# ExtraTex Workflow improvements

**URL:** <https://forums.chaos.com/t/extratex-workflow-improvements/61001>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [November 17, 2016, 10:23pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/extratex-workflow-improvements/61001 "2016-11-17T22:23:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![MANUEL\_MOUSIOL](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/manuel_mousiol/32/2905_2.png) [@MANUEL\_MOUSIOL](https://forums.chaos.com/u/MANUEL_MOUSIOL)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2016, 10:23pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/extratex-workflow-improvements/61001/1 "2016-11-17T22:23:35Z")

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We’re frequently using the extra tex render element to render out additional textures, loads of them at once. With the 3dsmax render element manager it’s a really cumbersome task, adding one by one, then plugging in the textures. A node based system or a script with which one could add a bunch of elements and then quickly link the textures automatically would really make life easy.

Does anybody know of any solutions?

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**Author:** ![thanulee](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/thanulee/32/67097_2.png) [@thanulee](https://forums.chaos.com/u/thanulee)\
**Post date:** [November 17, 2016, 11:24pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/extratex-workflow-improvements/61001/2 "2016-11-17T23:24:58Z")

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Hi, and i apologise for not answering ur post, but i wanna ask, what textures besides AO u tend to export? thanks a lot!

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**Author:** ![MANUEL\_MOUSIOL](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/manuel_mousiol/32/2905_2.png) [@MANUEL\_MOUSIOL](https://forums.chaos.com/u/MANUEL_MOUSIOL)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2016, 7:06am UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/extratex-workflow-improvements/61001/3 "2016-11-18T07:06:44Z")

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> [@thanulee](#):
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> Hi, and i apologise for not answering ur post, but i wanna ask, what textures besides AO u tend to export? thanks a lot!

Plain bitmaps, used as alternative product textures or for masking in Photoshop.

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**Author:** ![svetlozar.draganov](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/chaosprd/user_avatar/forums.chaos.com/svetlozar.draganov/32/53004_2.png) [@svetlozar.draganov](https://forums.chaos.com/u/svetlozar.draganov)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2016, 12:58pm UTC](https://forums.chaos.com/t/extratex-workflow-improvements/61001/4 "2016-11-21T12:58:21Z")

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I don’t know a solution about that but it doesn’t look like a very difficult Maxscript task, have you try to post it at [http://www.scriptspot.com/](http://www.scriptspot.com/) ?