baking

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Hard surface maya to zbrush baking Hi,I'm trying to make sense of the workflow from low poly to high poly.Basically here is one of my model: My goal is to bring this into zbrush and just trim some edges to make it looks old.My i…	2 Last	efwfew16 Aug 2020
Is this box too much rounded , or i should balme the lame shader Three days and I am trying to get clean normal map bake, but I did not succeed, I do not know whyusing 3dsmax 2012 and i searched for a good Viewport shader but I could get one, or perhaps I should s…	7 Last	ahmedcutestudio Aug 2020
Animation Question A long shot, and I suspect there isn't a way of doing this, but I was wondering if it's possible having some kind of trigger for an animation? Essentially, what I'd like to do, is have my model show …	3 Last	DavidCruz 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
How to improve this bake? Hey guys,I am still trying to figure out how to get a good bake so I test with simple objects like this. I uploaded it here so everyone can check it out:https://we.tl/t-4GG1l2wALmSo I think the bake …	22 Last	Obscura Jul 2020
Do low poly game assets that are using normal maps have to use smooth shading as well ? Just wondering, because as far as I saw when baking normal map, marked sharp edges are evil, they will just mess things up. So I guess, if I don't want to put on my mesh seams everywhere where there …	1 Last	Obscura Jul 2020
Low Poly Normals are getting baked into my Normal Map - HELP Hi, I wanted to bake my high poly details on a normal map in Substance Painter, but when I do so and then export the textures, the shading on my model looks weird. Almost as if it had baked in the no…	9 Last	Alander787 Jun 2020
Can't bake even 1 normal map. Well, I'm out of ideas, my normal maps end up looking trashy all the time. I have this one gun for which I'm trying to bake normal map: Using details from higher detail version of the low p…	3 Last	Creepezel Jun 2020
Marmoset Baking Normal Information that Doesn't Exist So I'm baking a normal map in Marmoset and there is a small face on my model that is getting normal information baked to it that doesn't actually exist on my high-poly. I've checked everything I can …	8 Last	EarthQuake Jun 2020
Baking/Shading Artifact - How Can I Solve This? I'm desperate... I have unwrap my lowpoly, everything is alright, no stretching, overlapping etc.I have my highpoly and lowpoly at the same coordinates.When I try to bake my textures in Substance Painter or even in B…	16 Last	gnoop Jun 2020
Seam / shading problem Hey all, I was wondering if anyone knew how to troubleshoot this seam? In maya, I've smoothed the edges but there is a UV seam doing through the center. When baking marmoset, it hardens that sea…	2 Last	Skeepy Jun 2020
The Soviet Machine A Soviet Machine. Made after a very long break. Software used 3dsmax and QuixelTextures size 2khttps://www.artstation.com/artwork/181Rb2 Any comments and criticism will be welcome.Thank you al…	0 Last	rahulkul2003 Jun 2020
Painter: baking occlusion using an hemisphere while still using the match naming option Hi guys!Got a question about baking occlusion maps in Painter; i'm used to using xNormal for baking, and i wanted to give Substance a go since the match naming option is really helpful (and overall, …	2 Last	Kyalie Jun 2020
White seams/edges with polygon fill and uvs brush error Hello, I am working on a personal project and I have the next problem. I baked the normal map on marmoset with the configuration below: So then, I import the low poly mesh into substance painter…	1 Last	drochroma May 2020
Visible Normal Seams when Baking? How to fix that Hello,Im actually so confussed because i always have that problem and i have no clue why that is happening and how to fix it i really hope you can help me with this i have baked my Low Poly with my H…	3 Last	TirvasFreeze May 2020
Vertex will not expand when I extrusion Cage in 3D VIewer - XNormal, As the picture in the following , u can see that Its feels there is a vertex sticky on the high poly, It's not related the polygon files, and one of my friends also suffer the problem.The versio…	1 Last	yanlongyituo 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
