Using Textured "Shadow" Images with my own Custom Images? HELP

[Adumelial Rothstein]

OK...I use Photoshop CS5 and I am rather savvy with it. I just bought Cloud Factory Designs Sculpt Pack 200 and 250. Creating my own sculpts is going great with the scuplt maps. However, I am wondering what to do with those white/gray/black what to me look like shadow images/maps (Alex calls them textures)? I have applied them to each sculpt as they are numbered and named. Do I use them within photoshop to add shadows? Is it an overlay I use on them or my own custom texture? I just do not want to waste Linden "trying" this out. I have tried Aditi viewer...blah it is bugged or something. So what can I do? ANY help or tips or points to tutorials is greatly appreciated. THANKS!

[Tiffy Vella]

The shadow images can be used as a base to add your own texture layer and colourings to. What I do is use one as the background layer, and then make patterned textures in additional layers, adding colour as I go. I set them to multiply, and tweak opacity to get the balance needed. Save-as, flatten, and upload.

[Morgaine Christensen]

I use the shadow maps (ambient occulsion  maps) with my own or composite textures for overlays to give the shadow effect with sculpts/mesh. Or, you an apply them to the object and tint the with the color picker in edit mode under the texture tab. Then again, you don't even have to use them.