normals

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Question about baking normal/uv mapping Hi, I'm having some problems with baking normal map. Could you help me if I done it correctly, should it look like this? Thank you	6 Last	Puggy Apr 2024
Blender Bug total mistery (Hello, i have a problem with my meshes they suddenly appear to have weird bug with normal only when i move my camera on axis like front or side and i can't use a knife tool normaly it just rip off t…	3 Last	Tiles Sep 2023
what is causing these dark artifacts? (normals) I've baked and textured this in substance painter, but when I assign all textures in marmoset toolbag the results have these strange pixellated shadows in the normals. I've tried flipping normals, tu…	1 Last	iam717 Sep 2023
uncertainty with normal map in large bicels well I have a friend who sent me this, and the question is why in the normal map the bicel appears inverted, both the hi poly and the low poly are correct, and then in any painting program like sutba…	5 Last	Klunk Aug 2023
Marmoset doesn't bake normals correctly any more. I have no idea why or what happened, but for some reason Marmoset Toolbag 4 doesn't bake normals properly any more for me.I have a big thread about it here, where I was troubleshooting the problem fo…	2 Last	Kligan Jun 2023
"Dirty" normal maps. Hello!I've encountered an issue while baking normal maps for my model.I am making this grandfather clock:Everything was fine, I made highpolys of different elements, unwrapped lowpolys, tested if eve…	27 Last	Kligan Jun 2023
Low-Poly Normals Issue [{"type":"p","children":[{"text":""}]},{"type":"p","children":[{"text":"Hi Polycount,"}]},{"type":"p","children":[{"text":"Is there a way to fix normals like this?"}]},{"type":"rich_embed_card","chil…	4 Last	dimwalker Apr 2023
Long Thin Triangles [{"type":"p","children":[{"text":"Guys why long thin triangles create shading and baking errors ? Is this related to Overdraw?"}]}]	2 Last	garrettia Apr 2023
[Solved][3dsMax] Transfer vertex normals from another object. [{"insert":"I need normals of border vertices on object A to match normals of vertices in same coordinates of object B, basically to fix the seam without affecting object B.\nTried noors normal thief…	8 Last	Klunk Apr 2023
Normals in Movie Production [{"insert":"I need a hint on what could be a good guideline when to use normals for movie production.\nSee on my example mesh i've done, i did all the paneling with actual geo. Most smaller details i…	3 Last	sprunghunt Nov 2022
XGen Eyelashes/Eyebrows - Best Way to Convert to Hair Cards? Hello,I'm trying to bake converted xGen Hair to Geometry Eyebrows/ Eyelashes, into a Normal Map and Alpha Mask on Marmoset Toolbag 4 for better hair accuracy.But the problem is that nothing gets bake…	22 Last	CheeseOnToast Sep 2022
Confusion with producing Flow maps [{"insert":"Hi\nAfter some discussion in another thread of mine, someone mentioned Flow Maps. However, I'm still really unsure and confused with how to produce them or if I even really need them at a…	5 Last	DustyShinigami Jul 2022
Move/Scale Faces Along Normals [{"insert":"There seems to be no way to move faces along the face normal in ZBrush (A simple alt + S in blender. This is essential because when I extrude something, how do I change the extrusion dept…	0 Last	Sidney Eliot Jun 2022
How can I improve this topology? [{"insert":"So I started with a low poly base humanoid mesh:\n"},{"insert":{"embed-external":{"data":{"url":"https:\/\/us.v-cdn.net\/5021068\/uploads\/0GCQGCJEZUA9\/mesh.png","name":"mesh.png","type"…	4 Last	killnpc May 2022
High poly mesh didn't fit in GPU memory (and other issues) [{"insert":"Hi\nI'm currently having some problems with Substance Painter I've not had before and they're really confusing me. I'm not sure if this is dependent on the size and scale of the high poly…	8 Last	DustyShinigami May 2022
Normals coming out flat [{"insert":"HI, since upgrading to 4.04, I think, my normals are just baking out totally flat. I am baking ground scans to a flat plane, all the other maps bake just fine, but the normals are just 10…	3 Last	Sleuthman May 2022
Question regarding baking normal maps [{"insert":"Hello everyone, I've been making game assets for a while now, baking maps etc, but i'm now wondering if i've been doing it correctly.\nThe thing is, whenever I create a lowpoly mesh, I al…	1 Last	Kanni3d Mar 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 2022
Designer normals not appearing in substance painter as it would be. I am trying to replicate a similar flaky surface in substance painter for creating worn paint surface, but normals almost look correct but substance painter won't do it anyway, Is there anything else…	4 Last	poopipe 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
Manipulating normals manually to get better bakes hey guys,recently, i've encountered this little video, which made me realize that i'm missing quite big chunks of understanding about normals and baking.it's about controlling shading and getting bet…	10 Last	poopipe Sep 2021
Wierd artefacts in exported texture Hey ,I've been having this annoying artefacting issue every time I export my texture. Checked the normal of the mesh and there was no issues there. No artefacts appear in substance painter. Only when…	6 Last	gnoop Mar 2021
[Maya 2018] Re-generating vertex & poly normals? I finally figured out what was wrong with my mesh, when exporting it as FBX and punting it into UE4. I'm so close, but have hit a snag. The normals are screwed for the top half of the head mesh, wher…	6 Last	FiftyTifty Mar 2021