Correct Workflow between Blender and Substance Painter for baking good normal maps? I'm having seams I've seen a lot of posts, videos...related to normal maps, shading...But I'm still having some issues when baking my normal maps, so I did some tests, and I wanted to show you to ask if I'm missing a…	3 Last	Obscura May 2020
Baking Issue ? (Blender) Hello, I wanted to bake a High Poly Mesh to a LowPolyMesh as a Normal Map but I get these weird seam issues??I hope you can help me	1 Last	FrankPolygon May 2020
Baking artifacts Question Hello,I'm baking my model in marmoset toolbag3. My pieces are seperated into smaller pieces and named _low and _high. However When I delete 1 pieceI get this weird looking thing:Before: After:Now I n…	2 Last	Krychazz Apr 2020
The good ol' baking question Hey guys,I am a little lost when it comes to baking even though I read up on all the threads by @EarthQuake and the Toolbag Baking Tutorials. Also I was watching the good ol' Handplane Baker videos. …	6 Last	monitorhero Apr 2020
High poly not baking maps Do I have my file set up correctly to bake down these maps? It doesn't render any of these maps down when I hit the "bake" button and I end up with a black shader instead.https://i.imgur.com/iiRBiVW.…	1 Last	teknick Apr 2020
Strange artifact on normal map always appear in meshes with this shape. Hi, while modeling some props for games I've encountered the same error 2 or 3 times, and I wanted to know how to solve it becouse it's very annoying and I don't understand why it happen.How should I…	2 Last	Kanni3d Apr 2020
Decimation and normal baking issues. Hello. I'm an amateur 3D modeler hoping to make a career in it. I work in Blender and Substance Painter. I spent a lot of my modelling time since I began several years ago focusing entirely on learni…	2 Last	Vitoria90 Apr 2020
Baking cavity maps Is there a way to bake cavity maps in marmoset? I've read somewhere you can get a cavity map with the ambient occlusion baker with the right settings, as its the same thing essentially, but I can't f…	2 Last	guitarguy00 Apr 2020
Baking backfacing geometry Is there any way to bake backfacing geometry? I've made some cloth wrappings that twist over themselves and now I've realized bakers bake the backfacing faces with either a flipped normal direction, …	2 Last	Ottomotto Apr 2020
Reflections on edges of model [Baking problem in substance] i am getting this problem while baking and i tried harden/soften edges in maya but still this reflection(i don't know what to call them) keeps appearing .uv &…	2 Last	gnoop Apr 2020
displacement map (height) baking problem in Toolbag Marmoset Hi) I am having a problem baking the height map. Polygons are visible on it.There is a screenshot of the problem here -https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Bwr85rRxLB_fFW4zu3mAviw4MK1MFcC-/view?usp=shari…	1 Last	Obscura Mar 2020
displacement map (height) baking problem in Toolbag Marmoset Hi) I am having a problem baking the height map. Polygons are visible on it.There is a screenshot of the problem here -https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Bwr85rRxLB_fFW4zu3mAviw4MK1MFcC-/view?usp=shari…	1 Last	RitaRo Mar 2020
Baking issue with substance Painter Hey guys,I bake oftne with substance Painter, but with really simple mesh, I've an issue... the bake is totally wrong...the HP has nothing particular.....Usually, this issue is the wrong Groupsmooth …	10 Last	Obscura Mar 2020
[Q] Simple AO to Vertex Colors? Curious if people have smooth workflows for this. Maya makes it a pain. Mental Ray 2018 seems like the best option, but the quality it best is iffy.3DCoat makes a nice lowpoly AO but then I can't bak…	3 Last	cptSwing Mar 2020
Highpoly to low poly baking issues (Substance, Maya) Help Hello, I've have been trying to figure out this baking error for the last couple of days, I'm going from a Sub-D model in Maya to Substance and I keep getting these errors. I've tried to reset t…	1 Last	lruter1992 Mar 2020
[Solved] [3ds Max/Arnold] Mikkt Normal Map problems/conversion. Hello anyone.I had some weird black border artefacts whenever I render low-poly objects with Arnold (3ds Max). The artefacts do not appear in Sketchfab, Substance Painter or Unreal. After some troubl…	8 Last	Dihemi Mar 2020
