Had a thought for skin maps - shine/specular mapping. Jpgs can do 4 channels in CMYK; lfs uses RGB, so only 3 of them. Dds file may only handle 3. But one more channel is only another 8 bits per pixel... Addition of alpha channel for controlling amount of shine/reflection would add layer of realism to weathering.
Possible use of targa format (inbuilt alpha channel + RGB)?

Already suggested that idea, so +1
Would be cool to have chrome skins / matte skins

big plus

Very nice idea


I want my chrome McLaren skin!

Maybe also add a reflectivity slider to the rims? When the reflectivity is at full you get chrome (no diffuse color, just the reflectivity map) and when it's at 0 you get no reflectivity map and just the diffuse colour (matte).

Number readouts on the colour sliders would be cool too.

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number readouts on the colour sliders would be cool too.

+1

I don't like being the 'me too' guy, but I love these ideas

+1

DDS has alpha channel, so no need for TGA.