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title: "PxrMetallicWorkflow"
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This pattern supports and simplifies common metallic specular workflows from texturing applications such as Substance Painter, Substance Designer and Mari  
  
Base Color

Input for your Base color PBR map

#### Metallic

Input for your Metallic PBR map

#### Specular

Specular texture input. The default 0.5 value corresponds to an index of refraction of 1.5


An example of how to connect your PBR Metallic maps into a PxrSurface.  You can also use the PxrMetallicWorklow node with Lama nodes too !

![image](media://1323d26f-65e0-4dab-8a8d-70322bdceaa7)

> ℹ️ **Same in all DCCs**
> ℹ️ 
> ℹ️ This workflow is the same whether your working in Maya / Katana / Houdini or Blender.