The concept
Packing a grey scale texture into each channel.
In practice
Why
This tends to save on texture calls. Instead of pulling 3 textures you can pull one and pack 3 or even 4 textures if you also use the alpha channel.
Packing a grey scale texture into each channel.
This tends to save on texture calls. Instead of pulling 3 textures you can pull one and pack 3 or even 4 textures if you also use the alpha channel.