Texture Settings Presets
The following table provides information on the available texture processing presets. You can append one of the strings in the Name Conventions column to the name of your texture source asset to automatically process the texture with the corresponding preset.
| Preset | Description | Source Requirements | Pixel Format | Name Conventions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albedo | A color texture that contains unlit surface color. | An RGB image. If the image has an alpha channel, it is discarded when the image is processed. | Desktop: BC1 iOS: ASTC_6x6 Android: ASTC_4x4 | _alb_albedo_basecolor_bc_col_color_diff_diffuse |
| AlbedoWithCoverage | A color texture with a 1-bit alpha channel that contains unlit surface color. | An RGBA image. The alpha channel is processed as 1-bit regardless of the texture source asset bit depth. | Desktop: BC1a iOS: ASTC_6x6 Android: ASTC_4x4 | _albc_albedoc_basecolorc_bcc_colc_colorc_diffc_diffusec |
| AlbedoWithGenericAlpha | A color texture with an 8-bit alpha channel that contains unlit surface color. | An RGBA image. | Desktop: BC3 iOS: ASTC_6x6 Android: ASTC_4x4 | _alba_albedoa_basecolora_bca_cola_colora_diffa_diffusea |
| AmbientOcclusion | A linear greyscale texture that contains shading values for surface areas where ambient lighting is blocked, such as wrinkles and creases. | A greyscale image with one channel. | Desktop: BC4 Mobile: ASTC_4x4 | _amb_ambientocclusion_ambocc_ao |
| ConvolvedCubemap | A cubemap texture used for quick lighting calculations. This preset has a resolution of 256 by 256. | An HDR spherical environment map or cubemap. | R9G9B9E5 | _ccm_convolvedcubemap |
| Decal_AlbedoWithOpacity | A high quality color texture with an alpha channel that is projected onto a surface. | An RGBA image. | Desktop: BC7t Mobile: ASTC_4x4 | _decal |
| Displacement | A linear greyscale texture that contains surface displacement or height values. | A greyscale image with one channel. | Desktop: BC4 Mobile: ASTC_4x4 | _d_disp_displ_displacement_dm_dsp_h_height_hm_ht |
| Emissive | A high quality color texture that defines areas of a surface that emit light or glow. | An RGB image. | Desktop: BC7 iOS: ASTC_6x6 Android: ASTC_4x4 | _e_em_emissive_emit_glow |
| GSI (Gradient Signal Image) | A color texture with alpha that contains a gradient of gradual changes in value. | An RGBA image. | Same as input pixel format. | _gsi |
| GSI8 | A texture with a single 8-bit channel (red) that contains a gradient of gradual changes in value. | An image with a single channel or an RGB image. | R8 | _gsi8 |
| GSI16 | A texture with a single 16-bit channel (red) that contains a gradient of gradual changes in value. | An image with a single channel or an RGB image. | R16 | _gsi16 |
| GSI32 | A texture with a single 32-bit channel (red) that contains a gradient of gradual changes in value. | An image with a single channel or an RGB image. | R32 | _gsi32 |
| Gradient | A color texture with alpha that contains a gradient of gradual changes in value. | An RGBA image. | R8G8B8A8 | _grad_gradient |
| Greyscale | A linear greyscale texture. | A greyscale image with one channel. | Desktop: BC4 Mobile: ASTC_4x4 | _mask |
| IBLDiffuse | An HDR cubemap containing the color component for IBL. | An HDR spherical environment map or cubemap. | Windows: BC6UH Linux: BC6UH macOS: R9G9B9E5 iOS: R9G9B9E5 Android: R9G9B9E5 | _ibldiffusecm |
| IBLGlobal | HDR cubemaps that contain the specular and diffuse components for IBL. | An HDR spherical environment map or cubemap. | R8G8B8A8 | _cm_cubemap_iblglobalcm |
| IBLSkybox | HDR cubemaps that contain the skybox texture, diffuse, and specular components for IBL. | An HDR spherical environment map or cubemap. | R9G9B9E5 | _iblskyboxcm |
| IBLSpecular | A 256 by 256 pixel HDR cubemap that contains the specular component for IBL. | An HDR spherical environment map or cubemap. | R9G9B9E5 | _iblspecularcm_iblspecularcm256 |
| IBLSpecularHigh | A 512 by 512 pixel HDR cubemap that contains the specular component for IBL. | An HDR spherical environment map or cubemap. | R9G9B9E5 | _iblspecularcm512 |
