Be careful with the wear if the scene is actually set in the 50s, as objects from the time period wouldn't be as worn as we see them today. Also be aware of manufacturing techniques of the time. For example, they didn't have laser etching and probably not those fonts on the name plate and lighter. But they did have photo…
For the RGB to LAB conversion,look up LAB + Program you use. I use each channel data and copy that into Layers. Copy the contents of the LAB channels into Layers and lay them ontop of each other. Disclaimer; this is more of an averaging of the Shadow and Light information within the A and B channels. With additional HSL…
Hey! Took a look at the file and the first thing I would note, is that the UVs are not good enough. This loop for example occupies only a few pixels - a bad bake is inevitable: Second note would be that the model is currently not very optimized. Lots of geometry that doesn't contribute to shape and shading. Some general…