Techincal term 4 texture combinations

Haftoof

Is there a technical term for the practice of combining multiple light maps (AO, light, normal, etc) into a texture as varying overlays to improve the quality and capture detail?

cryrid

Texturing? Compositing?

rube

Yeha, I think you're talking about compositing.

almighty_gir

if it's done on a single channel - compositing.

Haftoof

http://www.polycount.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1945494&postcount=55

helps to provide an example to be specific I suppose, Similar to the above process...

almighty_gir

yep, composite.

Haftoof

Gotcha, was just looking around for tutorials on what each map is good for and having trouble finding it, I'll poke around now. Thanks.