Are Emissive Maps possible?

No dice. The filter forge lighting system does not model emissivity (is that even a word?). The developers are [probably] not going to include a render map that can't be used in the program's own lighting system, even if it would be convenient to export into a different software.

(Unless it gets upgraded again. Let me remind you that FF version 1.0 didn't have HDR lighting or ambient occlusion.)

Upon release of Filter Forge 7:

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To sum up, the new changes make working with Channels much more streamlined. And, in addition, these changes open up new possibilities for future versions of Filter Forge, such as Custom / User Channels, or implementing new kinds of Result Components with different rendering algorithms and Channel sets (for example, Unity PBS Shader or for Unreal Engine shader)

It sounds to me like the developers are considering implementing what you are asking for (and more) in a future version. So, still no, but less of a no?

Hi Vlad,

I really hope that you implement some kind of emission / self illumination map as described above! A 'Unit or Unreal Engine' Result Component with emission would be very helpful*. This sort of interoperability stuff helps make Filter Forge a more useful tool for people who do professional graphics - ie games industry, rendering, etc.

(*So far I've been doing a work around where I rig up self illumination as a separate, alternative, color channel behind a switch. Which seems silly to have to do.)

psst... mentalray is gone. lol

Physically based materials should look quite similar between rendering engines as well as their behavior tends to be close enough that generic Physically based material output should honestly be well enough?

I have been watching some tutorials by Andrew Price on making realistic textures and with the new PDR shader in Blender 3D. They are calling for a diffuse or specular maps which adds some realism to the rendered textures. I have downloaded and used some of the textures in the Filter Forge library but as we know some do and some don't offer texture maps like normal,displacement and specularity maps. Those textures that don't offer especially a normal maps along with a few others make for flat textures with no depth. There are some great textures that I have used from the Filter Forge library that I have to load into PixPlant to create texture maps. It would be nice if all this was done in one program. But sorry to say even PixPlant does not create the specular maps which are now being used in Blender and other similar programs. I have a vote for Filter Forge to have the ability to offer texture maps for all textures that need them. Of course this begs the question as to which don't need them which I am thinking that metal textures don't need specular maps but could be wrong.

It would also be nice to for those textures that do offer texture maps in Filter Forge to be able to download them all with one click. Maybe there is away to do this that I am not aware of.

Thanks Rachel Duim this seems like it would be a help and I really don't think this is off topic. I did download this filter right after reading your reply but sorry to say I am note sure how to use it? I mostly just download filters and use them in other programs. I have only experimented with the editor in FF just enough to be dangerous.

When you get time can you explain how I can use this Surface Texture Engine with other FF textures?