Generating Exports
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For fall materials that have an online revision, various outputs can be generated:
Flat thumbnails are images that are generated with a fixed dimension that is visible on the image. On the platform the following predefined sizes are available to be generated:
Tileable image is an image that can be placed next to itself (above, below, or side-by-side) without creating an obvious seam. The size of the repeat (and hence the physical size visible on the image) is included in the name of the file.
Map exports are the PBR exports where the maps can be exported based on the last material revision or texture set.
It is sometimes easy to confuse Flat thumbnails and Tileable image because they are both flat. But there is a very important difference: Flat thumbnails have a fixed size (e.g. 7 in x 7 in or 9 in x 9 in) no matter what their repeat size is and the Tileable images don't (their size is the same as the size of the repeat). Flat thumbnails are best to be used where a certain area of the material needs to be visible (e.g. on the website). The Tileable image is fitted for a more technical use: either when a larger size has to be covered where the pattern repeat is visible multiple times or if in a certain application the main way to create digital materials is through uploading tileable images (e.g. CET designer).
In order to generate an output all you have to do is to go to a specific output you would like to generate and press start (see an example of submitting a 7 in x 7 in flat thumbnail):
Once you submitted the render, you should receive the following message:
After this the image is submitted to the colormass servers for generating and if you check back after some time you should find that there is now a download icon next to the "7in" and that the Flat thumbnail text now has a (1) letter next to it, meaning that there is now 1 thumbnail available for download.
Once you click on the download button you will see an option pop-up that lets you select the format for the material download.
In order to re-generate outputs you would need to remove the existing output using the remove button. See this button for both Tileable and Thumbnail below:
Once you removed the image, you will need to refresh the page because this part of the UI at the moment is not refreshed automatically.
Once you don't see the download option anymore that means that the output was removed and you can follow the Generating Outputs steps.
