Maya UV Seams always visible

romfeo

Hello,

I am a very beginner so forgive me If I am asking something simple. I've spent countless hours looking on forums etc, but couldn't find a solution to my issue.

I am trying to model a rock, but the uv seems are always visible, regardless of the texture or normal map I am applying to it. 

In the images below I have highlighted the edge border that is always visible.

Can you please point me to the right direction on how to fix this. I literally got sick from the nights I've stayed up, trying to get rid of these seams... I am typing this post with high fever... 

musashidan

Are you baking a normal map from a highpoly or using a tiling normal map? How are you texturing: 3d painting or a tiling texture?
If baking, what process/software?

romfeo

The seam is visible in all the cases you'mentioned. Even if I use a tiling normal map, the seam is there.

xChris

if you baked the normal map from the high poly, it shouldn't be visible, this looks like its the color texture. I would do an offset in photoshop to check if its tiling or not.

musashidan

romfeo said:

 Even if I use a tiling normal map, the seam is there.

Well this is the case where it will, of course, be visible. There's a break in the UVs so there'll be a break in the texture. That's the way it works, and one of the reasons people hide seams, or use tri-planar projection, or 3D painting. As xchris said, if you baked the NM correctly from a high-poly then there should be no visible seams. But I don't see any detail if you used an NM.

romfeo

Thanks for your replies guys... I will try to do more tests to try and find what I am doing wrong, based on your comments...