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Xnormal baking ALL map types as i do diffuse?
Hello I had a scan, few milion polygons, i "converted" this (retopo etc.) into a lower poly version of 10 000 polygon and Diffuse, Displacement (32 bit EXR) and Normals maps (the "standard one" - purple-ish :-) ). I deleted the original scan. Now i "discovered" that i would like to have also even lower poly version of this… -
Re: Xnormal baking ALL map types as i do diffuse?
Why didn't you keep the original scan? This is exactly why it's important to practice good archival hygiene, keep all your source files. Anyhow, baking a normal map from another normal map is very difficult, as rollin stated already. You may have better luck with the displacement, not sure if Xnormal allows you to assign… -
Re: Xnormal baking ALL map types as i do diffuse?
If you keep asking questions "in theory", you'll only get ansers "in theory". Adding to the fact that you state to be pretty new at this, the chances of you reaching a solution to your problem that way are pretty slim. Especially since there could be dozens of reasons why things are not working out. It's up to you to be… -
Re: Xnormal baking ALL map types as i do diffuse?
FWIW if I am not mistaken Blender is perfectly capable of baking down a TS normalmap from a source model itself having a TS normalmap applied to it (and not just treating the source map as a texture, but as actual world normal information). So between that, the Xnormal option, and the possiblility of converting the… -
Re: Xnormal baking ALL map types as i do diffuse?
That is a good one rollin didn't think of that. The issue i see with this and what might've been said already is that the normals would still be wrong wouldn't it? (by angles) essentially changing the triangle face direction or am i not correct in my thinking so even IF you managed this achievement you would still need the… -
Re: Xnormal baking ALL map types as i do diffuse?
If you have or can convert tangent to world space normal maps this would be the go-to solution for re-baking normals -
Re: Xnormal baking ALL map types as i do diffuse?
Hi, so i tried it but at least for the Normal map it didnt work... :-(... I tried it rendering in 3ds max side by side the 10 000 poly version (the "second original") but on the 1000 poly version with normal map rebaked from normal map of the "second original mesh" in Xnormal, there were visible "artifacts" or how to call… -
Re: Xnormal baking ALL map types as i do diffuse?
Nobody else has any experience with this...? I thought its quite and easy question and only I a noob (in baking) dont know the answer..? I already tried baking the normal map, with and without the “Base texture is a tangent space normal map” option ticked on/off. They look different so i believe with ticked on the normal… -
Re: Xnormal baking ALL map types as i do diffuse?
In fact baking a normal map is one of the most complicated things. Baking simple grey scale shouldn't be an issue. Just try it out. imo it should work
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