bake

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Communication lines on the normal map [{"insert":"When baking a normal map, connection lines appear on the model. I tried different solutions to the problem (with the eyes of a beginner). It seems that the problem is in the connection li…	1 Last	lluc21 May 3 2022
Why my High Poly model doesn't want to bake onto Low Poly one? [{"insert":"I'm still a beginner in modelling and I cannot understand why my HP doesn't want to bake onto LP. I've done a model of a Medical Trolley and it didn't want to bake at all so I decided to …	1 Last	CheeseOnToast Feb 24 2022
Normal map distorted\displaced in Painter bake [{"insert":"Hellom everyone, I'm recently starting my journey in game asset after years of production renders, I used the occasion to also learn Blender, since I never used before. I followed a tutor…	4 Last	poopipe Feb 3 2022
Baking with a Cage and multiple materials breaks all material bakes but one. I have set up a model to mimic a hand wearing a bracelet. The hand is one contiguous closed mesh. The Bracelet is one contiguous closed mesh, which intersects the hand slightly. The fingers are tight…	9 Last	DirtyBlueFL Nov 2021
Getting strange artefact when baking low poly normals in Substance painter. I clearly haven't any clue why this is happening inside substance painter when baking low poly normals. When I am trying to Unify the normals from 3Dsmax changing the smoothing group's values.	1 Last	Babsam Nov 2021
How do you bake a complex model from high polygon to low polygon in Substance Painter? I'm trying for the first time to bake a high-polygon model onto a low-polygon model in Substance Painter, and it's not working at all.I've tried all the Max Frontal Distance and Max Rear Distance pat…	3 Last	Kanni3d Nov 2021
AO Bake Issue Marmoset Toolbag Hi everyone,I would like to know how to fix this problem of AO i Marmoset 4.The baking of each part is in different folder, is not the same to avoid problems, normal map works fine but AO i have this…	2 Last	SuSo Oct 2021
Translucency map problem How do i make translucency map for Unreal Enigne? Trying to make nature assets. Weird, i tried to google solution and every time it is all about transparent (black and white variant). Can i make it i…	3 Last	Alex_J Jul 2021
Visible seams on curvature bake Hi I was currently in the process of texturing in SP, but then I realized that something is wrong with my curvature maps.The curvature map seems to have a visible gray line along the seams, I've chec…	0 Last	Westbrook Jun 2021
Artefact BAKE Hi everyone,i have a little bit problem that i think is easy to fix it but i can't after several testsI tried smoothing 45º and smothing groups from UV shells. Doing that, this error is fixed BUT the…	9 Last	SuSo May 2021
[Help] Can't bake a good alpha mask to low poly retain holes Hi, got a real big problem when I tried to bake alpha mask for my cart model, mask looks weird : This is my high res and low res model: High : Low: (They are JUST HAVE A SINGLE SI…	2 Last	Lar May 2021
[Substance Painter] Weird edges at baking process Hello. I started to burn mesh maps in substance painter and noticed that the edges on the low poly model did not look right. What could it be caused by? Did I do something wrong with the model i…	6 Last	Vargo Apr 2021
[Painter] Weird bake artefacts i've baked quite a few meshes, usually without any problems. But the mesh that I have now has some really strange artefacts and I do not know why.I am trying to bake maps on my mesh from Marvelous De…	4 Last	Zoddo Apr 2021
bake light Hello, how do I bake a light on a low poly model ?Just to have a static picture with light ?	2 Last	EarthQuake Apr 2021
Baking textures and texturing pipeline problem Hello, guys, my first question here ever, so I'm a bit shy, but anyway I have to ask, 'cause I'm stuck. So, I've been making my first game ready model for a contest and there is a rule to have two te…	4 Last	PIXLm Mar 2021
Weird Triangle Artefacts BAKE Hi guys, i have a little bit problem.When i'm trying bake this hardsurface part, in the places where are triangles, appear these weird triangle.I have been seeing another post with the same problem, …	2 Last	SuSo Mar 2021
UV coordinates possibly incorrect when importing FBX for baking Hello all. I recently started learning 3D modelling for game art. I am currently modelling in Blender 2.83.5 and then attempting to bake in Marmoset 4.01. I am encountering a weird issue while baking…	3 Last	EarthQuake Jan 2021
Can someone explain the mid-poly baking process? Hi polycount!I've been struggling lately with baking something that's somewhat cylindrical. It has to be pretty low poly but I'm baking from a high with nice smooth curves. I keep hearing that this m…	2 Last	Eric Chadwick Jan 2021
PM 9 Minebea HandGun (open for any feedback) Hello guys, i am newbie 3d artist from Russia. This is my first post on this forum.I really want to improve my texturing and lighting compositing skills. I would be glad to receive advice a…	3 Last	Sokranskiy Dec 2020
Very weird bake issue When baking I get this error:Here is my low poly:Here is my high poly:Any help to fix the issue?	1 Last	Kanni3d Nov 2020
Seams issue when importing a model into Substance Painter (Normal map is ok!) Hi guys, my problem :s is that the seams that you can see below are reflected in the Substance Painter, they are not visible either in the Marmoset or in the Maya. The model is symmetric, the s…	3 Last	poopipe Oct 2020
Wired effect in baking Hi, sorry form my English any way I'm new to 3d and i'm working on creating a (Fire Hydrant) i created the HP and the LP but when i tried to bake it in marmoset toolbag it's giving me this wired…	4 Last	EarthQuake Sep 2020
