Trying to make my year-end rounds and share some tidbits with different communities.
Here are some recent videos covering Material/Texture topics asked a lot in my inbox.
Understanding Alpha in 3ds Max (covers creating and exporting textures with alpha and materials that use them).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnmEWVo7k18
Video demonstrating the tool in Wall Worm to combine a specular level map into a normal map's alpha for use in VertexLitGeneric
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FLmGURtJ5G8
Video detailing converting substance maps into Source textures with Wall Worm Pro features.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a6pXGCoMbVE
Enjoy.