Specular theory

almighty_gir

So anyway, i'm trying to explain specular maps, how they work, why we use blue for skin etc etc. and there's obviously something i'm missing in my explaination, because he doesn't seem to get it.

is there a good site out there which explains spec in detail?

MoP

Two threads up from this, is a sticky
http://boards.polycount.net/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=81058&an=0&page=0#Post81058

Contains a lot of discussion on the subject, probably a good place to start, and I'm pretty sure contains links to relevant articles.