Silly question for baking

Larry

Hi guys, do you bake all of your objects even if you dont have a high poly? I understand this catches lighting better, but is it worth the textures for at least a portfolio piece? 

AgelosAp

Hey Larry,
you didn't provide info for people to understand what you want to achieve.
Still most commonly even when you don't have a high poly you can bake your low poly in a software like substance painter so you can get maps for the smart materials to work with.
Always depends on what's the goal though, so if you can share that I could perhaps help further.

pmiller001

If youre just talking about material ids i think so. But I'm with Agelos, i'm not sure what youre talking about. What are you trying to bake? or achieve. 

jStins

Baking without a high poly can be useful for masking utilities in Substance Painter (gradient direction, object space, etc...), but that doesn't necessarily mean every asset needs it. 

Larry

@jStins
@pmiller001
@AgelosAp

Hi guys, thanks for trying to help. What i want to know is if people bother smoothing and baking assets which have no normal detail other than the material applied to them.