Tool Announce - ZBrush: A3D Tools 2 Hello Polycount! I'm Pete, long time lurker and full time TA. In my spare time I develop tools and scripts to help automate some of the more tedious parts of making art. I've recently relea…	2 Last	PeteThatPete Sep 2020
Blender Tutorial: How to Easily Bake Assets in Blender using "Match by Name" With EZ Baker Addon Hey guys. I decided to make a tutorial about a cool plugin made by a guy called AquaticNightmare. In this video, I show how to utilize a really comfortable, user-friendly addon called "EZ Baker". Thi…	0 Last	mrgesy Aug 2020
Marmoset bakes WHITE roughness So I have this mesh with 8 texture sets and I didn't want to combine my textures with PS or SD after I painted it in SP, so I instead decided to use the original baker file (replace the highs with my…	4 Last	sargisstg Aug 2020
Normal Issues - How To Fix those? hi, I have a problem with my low-poly, on marmoset it has no problem but when I import the mesh on painter I see that there are some problems with the shading, all the UV cuts have hard edges and I h…	1 Last	poopipe Aug 2020
3D normal map bakeing problems Hello,I want to bake my HP on my LP in Marmoset Toolbag 3. But I always get a problem.The problem is that my HP bolts get baked over my LP bolts even when my LP bolt is bigger then my HP bolt.Red is …	5 Last	SxitG Aug 2020
Color ID map baking problem I have a highpoly and lowpoly models of basket, and i want to use baked color id as mask for opacity after, but it doesn't bake at all. I assigned new material on HP model and tried to bake in maya a…	1 Last	Sour_Ass Jul 2020
Normal Map Always Bakes Wrong And Gives Bad Shading - HELP Hi, it's me again.I tried to bake my normal map again, after someone here wrote that I should triangulate the mesh and all the problems will be solved. Well it did help with some areas, the majority …	7 Last	Alander787 Jul 2020
Marmoset won't bake the maps Hi everyone,I made a character in zbrush with its accesories and i wanted to bake the normal, vertex paint, ambient occlussion (etc) maps on the low poly mesh. I have done this before and sometimes i…	1 Last	EarthQuake Jun 2020
How can I bake high poly detail onto a smooth surface and maintain the smoothness? Hi! I'm a student still learning Max and Substance. For a unit last year I made this however one thing that confused me was how to bake high poly detail onto the wheels whilst maintaining the sm…	1 Last	FrankPolygon Jun 2020
How to bake this complex geometry - later to be simulated as cloth inside UE Hi, fellows! I was locked out of my previous account so I had to start fresh with this one.I was wondering if anyone can suggest me a way to create a lowpoly mesh for the cape of the character I…	1 Last	Eric Chadwick May 2020
[PAINTER] Texture Exports With Artefacts I am quite new to Painter and am trying to export textures of this one mesh.The problem that is it exports with artefacts for some reason, which is weird because I baked texture multiple times prior …	1 Last	Zoddo May 2020
Errors baking in Marmoset - Chain mail Hello to eveyone!I keep having some strange error in my maps when I bake in Marmoset (or even other baking softwares). Want to bake a Alpha Mask of a chain mail made in Zbrush with Nanomesh, on a sim…	6 Last	EarthQuake May 2020
Blender to Substance : Baking Issues Hi guys,I need some help for my Substance Baker:I did a low and a high Poly Model of a Bowie Knife in Blender and wanted to bake the details from my high to my low poly within Substance Painter.But e…	14 Last	teodar23 Apr 2020
The Perfect Bake: Marmoset Toolbag vs Cylindar bakes Is there such a thing as 'the perfect bake' when it comes to assets with cylindars? I've been modeling a hanging light fixture, which is all cylindars, and needs to be LP baked. I use Maya to Marmose…	1 Last	FrankPolygon Mar 2020
Issues with my mesh, bake or normal map? I'm currently having an issue where my mesh is showing black spots after applying my normal map. I checked that the Ray's are pointing in the right direction and made sure that my mesh could handle t…	4 Last	kanga Jan 2020
UV with weird pixels? I'm kinda new to this Modelling stuff and started learning about textures and bakes. From here to now I had some progress but got stucked on this:My normal map is very pixelated and I have no clue of…	4 Last	TheGabmeister Jan 2020
Maya/Arnold - Baking selected geometry Quads not Tris? Afternoon all!Is it possible to use 'bake selected geometry' with displacement maps and create quad meshes, not tris?I get ripples in the displacement from the edges of the tris, possible a hard edge…	0 Last	BobbysWineGums Dec 2019
What is happening to my bake??? Hello, whenever I bake my 3d model I get some weird error at the border of the blade, does someone know what is happening and what to do to correct or prevent this?	3 Last	Taylor Brown Nov 2019
Bevel / Chamfer Edges vs Normal Map Bake Hey guys, in your opinion, what is better: Beveling edges directly or baking a high poly with beveled edges onto the low poly? I'm trying to figure out what would be better also from an optimization …	8 Last	VanessaCeline Nov 2019
Maya/Arnold displacement maps in both positive and negative values hi,im quite happy using UV displacement maps to eventually bake on geometry, mainly embossing on objects or engraving. What I really want to know is if it’s possible to create both in the same d…	6 Last	BobbysWineGums Sep 2019
Best software to bakes meshes with? As the title says, what is the best overall software, to bake normal maps and more with?I myself use 3dsmax, but the bakes are not of a quality I would like. I also know about marmoset tool bag, but …	7 Last	musashidan Jul 2019