Project mapping issues in 3dmax
This is the first time I've tried projection mapping in 3d max to get normals. I've looked under many forums for a possible solution to my problem but haven't found anything that works. I've messed with the settings. put on SS 2.5 that did nothing etc..any suggestions would be much appreciated. I've posted some really high res pictures so you can see the detail. thank you.
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start there. but you will get errors. it wont come out perfect and it wont do the work for you. it is a starting place. you will have to bring the map into photoshop and do touch-ups. Check out the link above, it goes into how to touch it up in PS
Render to Texture> Objects to Bake > Projection Mapping > Options > uncheck "Ray miss check"
Normally you get those kinds of errors when there is something wrong with your control cage, like it clips into the target mesh or it didn't generate properly. Check your cage, tweak it, move some verts around and see how it effects the end result.
Do you have overlapping UV's that causes problems like that also, there are a few ways to get around those issues but I won't get into them unless you did overlap some parts.
Render to texture > Projection Mapping > options > Method > Uncheck use cage. Use the offset value to push the projection away from the surface of the model.
it looks like your normal map setting should be in order now, lets check your render settings. If you are using default scanline render, on the "Render tab" > Global Super Sampling > Check Enable Global Super sampler > Max 2.5 Star is normally fine.
Also how high poly are those tiny objects? If you put those objects on their own texture sheet and scale them up then render out the normal map what does it look like? Right now it looks like the res is too low for the amount of detail is is trying to capture?
edit: yeah what vig says