Answered: albedo texture generated from the smart materials

snake85027

I have a question regarding creating the albedo texture using quixel 2.0.
My understanding is that the albedo should not have any shadow information but when I pick a material like
asphault, the albedo has all the shadow information of cracks and all that. Whats the rules on this? I thought that the normal maps/AO/spec would define the shadows and the albedo would just define the color?

Synaesthesia

Hey Snake! I've asked @Billy Lundevall  to respond since he created the materials in the Suite and will have a very good answer for you.  

Billy Lundevall

Hello, the Asphalt material is an old one made from NDO, thus not originally a scan. That's why it has some shadows in the Albedo. We will replace it soon .