Finished the base layer of the hair will be moving to the breakup layer next, the maps and material still need some tweaking. I also made a small start on the beard base layer.
Renormalize as a final step. For example I have a script that renormalizes the collapsed layers before saving to TGA. You don't need to normalize each layer, just the result of all the layers.
I dont like this approach tbh. ignoring the fact it's a hack.. if you're working with others it obfuscates the process used to create a piece of content and that can cause confusion for someone revisiting it later. Not a problem if you're working independently on a portfolio piece of course. The solutions offered -…