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Output templates

Last update: April 7, 2026

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The Output template tab allows you to manage and create new Output templates. You can use Output templates to modify the names, formats, and configuration of exported textures.

Presets list

The Presets list show all the available Output templates. This list includes a collection of Default Output templates, as well as any custom templates that you have created.

From this list, templates can be created, renamed, duplicated, or deleted.

Action

Visual

Description

Duplicate

Create a copy of the currently selected output template in the list.

Remove

Remove the currently selected outpute template in the list. Note: Deleting a template cannot be undone.

Add

Add a new empty output template.

Double-click

Rename the selected output template.

Right-click

Right-click on a tempate to open the contextual menu where you can delete, rename, or duplicate a template.

Output maps list

This section lists all the textures that will be generated by the template and their composition.

Map types and keywords

The top line list all the type of texture types that can be made:

Button

Visual

Description

Gray

Add a new grayscale map.

RGB

Add a new RGB color map.

R+G+B

Add a new RGB map with 3 individual grayscale slots.

RGB+A

Add a new RGB map plus an alpha (grayscale) slot.

R+G+B+A

Add a new RGBA map with 4 individual grayscale slots.

NOTE

Some types can be merged/collapsed when they are empty or share the same input map:

Map name

Each texture can be named using a custom naming convention. A few keywords can be added (with the help of the $ button) to be automatically replaced by the application when generated the final file:

Keyword

Description

$project

Replaced by the name of the project file (.spp).

$mesh

Replaced by the name of the mesh file (input mesh file, like .fbx)

$textureset

Replaced by the name of the material/Texture Set from which the texture is generated from.

$udim

Replaced by the UDIM number from which a texture is generated from.

$colorSpace

Replaced by the name of the color space used for the given channel (RGB or G, ignores Alpha).

Map file format and bit depth

The first dropdown can be used to specify the file format of the current output map.

The second dropdown is sued to specify the bit depth of the output map. The bit depth depends on the file format selected. See Export settings for more details.

NOTE

For the format and bit depth setting to be taken into account when exporting, make sure the file type in the general settings is set to Based on output template.

Source map list

Input maps

The input map list regroups all the channels that can be added via the Texture Set settings.

NOTE

The user channels are based on their original name (user_x), custom names are ignored.

Mesh maps

The mesh maps are the baked textures:

Name

Description

Normal

Baked normal map.

World space normal

Baked world space normal.

Baked ID.

Ambient occlusion

Baked ambient occlusion

Curvature

Baked curvature.

Position

Baked position.

Thickness

Baked thickness.

Height

Baked height.

Bent normals

Baked bent normals.

Converted maps

Converted maps are maps that are generated by the application from another source:

Name

Description

Normal OpenGL

Combined normal map in OpenGL format of the baked normal and the Texture Set’s normal channel.

Normal DirectX

Combined normal map in DirectX format of the baked normal and the Texture Set’s normal channel.

Mixed AO

Combined ambient occlusion of the baked ambient occlusion and the Texture Set’s ambient occlusion channel.

Diffuse

Diffuse texture generated from the Base Color and Metallic channel (metallic areas are replaced by a black color).

Specular

Specular texture generated from the Base Color and Metallic channel.

Glossiness

Glossiness texture generated from the inverse of the roughness channel.

Unity4 Diffuse

Deprecated. Diffuse texture generated from Base Color channel to match Unity 4 shaders.

Unity4 Gloss

Deprecated. Glossiness texture generated from Roughness and Metallic channel to match Unity 4 shaders.

Reflection

Textures where white indicates a dielectric material and other colors as metallic materials.

1/ior

Texture containing 1 divided by the IOR value. IOR is generated from the metallic map: 1.4 for dielectrics, 100 for metals (black color).

Glossiness²

Square version of the Glossiness channel (Glossiness * Glossiness)

Texture containing reflectance value as fresnel 0 (0.04 for dieletrics, 1.0 for metallic).

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