Channel Transfer Dialog

The Channel Transfer dialog is described below with functions for how to access it. A list of the controls on the dialog can be found in the table below.

What It Does

Lets you transfer channels from one object or version to another.

How to Access It

• Menubar | Channels > Transfer

• Right-click | in Channels Palette > Transfer

Channel Transfer Dialog Fields

Control	Type	What it does	Opens this dialog box	Notes
Source \| Object	dropdown	Select the object you want to transfer channels from.
Source \| Version	dropdown	Select the version of the object you want to transfer channels from.
Source \| Patches	dropdown, text field, incrementation field	Select All, Selected, or Range to specify which patches are transferred from. You can only set Patches to Selected if you have already selected patches on the model prior to opening the Channel Transfer dialog.
Destination \| Object	dropdown	Select the object you want to transfer channels to.
Destination \| Version	dropdown	Select the version of the object you want to transfer channels to.
Destination \| Patches	dropdown, text field, incrementer	Select All, Selected, or Range to specify which patches are transferred to. You can only set Patches to Selected if you have already selected patches on the model prior to opening the Channel Transfer dialog.
	button	Moves all the channels that appear in the source channel list to the destination channel list.
	button	Moves only the selected channel in the source channel list to the destination channel list.		Multiple selections in the source list can be moved to the destination list.
	button	Moves only the selected channel in the destination channel list back to the source channel list.		Multiple selections in the destination list can be moved to the source list.
	button	Moves all the channels that appear in the destination channel list back to the source channel list.
Transfer Method	dropdown	Specifies the method for transferring the texture onto the destination UV map. Choose UV Remap From Bakery to use the Bakery to generate the UV coordinate mappings from the source object to the destination object. Or select the UV Remap From Fileoption if you want to use an import-like template to remap pre-generated textures based on UV coordinates. When UV Remap From File is selected, import the template in the UV Remap column. For example, if you have generated the UV map beforehand, you can load it here.
UV Remap (when UV Remap from File is selected).		Uses an import-like template to use pre-generated textures of UV coordinate remap. For example, if you have generated the UV map beforehand, you can load it here.
Size	dropdown	Specifies the texture resolution of the destination channel. You can set the Size to be the Same As Source or to any other supported channel sizes, see Channels Palette.		The texture resolution can only be set for UV maps.
Bleed Edges	dropdown	Choose Yes or No to specify whether or not to bleed patch edges when applying the transfer.
Fill Color	dropdown	Sets the fill color for new patches to either Transparent, Black, White, Mid-gray, Magenta, Foreground, or Background.
	button	Resets the dropdown fields in the Advanced > Sampling tab to the default options.
Ok	button	Accepts the channel transfer parameters and starts the transfer.
Cancel	button	Cancels the channel transfer and closes the Channel Transfer dialog.