| IBLSpecularLow | A 128 by 128 pixel HDR cubemap that contains the specular component for IBL. | An HDR spherical environment map or cubemap. | R9G9B9E5 | _iblspecularcm128 |
| IBLSpecularVeryHigh | A 1024 by 1024 pixel HDR cubemap that contains the specular component for IBL. | An HDR spherical environment map or cubemap. | R9G9B9E5 | _iblspecularcm1024 |
| IBLSpecularVeryLow | A 64 by 64 pixel HDR cubemap that contains the specular component for IBL. | An HDR spherical environment map or cubemap. | R9G9B9E5 | _iblspecularcm64 |
| LUT_R32F | A look up table (LUT) texture with a 32-bit floating point red channel. | An RGB image with a 32-bit floating point red channel. | R32F | _lutr32f |
| LUT_RG16 | A LUT texture with 16-bit red and green channels. | An RGB image with 16-bit red and green channels. | R16G16F | _lutrg16 |
| LUT_RG32F | A LUT texture with 32-bit floating point red and green channels. | An RGB image with 32-bit floating point red and green channels. | R32G32F | _lutrg32f |
| LUT_RG8 | A LUT texture with 8-bit red and green channels. | An RGB image with 8-bit red and green channels. | R8G8 | _lut |
| LUT_RGBA16 | A LUT texture with 16-bit channels. | An RGBA image with 16-bit channels. | R16G16B16A16 | _lutrgba16 |
| LUT_RGBA16F | A LUT texture with 16-bit floating point channels. | An RGBA image with 16-bit floating point channels. | R16G16B16A16F | _lutrgba16f |
| LUT_RGBA32F | A LUT texture with 32-bit floating point channels. | An RGBA image with 32-bit floating point channels. | R32G32B32A32F | _lutrgba32f |
| LUT_RGBA8 | A LUT texture with 8-bit channels. | An RGBA image with 8-bit channels. | R8G8B8A8 | _lutrgba8 |
| LayerMask | A color mask texture with 8-bit color channels and an additional 8-bits reserved. | An RGB image. If the image has an alpha channel, it is discarded when the image is processed. | R8G8B8X8 | layers_rgbmask |
| Normals | A linear color texture that contains tangent space surface normals. | An RGB image with tangent space surface normals encoded in the RGB channels. | Desktop: BC5s Mobile: ASTC_4x4 | _ddn_n_nm_nor_norm_normal_normalmap_normals_nrm |
| NormalsWithSmoothness | A linear color texture that contains tangent space surface normals in the color channels and a smoothing or gloss value in the alpha channel. | An RGBA image with tangent space surface normals encoded in the RGB channels and gloss or smoothing values encoded in the alpha channel. | Desktop: BC5s Mobile: ASTC_4x4 | _ddna_na_nma_normala_nrma |
| Opacity | A linear greyscale image containing opacity values. | A greyscale image with one channel. | Desktop: BC4 Mobile: ASTC_4x4 | _blend_mask_msk_o_op_opac_opacity_sss_trans |
| ReferenceImage | An uncompressed color reference texture with alpha. | An RGBA image. | R8G8B8A8 | _ref |
| ReferenceImage HDRLinear | An HDR linear color reference texture. | An RGB image with 16-bit channels. | Windows, Linux: BC6UH macOS, iOS, Android: R9G9B9E5 | _refhdr |
| ReferenceImage HDRLinearUncompressed | An uncompressed HDR linear color reference texture. | An RGB image with 16-bit floating point channels. | R16G16B16A16F | _refhdru |
| ReferenceImage Linear | An uncompressed linear color reference texture with alpha. | An RGBA image. | R8G8B8A8 | _reflinear |
| Reflectance | A linear greyscale image containing reflectance values. | A greyscale image with one channel. | Desktop: BC4 iOS: ASTC_6x6 Android: ASTC_4x4 | _f0_g_gloss_m_metal_metallic_metalness_mt_mtl_ref |
| Skybox | An HDR skybox cubemap with a minimum size of 256 by 256 pixels. | An HDR spherical environment map or cubemap. If the image has an alpha channel, it is discarded when the image is processed. | R9G9B9E5 | _skyboxcm |
| UserInterface Compressed | A compressed color texture that contains a UI element with an 8-bit alpha channel. | An RGBA image. | Windows, Linux: R8G8B8A8 macOS: BC1 iOS: ASTC_6x6 Android: ASTC_4x4 | _ui |
| UserInterface Lossless | An uncompressed linear color texture that contains a UI element with an 8-bit alpha channel. | An RGBA image. | R8G8B8A8 | _uil |