Hi,
I have tried to bake my coffee maker but you can see the "cut" effect on the gradiant.
The normal map is a 16bit TGA file. I have bake with XNormal and Subtance designer but i have the same problem
![28ba05c11ab8a58a4506976ef54daaba.jpg](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/28/ba/05/28ba05c11ab8a58a4506976ef54daaba.jpg)
The normal map - if you increase levels you can see the problem.
![8d2993558570ee2668ef9e745efc7f8f.png](https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/originals/8d/29/93/8d2993558570ee2668ef9e745efc7f8f.png)
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You should notice that if you switch your image mode in Photoshop to 16 bits per channel, you no longer have the ability to save as a TGA format.
Now, I have noise and I scale down the picture to reduce but that's doesn't have realy effect.
I would be more concerned with the artifacts you're getting around those thing edges. Soften/enlarge the bevels on your highpoly and those edges should bake out a lot better.