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1. Normal Map Produces Ugly Seams

   

   Topic by NumberSlayer · Nov 2012 · Home› Technical Talk

   Hey guys I've been having a huge problem with every normal map I have baked to date. I'm fairly new to this stuff so I'm sure I must be missing something. Every normal map I bake, regardless of method used (Subdivision in zbrush or Cage in 3ds max and xnormal), ends up having the normal map completely flipped at the seams…

2. Re: Normal Map Produces Ugly Seams

   

   Reply by Neox · Nov 2012 · Home› Technical Talk

   the color mismatch is totally correct as it calculates the orientation of the uv clusters into the tangent space normalmap, never judge a normalmap by how it looks when applied in the diffuse slot.

3. Re: Normal Map Produces Ugly Seams

   

   Reply by NumberSlayer · Nov 2012 · Home› Technical Talk

   Thanks for checking rollin. Well that is interesting. You didn't change the normal map at all? Because when I look at the normal map on the model as a diffuse I can see where the colors mismatch at the seams. So max 2013 is missing a shader that corrects for the inconsistency at the seams? How would I fix this or would I…