How to Use ID maps in 3ds Max

[stevejjd]

Hi all,

I have been really struggling to follow this tutorial done in Maya https://texturing.xyz/pages/getting-...o-fabrics-maps
(Look at the first video and fast forward to 6 min)

I have an ID map that has Red, Green, Blue in the image and I wish to use those channels as a mask.

Can anyone help me follow the workflow in the video but using 3ds max?

Any help would be appreciated

[Companioncube]

one way would be in the output rollout of the bitmap > enable color map > set to RGB > then set, as an example, the green and blue graph to 0 and you'll be left with the red channel.

[stevejjd]

Ah I gave it a go and that doesn't work

[Companioncube]

Ah I gave it a go and that doesn't work

should work. another way is with a color correction map. set desired channels to zero leaving the channel you want to use.

[theedge]

I know no direct way to do this. But the simplest, to my knowledge, is using the RGB Tint map to extract your RGB channels.

[LudvikKoutny]

Yep, as pointed above, RGB Tint is the map you want. For example, if you want to extract Red mask, just set R slot color to white, and G and B slot colors to black

[stevejjd]

Thank you!
Will test it