About the Texture Chooser

The Texture area contains a toolbar and all the available textures.

	Description
	Opens a texture file from the database or from an external content through the Content Chooser. For more information, see Using the Content Chooser.
	Empties the Texture area.

Tip: You can drag textures in the Texture Chooser.

Each texture is flagged with a thumbnail according to their initial location:

Thumbnail	Description
	Textures from the edited material.
	Textures from disk files. Note: The last 10 dropped files are kept in memory and are retrieved.
	Textures from database files.
	Lets you remove a single texture.

The Channel area shows the parameters that can support a texture for the edited material. The number of parameters depends on the selected material type.

For each parameter, a thumbnail shows the preview of the texture.

The preview is flagged with the following thumbnails:

Thumbnail	Description
	Resets the channel and returns to the original state or empties the parameter.
	Deletes the texture applied on the parameter.

For each parameter, you can perform basic image transformations:

Transformation Option	Description
	Transforms the image into a negative one.
	Transforms a color texture into a grayscale one.
	Generates a normal map. Note: This transformation option is available in the Normal parameter channel with material types that support bump.
	Generates a black and white mask from an image containing transparent areas. Fully transparent areas are white and fully opaque areas are black. Note: This transformation option is available in the Transparency and Opacity parameters channels.

You can select a DPI value for .svg files.