exporting a textures from the resourse file

[Phil hunt]

i have created a texture in a vectorworks file and would like to use the texture in photoshop....is it possible to export the texture as a jpg or similar

thanks

   

[markdd]

You can export the individual images in each shader by right-clicking on the texture in the resource manager and selecting “extract images”.

[Phil hunt]

i'll give it a go thanks 

Edited March 10, 2019 by Phil hunt

[markdd]

What kind of texture is it?

 

If there are no images in the texture, then that option won't appear. I guess the only way to extract a texture made from a procedural shader like a tile or a noise shader is to actually render a surface with the texture applied and take a screen shot or use the Export Image command from as flat a view as you can. I would imagine that the default lighting would be best for that so there are no shadows and just enough "plasticity" to see any displacement mapping.

[Phil hunt]

that works thanks...i was hoping it would have extracted the image with the bump map.....but i think that's wishful thinking....also i only think the extract works when the material has been made from an image source and not just a colour.....im looking for a nice textured white laminate that i had made from a colour and then given the image some noise.....not the end of the world thanks again

[Phil hunt]

thanks again.....really useful and there are some great textures with the vectorworks libraries that i can use in other situations ....and i can always make a bump map in photoshop for the extraction  cheers