Transparent Faces Normals are ok but in Painter it is transparent. I tried to flip normals but it inverts lighting	0 Last	Romoho Mar 2021
Edit a mesh with weighted normals. There is some way to edit a mesh in 3ds max with weighted normals, without breaking the normals that have already been edited. The normals are broken as soon as you cut the mesh or add an edit poly i…	16 Last	german01 Nov 2020
Ue4 - Terrain Mesh Normal Blending with Virtual Textures Guide! Hey its my first post here. Hope this guide will help yall !Couple of months ago when i started playing with Ue4 i was obsessed with terrain mesh blending. So i started searching but couldnt find any…	12 Last	jayfield1979 Oct 2020
Edges of mesh visible after baking normals on glossy material. Hi,I was baking normals for a sword in Toolbag and low-poly mesh with baked normals have visible edges:Normal map looks good on it's own, I used triangulated mesh, Mikk/xNormal Tangent space. The mes…	1 Last	universe Oct 2020
Trimsheet normals inverted when rotating UV islands I find myself stuck with a mistery that is making me loose hours of work without any progress whatsoever figuring it out.I'm making a modular environment and I'm making some trimsheet textures. In th…	19 Last	Prime8 Oct 2020
[3ds max] [maxscript] script to export/import explicit normals hello!I need a script to save and then load explicit normals for selected objects. so the process is like this:select objectpress button to export normals into a file. normals saved along with object…	3 Last	Eric Chadwick Sep 2020
Grass Normals Issue Hey everyone! I'm new to polycount and still new to Unreal so bear with me!I'm having some issues matching my grass normals to the normals of my landscape, and all I'm getting is uniform normals ever…	49 Last	MostHostLA 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
Minimising Modular character seams I'm trying to figure out how to minimise the seams on a modular character. As far as I know the seams are caused by the edge vertices having different normal directions. I've had success using averag…	8 Last	Ottomotto Jul 2020
Please help, going crazy with this, substance normal problem. Hi! I'm having issue with normal map or normals on the object, I can't figure out which one.This is in Substance Painter:This is in Substance Painter when I make a new file and re import the maps on …	6 Last	sprunghunt May 2020
Is there a tool to copy the vertex normal direction from one vertex to another in Maya? Hi. I'm often in situations where I need to manually alter the normal direction on individual verts to fix shading issues on my models. Is there a tool in Maya to copy the normal direction from one v…	8 Last	gnoop May 2020
Controling normals in Speedtree (How to change pivot of puffiness) Hey, i have been struggling to deal with this issue, I am attaching a picture to help you guys understand probably better than words. I am trying to move the pivot to the canopy of the tree, i really…	0 Last	RocKenny Apr 2020
How to stop custom normals from breaking on deform in UE4? Can anyone clarify how companies like CyberConnect2 and Arc System Works keep their normal edited meshes looking so clean even with skeletal and morph target deforms in UE4?I get clean normals for de…	0 Last	twalk1776 Apr 2020
How to get a perfect vertex normal for cylinder in maya? Hello guys,I am trying to find a script which can give a perfect normal for cylinder in maya, any suggestions on what are you guys using now?I have tried some smart scripts, but all can not giv…	2 Last	dannnnT 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
How do I get soft normal foliage like this? I'm currently working on a project for my uni course and have been trying to get trees and bushes with a certain effect. It's pretty much the same as can be seen in this game:https://www.insidedecay.…	10 Last	monagart 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
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
3ds Max to UE4 Normal/smoothing groups not exporting. Forgive the broad nature of the title, as im not sure exactly what my issue is. Essentially, a great deal of my assets are displaying like this within UE4::As it stands, each asset has:- Correct smoo…	1 Last	zachagreg Feb 2020
Error while baking textures in substance painter Hello everyone, i'm having an issue in substance painter while baking textures. I want the model to be one mesh with an atlas UV map and not exploding the mesh (separating in different meshes and bak…	0 Last	Santiago_RS Jan 2020
Marmoset - FBX Import Model Shading Incorrectly Hi All, I've stayed behind at work to see if I can get to the bottom of this issue that has put this project on hold but had no luck! In summary, I have an animated character that has a ser…	2 Last	EarthQuake 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
Normal Pinching Issues 3DSMAX Hi. I'm not much of a Hard Surface modeler, but for work I typically have to do hard surface stuff. We don't usually make a highpoly model and then bake down to a low poly. We just make low poly obje…	4 Last	SpiffyMai Aug 2019
Normal map noise problem I am trying to create a Borderlands game-ready character, and I decided to use normal maps to preserve details from my high-poly model. It worked good, except for one thing: these strange curved line…	3 Last	musashidan Jul 2019
Flipped normals display darker Hey guys I have problem with normals imported from Maya. As suggested I reversed my flipped normals in Maya and imported then back to SP, but it didn't solve issue entirely, as now instead of transpa…	1 Last	kat_sta Jul 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