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1. Re: Help people with normal map baking methods?

   

   Reply by Eric Chadwick · Dec 2023 · Home› General Discussion

   Thanks for the examples!! Right, 24 bits per pixel (bpp) is the same as 8 bits per channel (bpc). It's confusing since some apps don't specify when it's per-channel vs. per-pixel. * 8 bits can mean either 8 bits per channel (3 channels = 16.7 million colors, JPG for example), or 8 bits per pixel (1 channel = only 256…

2. Re: Help people with normal map baking methods?

   

   

   Reply by Eric Chadwick · Jan 2024 · Home› General Discussion

   I wonder why you're using the Auto Smooth option in Blender? That would seem to be overwriting the incoming vertex normals? About synching: The glTF specification says renderers should use MikkTSpace tangent space with the OpenGL X-right Y-up convention to render a model with normal maps on it. Which means the baker needs…

3. Help people with normal map baking methods?

   

   

   Topic by Eric Chadwick · Dec 2023 · Home› General Discussion

   I'd like some help from the community, if you have a minute! Could you bake normal maps from these models in the software you're familiar with? * 3ds Max [done] * Maya * Blender * Substance [done] * Toolbag * 3D-Coat * Cinema 4D * Houdini * Modo * Xnormal [done] * Knald * (others?) The intent is to show the baked result in…