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Using graphic formats correctly in game development

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I’ve been thinking for a good six months about the right way to convey this topic in a meaningful and understandable way. Unfortunately, the topic of graphic formats is more complex than many people initially think, and the right formats also change over the course of the production pipeline. For this reason, I have now decided to divide the topic into three parts:

  1. Working phase
  2. Import into the game engine
  3. In the engine and at runtime

The reason for this division is relatively simple: the correct format depends on the respective requirements.

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UberBlend

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After my first article on blending-modes, the topic somehow stuck with me, so I got pulled down the associated rabbit hole. To process my experiences on the journey back to reality, I created an “almighty” 😉 node for blending layers. It contains 47 different blending modes for grayscale and RGB(A) and three additional blending modes specifically for NormalMaps. However, so that you don’t lose track of how the various blending modes work, the rest of the article is intended as a reference work.
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An introduction to the Pixel Processor node

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In the article about blending modes I also described some blending modes or showed the results of blending modes that are not part of Substance 3D Designer. Perhaps some of you have wondered how I did this. The answer is: “With the Pixel Processor!” (Any other answer would probably have been confusing given the title of this article 😉) And in this article, I would like to show you exactly how I did it.