Category Texturing

For game assets the most commonly used texture types are Diffuse, Emissive, Normal, Opacity, and Specular Color. However the types you use will be dictated by the asset itself, and the Art Direction for the project.

Bump Maps

Color Maps

Environment Maps

Light Maps

Specular Maps

Transparency Maps

Texture Formats

Texture file formats come in two basic categories: those that are used at runtime (in-game), versus those that are not. pages: pages:

Texture Techniques