Maya Normal map problem

Immanu'EL Segol

So Im trying out maya 2016 and I find yet another problem I think
Every time I apply a normal map and try to view it in view port 2.0 it show up in a really bizarre way.
And same thing with normal's.

Here are some small examples I made
Normal Maps


Wired Normal's


Pleas help me find out whats happening.

GlowingPotato

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Immanu'EL Segol

Thank you I will try that now

Immanu'EL Segol

Nope,
It dose not work

Any other advice ?

Immanu'EL Segol

Can anyone help me plz?

devingeesr

Had the same same issue what smcclelland said worked for me. How are you baking your maps?

Rokai

did u use a single UV island at the whole cylinder?
i think there isnt a proper way baking a tangent space at a cylinder without that seam shading...
i think the solution is...
1. maybe break ur cylinder UV island into two part, and u can use mirror the UV normals technique or done it each.
2. use world space normal instead... (not a solution really... )
3. or bake a world space normal than converting it into a tangent via xnormal.

i myselft just learning about normals... and still learning. hope it work... or maybe it wont.

GolemZ

I have the same problem, found the solution - adjusted manually Color Gain and Color Offset levels in Color balance tab.
See the result

and here is an adjusted normals


now I found the final solution. Go to normal map file attributes and choose Raw option in File Attributes tab - section Color Space and check the Ignore Color Space File Rules box


Then,  scroll down to Color Balance and check that Color Gain is white and Color Offset is black.

After that, reload normal map file and voila now it displays properly)

DaxRob

Thank you so much Golemz. My normal maps looks excellent now 8).