Flaws in character after applying normals

Luferac

Hi,

Another issue came up with my experience with normals.

After doing the retopology in Topogun, generating normals and applying it in Maya, some weird flaws are appearing in the model which shouldn't be there as you can see in the image - right side (all looked well in the high-res and low-res version).

Any clue why this is happening?

Thanks in advance.

Eric Chadwick

This looks like the bake distance (or bake cage) is too large. It seems to be grabbing parts of the opposite leg. Here are some solutions: 
http://wiki.polycount.com/wiki/Texture_Baking#Solving_Intersections

Luferac

Many thanks, Eric. Will look into it and come back with the result.

Thanks!

Eric Chadwick

Oh also, you're not "applying normals" you're "applying a normal map". The difference matters when you're asking for assistance, so people can understand what you need. When people say "normals" usually they are referring to vertex normals.

Luferac

Pardon for the mistake, and thank you.