# CLO Import

*CLO* is a *3D* fashion design software program. Our materials can be imported using the following process:

## Export

On the platform, select a material and [export](https://docs.colormass.com/~/revisions/RxXZ6KbLyvGFaUFOPSSo/3d-content-management/materials/exports/pbr-exports) it as a [PBR export](https://docs.colormass.com/~/revisions/hhUottwyr9yqdItbQEIh/3d-content-management/materials/exports/pbr-exports).

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Depending on your quality requirements you may choose between `72 DPI` and `Original` resolution. For the file format choose either `JPEG` (compressed) or `TIFF`.

If you need another file format, you can also create a custom export. The corresponding settings would be:

| Setting        | Value                       |
| -------------- | --------------------------- |
| **Workflow**   | `Metalness / Roughness`     |
| **Engine**     | `VRay`                      |
| **Normal Y**   | `+Y up`                     |
| **Resolution** | `dpi72` (low) or `original` |

## Download

Once the export is done, you can download it as a ZIP file. It contains all the required PBR maps plus some additional metadata `info.txt`. Unzip the file into a folder of your choice. Each map file is named according to the following schema

```
{material name}-{map type}.{extension}
```

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For above example, the material name would be `43264-07`, the extension would be `jpeg` .

The following colormass map types are linked with the CLO PBR maps:

| colormass Map Type  | CLO PBR Map                                                           |
| ------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| diffuse             | <mark style="color:$success;">Base Color Map</mark>                   |
| normal              | <mark style="color:$success;">Normal Map</mark>                       |
| displacement        | <mark style="color:$success;">Displacement Map</mark>                 |
| alpha               | <mark style="color:$success;">Opacity Map</mark>                      |
| roughness           | <mark style="color:$success;">Roughness Map</mark>                    |
| metalness           | <mark style="color:$success;">Metalness Map</mark>                    |
| specular            | <mark style="color:$warning;">Reflection Intensity (see below)</mark> |
| anisotropy-rotation | <mark style="color:$danger;">Not supported</mark>                     |
| anisotropy-strength | <mark style="color:$danger;">Not supported</mark>                     |
| transmission        | <mark style="color:$danger;">Not supported</mark>                     |

## Import

Open CLO and select the material you would like to modify. Make sure that the material is set to `PBR` and the type is set to `Fabric_Matte`

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Now load in the maps according to above table by clicking on the little icon next to each map. For the roughness, you first have to switch the type to `Map` .&#x20;

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### Other Settings

Some additional settings may be needed to be setup manually

| Property                                      | Value          |
| --------------------------------------------- | -------------- |
| `Base Color` ⇒ `Color`                        | White / FFFFFF |
| `Normal Map` ⇒ `Intensity`                    | 100            |
| `Opacity` ⇒ `Opacity`                         | 100            |
| `Reflection` ⇒ `Roughness` ⇒  `Map Intensity` | 100            |
| `Reflection` ⇒ `Roughness` ⇒  `Metalness`     | 100            |

#### Displacement Amount

For the `Displacement Map` you would need to setup an additional `Amount (mm)` value. You can find this in the `info.txt` of the downloaded zip file. Note that this is provided in `cm` but CLO expects `mm`, so you would have to multiply this value by a factor of 10.

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#### Reflection Intensity

The reflection intensity is a parameter in CLO that allows boosting or dimming the specular intensity. This should be set to 50 to just use the specular information provided "as-is" from the PBR maps.

## Accuracy

By default, we calculate more maps than CLO can handle. As a consequence, if you have to leave out some of these maps in CLO, this can slightly reduce the fidelity of the CLO visualization compared to the physical material.

If you *only* want CLO suited maps as an end result, we can also directly calculate just this reduced set of maps that CLO supports. This will make the result as good as they can get in CLO.

Please contact us in this case.

## Result

Results are best shown using rendering in CLO. Note, however, that CLO does not support all the information provided by the colormass PBR scanner (such as anisotropy and transmission).

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