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[Substance Painter] Normal Map Painting

Hi! I've been looking for some answers in the content that I've watched, but I didn't exactly find something that will fix the problem I'm facing right now. I'm following miss Arilizart's proces…
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Fabi_G

Tris causing normal map issues

This is a watch for the character I'm currently working onSmooth shadedWeighted normalsWireframe of tris. Had to add this bevel because my lowpoly couldn't catch the bevels in that area even after I …
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Neox

baking problems. Marmoset

Hello everyone. Please help me solve the problem.I think Marmoset is broken or I did something wrong. I needed to replace a small detail on the UV set. I deleted the old mesh, added a new one (LP and…
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hleb

Pianting normals creates artifacts

I've been trying to correct some small imperfections in the normal map using Substance Painter, but every time I paint, small artifacts end up appearing (they look like small grey-ish dots).It's not …
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Fabi_G

Triangles after baking normal map

Hi everybody! I've got the issue with triangles showing on the model after baking high poly to low poly. I try to bake the model in Substance Painter, and in the viewport everything seems to be …
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DC74

What software to make normal map from high resolution(8-16k) photos?

I need some software, so I can make decent normal maps from photos. Not from mesh. The export resolution will be 8 or 16k. 16k is better if possible. I need some control over fine details. I don't kn…
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gnoop

Substance painter: Correct way to increase normal map intensity

Hi!I am doing some landscapes. Texturing in Substance Painter with pbr materials. What is the preferable way to increase normal map intensity to match other masked layers? Using levels on a normal ma…
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poopipe

Banding artifacts on 16 Bit normal map only in UE

Hi, I've almost finished working on my game-ready model, and now I'm trying to set up a normal map for it. However, when I assign the normal map to the model, I encounter some nasty banding artifacts…
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poopipe

Different types of normal maps?

Why do some normal maps in 3D engines differ in color?For example:In one normal map the "neutral" color appears to be grey (#7F7F7F), but in another blue (#7F7FFF).
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NephilimFree

Normal maps messed up in Cycles (but not in Eevee for some reason)

While experimenting with different ways to bake an AO map for fairly lowpoly objects with normal maps on them inside Blender I noticed that - for some reason - normal maps don't display correctl…
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Buffinbag

Changing direction of cage normals?

I heard it was possible to do this and Im wondering how, specifcally I want to bake the details of a high poly as viewed from a specific perspective, how would I go about making the normals of the ca…
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EarthQuake

Sliver Triangles and Normal map

Good evening. What is the reason why the long thin(sliver) triangles are causing problems in the normal map? Can you recommend a source that I can learn from?
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garrettia

Marmoset doesn`t bake padding

Hi! I encountered with the issue when Marmoset bakes padding on one plane, but not on another. Changing padding options doesn't help. I have already repacked UV, recreated the plane where padding mus…
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dushnyla2309

How to bake Xgen fur/hair details in Maya

[{"type":"p","children":[{"text":"Hello everybody. How can you bake the generated fur in Maya on an already existing normal map. "}]},{"type":"p","children":[{"text":"I have a map of normals obtained…
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DemigodOfShadows

Normal Map baked good but I see low poly edges in other apps

[{"insert":"Hi,\nI applied all the rules to the normal maps baking and in SP it's all good:\n"},{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/5021068\/uploads\/IX9IPVKW221W\/ima…
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poopipe

Hand Paint - Little question about texture color

[{"insert":"Hello everyone! "},{"insert":{"emoji":{"emojiChar":"🙂"}}},{"insert":"\n(I hope someone will have an idea because i am completely lost).\nSo, i wanted to lauch me in the hand painting for …
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LoicDigitalArt

Normal map baking preview in Marmoset problem! HELP!

[{"insert":"So i've been grouping and using marmoset toolbag 4 for baking and I was doing a piece by piece thing, but after a while I started having this issue with everypiece, wich I kept fixing but…
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EarthQuake

Normal map issue.

[{"insert":"Hi, i have question about my normal map.\nAfter baking the normal map in any program (SP, MARMOSET) there are no artifacts.\nBut after transferring the normal map to another editor, artif…
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coolguyslims

Why baked normal map does not look good on a model when displayed as a texture? "Flipped" look?

[{"insert":"Hello there.\n\nI have a problem with my normal map does not looking \"right\" when i display it on a model as a texture. I don't quite understand why this is happening and what gives me …
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EarthQuake

Separating Important Features from Wrinkle Maps

[{"insert":"Hi,\nIt looks like I'll finally be experimenting with Wrinkle Maps\/Morph Targets etc. soon. However, apparently, you can separate certain elements, such as the forehead and chin etc. How…
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DustyShinigami

Different rendering of normal map between blender and substance painter?

edit: Problem solvedHi, I did all my textures on painter, I bake the normal map on my low from a high with bevels.On painter everything looks good so I'm doing my textures and exporting everythi…
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chopsuey

Substance Painter - question: normal map darker on the upper side

[{"insert":"I've been learning to use substance painter and the sculpt->make-normal-map-for-low-poly-mesh pipeline. I'm trying to make some textures and normal maps for bricks, stone and wood, baked …
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poopipe

Generating low poly from a texture's height map

[{"insert":"Hi! I've started making my own materials in Substance Designer. I'm really loving the results so far, but I have a little problem. Let's say I have a brick wall texture for example. It's …
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gnoop

Normal baking error - White lines on model

[{"insert":"Hi guys! I'm new around and I hope you can help me with this issue: when I bake normal map I get these lines in my model that can't be fixed with the cage neither the skew option. I tried…
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EBR

Ambient Occlusion map has a grid pattern

[{"insert":"I am sort of in a predicament between bad normal map but good AO or good AO but bad normal map.\n\nI either make my \"high bake object\" lower poly and my AO map has terrible lines and wh…
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Benjammin

Do you need smoothing groups if you have normal map?

