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Hi I downloaded a model from a site and the there's a ARM texture and I have no idea how to put it on the model I tried ctrl, shift, t and it recognized the normal map and the regular texture but it didn't import the ARM texture I found out its a combination of Ambient Occlusion, Roughness and Metallic and its separated by RGB. As seen below. but I would like to know how to use it into blenders shading tab

ARM is short for Ambient Occlusion, Roughness and Metallic. The ARM Texture Map combines the three textures into a single texture maps separate color channels Red, Green and Blue.

Red – Ambient Occlusion

Green – Roughness

Blue – Metallic

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Using the 'Separate Color' node, which was called Separate RGB a few updates back can help you solve your problems.

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From there you can plug in the Separate Color node outputs into there respective slots into a principal BSDF or any other network you have made up.

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This is one way you can combine your AO with your base/albedo map. Plug the red channel into the value slot and your base colour texture into the color slot of a Hue Saturation Value node. The output of the Hue Saturation Value node then goes to the Base Color of your Principled BSDF.
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You can also use the mix node for similar results. enter image description here

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  • $\begingroup$ Hi so how do I add the Ambient occlusion to the principal BSDF? $\endgroup$
    – Jholl07
    Commented Mar 20, 2023 at 16:27
  • $\begingroup$ Hi, I've edited the answer to include this question. Let me know if this is what you are after. $\endgroup$
    – Magacaria
    Commented Mar 22, 2023 at 7:26

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