Texture map re-projection maya.

somawheels · May 2015

Hi, I have very little experience in maya and want to bake some mid poly textured and normal mapped models onto a low poly model, similar to here http://www.polycount.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1590084&postcount=320
Can someone tell me how? or direct me to some tutorials that cover this?

Meloncov · May 2015

You can bake polypaint into a map using xNormal.

somawheels · May 2015

Poly-paint is only good for very highpoly models.
I want to use the same tequniqye as "choco" at http://www.polycount.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1590084&postcount=320

antweiler · May 2015

Lighting/Shading -> Tranfer Maps is what you are looking for, its Mayas own texture baker.
Read about the output maps in the docs:
http://download.autodesk.com/global/docs/maya2013/en_us/files/Lightingshading__Transfer_Maps.htm

somawheels · May 2015

Are there any alternatives? Because it really slow to bake any kind of complex geometry.
slow like 5 hours to bake a disp and col map.

antweiler · May 2015

Yes, its slower than XNormal and maybe other dedicated bakers, but you can accurately bake Maya shaders. Its relieable...
Hmm, i would check if you can go with lower quality settings.. Or do quality checks with a lower resolution/lower quality, and let it run in High quality over night (like in the "good" old rendering days...)

somawheels · May 2015

I cant leave my pc on overnight. I need an alternative. It doesn't need to be brilliant quality, any faster alternative will do.

antweiler · May 2015

You can set the quality of the bakes in the transfer maps settings

somawheels · May 2015

It still takes ages. It is because i am baking such a complex model.

Texture map re-projection maya.

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