remove all shadows etc and leave just a flat coloured map. Then the information for each of the PBR maps e.g. Diffuse, Metal, Roughness, Height, AO, Normal needs to be calculated. Photoshop does not have the tools for even the first step. It had some basic height and normal generation but that is part of the 3D functionality that is deprecated and being removed.

    Substance Sampler and Substance Designer do have the necessary tools and controls.

     

    Dave

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      c.pfaffenbichlerCommunity Expert
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      March 25, 2022

      Could you provide a more detailled description of the problem? 

       

      Photoshop is not 3D software (its limited 3D capabilities having been deprecated), so what exactly do you mean with all those 3D-properties-terms and how do they relate to the image in the screenshot? 

      What file formats are you saving to, how is the image to be used thereafter, …? 

       

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        This is a map from Mgascans, I didn't find the maps I need and I need to create new maps based on one photo, is it possible to make similar maps in Photoshop? Based on the color map, I need to make other maps.

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