Carved wooden look

[actrask]

I've found you need to crunch the ao really hard to make it noticeable when using it as a mask. Adjusting the color spread does this but I like use CoronaColorCorrect on the AO to make it super contrasty. Be mindful of the distance setting (I assume you'll want 10mm or so), and play around with "inside, outside, inside+outside". For this I believe you'll want to use the 'inside' setting.

A helpful trick to see exactly what the AO is doing is to put it in the diffuse slot and set the occluded color to bright green. Then when it's dialed it, set the color back to black and white and plug it into the mask slot.

[Jpjapers]

I've found you need to crunch the ao really hard to make it noticeable when using it as a mask. Adjusting the color spread does this but I like use CoronaColorCorrect on the AO to make it super contrasty. Be mindful of the distance setting (I assume you'll want 10mm or so), and play around with "inside, outside, inside+outside". For this I believe you'll want to use the 'inside' setting.

A helpful trick to see exactly what the AO is doing is to put it in the diffuse slot and set the occluded color to bright green. Then when it's dialed it, set the color back to black and white and plug it into the mask slot.

Ill give that a try, thank you.