Seam appearing in Mudbox normal map bake

Stu2Prof · Jan 2016

Hey guys I am getting a seam in my normals along where my UV shells meet in Mudbox. Is there anything that I can do to remove this? I am trying to model/texture a realistic tree branch for a Vray render

Here are the details of my bake below:
Normal
[img]http://i.imgur.com/Zacj3pS.png[/img]
Applied Normal
[img]http://i.imgur.com/jFkYtjA.jpg[/img]
Settings
[img]http://i.imgur.com/yqZI91g.jpg[/img]
High-Poly
[img]http://i.imgur.com/iukgpNd.jpg[/img]

Thanks for any help you can offer

oglu · Jan 2016

use the mudbox vray proxy exporter...
real geo will look much better...

Stu2Prof · Jan 2016

Thanks for the suggestion Oglu. I had a go at installing the files but it seems the version I have is only compatible with Mudbox 2015+ and I'm on Mudbox 2014. Any other suggestions?

oglu · Jan 2016

yes bake a displacementmap... real geometry will look much better...

are you baking a max or a maya normalmap.?

Stu2Prof · Jan 2016

I'm baking my normal in mudbox, if that is what you're asking

oglu · Jan 2016

yes but there are settings for maya and max in mudbox... and dont review the map in mudbox if you like to render it...

its possible that the vray render is fine...

Stu2Prof · Jan 2016

Hey back with some renders. Also double-checked my settings and I was baking the normals for 3ds max so all fine there.
I re-did the UVs and baked at 2k so some of the seams and errors I was getting previously have decreased although the smaller branches dont have that much detail to them due to the UV space given over to those areas. I used a normal rather than displacement map just because the displacement map was taking too long to render out.

Album of renders
http://imgur.com/a/XpxsK

Thanks for your suggestions Oglu. Next will be creating the leaves and a hanging bird nest.

Seam appearing in Mudbox normal map bake

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