Trying to bake very seemingly simple Normals in SP2, weird notches and lines on edges appearing?? Hey I was wondering if I could get some help with a Normals Issue: 1- the final baking with a couple notches in it for what I can tell to be no reason 2- the Low poly 3- High poly Anyone have any sug…	26 Last	rollin Mar 2020
UV does not bake correctly? (Maya & Substance Painter) i Unwrapped my UV's and I have an issue to where the UV shell which i marked in the picture does not bake correctly, it bakes an incorrect part, could someone tell me why this is happening? &nb…	13 Last	SkyDriver Mar 2020
Marmoset Cage Issues Forgive me, I'm relatively inexperienced in baking, marmoset, prop making...just everything. lolAnyways, I'm in Marmoset with a dagger I've modeled in Blender and I'm trying to bake the hipoly to the…	3 Last	WillDettrey Feb 2020
AO Artifacts substance painter bake Hi guys i am working on object which has multiple textures set . In my bake settings i let my settings to match "Always" because i need the interaction between different high poly mesh for the …	1 Last	captainumbrella Feb 2020
Seams after baking high poly to low poly in Substance Painter Hi there,I am currently getting used to Blender and I'm experimenting with baking high poly to low poly using Substance Designer.For testing purposes I just made a simple cube, then beveled the edges…	1 Last	FrankPolygon Jan 2020
Substance Painter - Normal Seam Issue - UV size? Hi,Apologies if I am going about this the wrong way, I've been hunting around for an explanation but have not been able to find any:I've noticed that when baking a simple cube in Substance Painter I …	11 Last	annebakerim Dec 2019
AO baking errors Hi,I'm running into this baking error. (to give context, I'm following a tutorial and trying to get my head around the basics of texturing with substance).I'm modeling in maya, zbrush high poly,…	3 Last	browneyedpat Nov 2019
How do I get rid of these Glitches I baked my scar model after that I get these annoying glitches. What should I do?	5 Last	Neox Nov 2019
number of texture sets for games character/portfolio piece Hi everybody! I already read many posts on this topic, that there is no perfect number for texture sets about game characters, but I feel like I'm abusing it too much.My aim was to have 2 4k sets, wh…	12 Last	Alex_J Nov 2019
SP Baking symmetry from asymmetrical mesh (Solved) I'm working with an asymmetrical .fbx of a model from Zbrush - when I try to bake the high poly mesh in SP, the program seems to bake only one side of the original model, and mirrors it onto the othe…	4 Last	skyeraikes Oct 2019
Baking high on low process All files attached (high & low FBX, blender file)Can anyone explain is there any set of rules i need to know before baking high on low ?Is high poly need to be bigger than low ?Do u need to trian…	2 Last	Taylor Brown Oct 2019
Material IDs issues in Subtance painter I'm still a student and i'm having problems when trying to bake material ids in subtance. I have an asset compound of multiple parts without attach. I select the whole asset an export it as low poly,…	3 Last	Jimmy_Chao Oct 2019
Marmoset 32bit baking problem So ive come across a problem baking 32bit maps in marmoset.Im not 100% sure whats going on but it seems the colour profile of the psds are wrong. The files load in and appear much brighter than norma…	3 Last	EarthQuake Oct 2019
substance painter high poly bake issue Hey guys im also following one of Tim's tutorials and having a floater bake issue and could use some help.Before this issue appeared I had this issue...which was caused by an ngon i missed and had to…	2 Last	MisterSande Sep 2019
How do you assign multiple texture in one model Hello, I created a model with UDIM UVs and imported to Substance painter by using "Create a texture set per USIM tile" feature since seems like Marmoset 3 doesn't support UDIM texture. But…	1 Last	EarthQuake Sep 2019
Baking artifacts Marmoset / 3DS Max Hey guys, so recently I have been modeling a weapon, and I've come down to the unwrapping part, however, I'm having an hard time with artifacts that seem to be created because of bad low poly smoothi…	1 Last	EarthQuake Sep 2019