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3ds Max 2012 & 2015 Normap Map Viewport Issues
So this is an issue I'm having on my home computer (max 2012) & my work computer (max 2015)... I've actually always thought my normal map baking pipeline was flawed... there were issues that I could never seem to get rid of. No matter how much I refined cages, refined the model, laid out my UVs, changed smoothing groups,… -
Problem with normal maps seams overlay
Hello , I have created a normal map for my furslips model and looks fine on all seams , in xnormal , but then I needed to add fur details , so I painted fur on the "furry meshes parts" in mudbox and then I used flaming pear plugin to expand the texture beyong the seams , I then took this partial fur texture into Crazybump… -
OT: Normal Map Seam Removal
Hi there, I'm working on a doom inspired character and I always have trouble getting a normal map without noticeable seams, but it is inevitable I guess. Here are some images: Today I learned on the forums that aligning the islands along the same axis reduces the seams showing through, unfortunately, this isn't always… -
Normal map baking
Hi everyone, I'm trying to explain to a friend of mine how baking works when we encountered a problem, I was wondering if there is any way to solve the issue below without change the topology. The problem we are talking about is the triangle shows in normal map, of course is almost invisible, and as far as I know it's… -
Re: Baked Normal Map VS CrazyBump Normal Map
A baked normal map replaces the normals of your lowpoly mesh, on a per-pixel basis. This means the vertex normals(smoothing) of the lowpoly can be much more accurate. A bump/height map converted to a normal map is a simple 2d image, and will never account for smoothing or anything else. Basically you'll never have a… -
Re: Normal map Bake artifacts? (Warning 9 Screenshots)
Looks like I will probably have to edit both meshes to fix these issues, I still don't know exactly why so many artifacts are appearing. But at least I've now started learning how to bake maps with Xnormal. As you can see both the Normal and AO maps have artifacts. I'll try and model another crate/box and see if I get a… -
Re: xNormal reimagination
Cool, thanks. So I guess they're supposed to be two different map types but xNormal doesn't render bent normals properly, essentially making them object space normals. I'm still a bit confused after reading some of those PDFs. Valve's maps--mentioned to be similar to bent normals--look nothing like the ones xNormal… -
Re: White dots on normal map (3dsmax baking)
Strange. I did stumble across this post I don't know if it will help or give some insight. http://polycount.com/discussion/88372/xnormal-normal-map-artifacts-blue-yellow and this thread: http://polycount.com/discussion/98373/normal-map-bake-artifacts-warning-9-screenshots Can't say I have ever had that exact problem in… -
Help PLZ!!! Normal Mapping From High to Low Poly!
So I'm working on a model for just leisure work. I completed my Highpoly and LowPoly and I made my UV coordinates in 3DS max. Now everytime I try to write my normals to the UV coords no matter what I use (zbrush, xnormal) it comes out very terrible looking. Ill post a picture of the normal map I keep getting the same… -
[Zbrush 4R6] Baked normal map looks flat-shaded...
...which makes no sense in tangent space with both the normal and UVs smoothed. It worked properly for some time and just started going full retard on me. I've been laying out the UVs for this particular model after the fact through UV layout. Here's the particular workflow for it (worked twice and the third started…
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