Submission Guidelines - Textures
Last Updated: June 15, 2025
The Texture Format
Textures should be submitted in the PNG format. This is because .png is a lossless format. If a texture’s native format is .JPG, these will be acceptable within a ZIP submission. You must include a note explaining why you included JPG files, however.
Texture Transparencies
If a texture has transparencies, you usually don't remove them, as doing so can make applying the transparencies more difficult. The only time where you may need to remove a transparency is if it obstructs the diffuse texture at all. Some game engines tend to use the alpha channel of a texture image as a specular map, so splitting the alpha channel off of the diffuse texture will provide both the diffuse and specular maps properly.
Textures should be submitted in the PNG format. This is because .png is a lossless format. If a texture’s native format is .JPG, these will be acceptable within a ZIP submission. You must include a note explaining why you included JPG files, however.
Texture Transparencies
If a texture has transparencies, you usually don't remove them, as doing so can make applying the transparencies more difficult. The only time where you may need to remove a transparency is if it obstructs the diffuse texture at all. Some game engines tend to use the alpha channel of a texture image as a specular map, so splitting the alpha channel off of the diffuse texture will provide both the diffuse and specular maps properly.