what means to bake ?

e-barron

Hi guys I am new to this community and I'm loving it!!!:poly142:,

I searched the forum and no thread that helped me to answer my question. Could you please say me what means to bake a texture? The only thing i know is that it is done to an AO, and how it improves my model? thx

r_fletch_r

It means to render an aspect of a models shading into a texture. It can be AO, Diffuse Colour, lighting. Its also known as 'render to texture'

http://www.3dmax-tutorials.com/Rendering_to_Textures.html

Joshua Stubbles

..but seriously, lots of good info on our very own wiki: http://wiki.polycount.com/CategoryTexturing

e-barron

jajaja thx a lot guys :P

e-barron

epic joshua i never imagined i would find something like that it's like the human creation manual of god T_T