Baking Cylinders Problem

Cyaneyed

I'm baking high poly geo onto low poly geo and primarily with cylinders i get these problems - the dark areas around the edges.  

is this only way to fix this with more geometry? and if so what is the most efficient way to add geometry to resolve this issue? e.g. chamfer or more sides on the cylinder. 

Thanks in advance

Mark Dygert

If there is a place to be cheap with polygons, it isn't on rounded shapes, especially on shapes that add detail to the silhouette. 

Adding more sides to the cylinder will probably help the most.

Axi5

You could probably bevel the cap edge loop as well. The 45deg angle it will bake from should produce a much nicer result with about this many radial segments.

musashidan

Also, read the 'who put waviness in my normal map' sticky on top of this board.