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Forum Archive › Im confused with AO texture. Why do we need to add base color before AO texture? They all in the same channel, what if I w… › Reply To: Im confused with AO texture. Why do we need to add base color before AO texture? They all in the same channel, what if I w…
AO textures are usually used as a multiply blend over top of a previous layer. So the base color serves as that previous layer.
You can save out the black-and-white AO texture by itself if you want to paint in another application.