[{"insert":"Hello, I wonder if I need smoothing groups\/hard edges if I will apply normal map on model? Do I need smoothing groups\/hard edges if I am baking with cage? Without a cage?\n"}]
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Eric Chadwick

Baking Normal

[{"insert":"Hello. I am working on a model in Maya that has hard edges. \n"},{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/5021068\/uploads\/HEH8WRI4FG3D\/image.png","name":"ima…
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Epitaph

Normal map not exporting correctly, and I couldnt save the project for unknown reason

[{"insert":"I have tried to export the Normal map multiple times, for some reason substance painter only able to write half of the normal map, and the rest of the portion is being black. I have tried…
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Sayooj_js

How do you make Detail Normal maps?

[{"insert":"Hi\nI’ve recently learnt about Detail Normal maps and how they can be used to add tileable surface details. I should point out, in my case, that I want to use them for characters, for thi…
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suspectlogic

Issue with Output bakes

[{"insert":"Hi\nI don't suppose there's a way around this...? I have an issue where, if I select my output path, and save my bakes, and then decide to delete the bake files and re-bake, the preview b…
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EarthQuake

Problem with edges in baking

Hi, I've got some nasty problem with my low poly model. Some of the edges on the same plane dont smooth and they show later on the normal map that I'm baking in Marmoset.  Got few of those probl…
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Epitaph

Weird artefacts on a smooth model (Substance Painter / Unity)

Hello guys,I have strange artefacts on my model in Unity. I suppose it happened because of a normal map. I changed export option from 8bit to 16bit (in SP), and turned off compression (in Unity).Now …
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rocketjump4d

Some highpoly meshs are missing during baking the normal and curvature map

Hi all, I have a really annoying issue while baking the normal map in Marmoset3.I prepared a sphere, two cubes for the highpoly group. But the weird thing was there just the sphere information c…
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EarthQuake

Questions about creating game ready assets

Hi, I'm a Uni student creating an essay about creating game ready assets. I have done some research regarding this topic, but It's for an essay where it's required, I get someone else's input. T…
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Eric Chadwick

Seams UV Normal Map

Hello to all.I have a problem with the UV seam.As you can see in the attached photos.I created a model in Zbrush, since it is very simple I used the polygroups option to do the Unwrap.I exported the …
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EarthQuake

Brushes don't show Normal Map

Hi,It the first time I am using Marmoset ToolBag for texturing. I have difficulty to understand why my brush show my normal map in normal texture, but I don't see any normal map effect inside the pre…
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EarthQuake

Is there a way to bake a normal map with "overlaying layers" of objects on a plane?

Hey everyone. So I mean is there any way to do this kind of normal map in my example in just one go, one bake, one click? Maybe some magical "translucency" shader tricks? Or some plugins/scripts…
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gnoop

Weird baking artifacts in Marmoset from highpoly to lowpoly (Solved)

(Solved)Hi everyone! I'm baking normal maps in Marmoset, and I have and issue. Some sort of artifacts has appeared in my texture, it is like the wireframe has baked on the normal map.As you can see i…
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vaspo

Weird Normal Transition Between Seams

Hi, I don't know why this happens to my high poly to low poly baking. Very bad textures along seams! I have tried almost all of the baking settings, but nothing helped, I've also checked that my UV's…
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pior

Some normal map issue from Substance to Marmoset Toolbag 3 - image available

The .obj was modeled and exported from 3DsMax 2021. I've tried multiple exports and smoothing group alterations but had no luck on this occasion. Any idea?  Thanks
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EarthQuake

Maya-arnold pixeled render with normal

Hello!Im new on Maya and im trying to render with arnold. As i see in a tutorial i assigned Aiimage/AiNormalMap/AistandardSurface in my model.When i use Ainormalmap in arnold render view i see p…
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JSpower

Baking errors with curved models

Hi! I have this model and it's giving me strange artifacts. My low poly is very similar to my high. I thought it would be straightforward where the edges would get smoothed but no luck... I really do…
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Eric Chadwick

Normal map looks weird

Hi, when I bake my normals in marmoset they look strange, but for the same mesh some maps are looking quite good, and other look like this; any ideas ? 
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DragonJojo

Normal map bag

Hi guys !I am studying normal maps and have some problems in practice.I watched some tutorial videos on this topic and you tube, but I still have problems when I bake my mesh.I subdivided UV - island…
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redrobberx

Substance Painter - Normals acting odd (shiny/dark)

Heya all, so been fixing my normal maps for the first time and running into something odd. i thought it was the AO map but its not. anyone know whats up with this?
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GarethStandfield

Baking sharp deepening problem

Hello!Can someone explain how should I solve this common baking problem with sharp deepening? I mean sharp deepening with ray distance produce bad result in these deepening is the…
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Ghogiel

When baking normal map some details appear convex instead of concave

I am using Marmoset Toolbag 3.08 and as can be seen in this image some screws look as intended (top left) and some are wrong (bottom right)The normals are all good, and all screws are a decal that us…
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EarthQuake

Maya FBX export: normals not imported but recomputed/smoothed?

I am exporting an FBX (with baked animation) from Maya and into Marmoset, but the normals keep smoothing, even though I have hardened and locked them in Maya. Is there a way to keep the mesh in its h…
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EarthQuake

Marmoset viewer showing different result

Hey guys, I have tried to export simple model from marmoset to a wordpress website. I got some textures applied to model, including normal map. It looks like this inside marmoset.This basically creat…
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EarthQuake

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…
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