Maya Tutorial - How to Bake Normal Maps from High Poly to Low Poly

This is one way to make a Normal map, I prefer other more modern methods like Substance Painter or Marmoset Toolbag, but it's good to know how to do it in Maya as well. The process is similar for other maps as well, you can play around and try out different options.
#maya #tutorial #normal #baking

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  • @Lutzow706
    @Lutzow706 Жыл бұрын

    You totally saved my grade, with 17 minutes left to turn in a low poly wearing a hi poly face :D THANK YOU SO MUCH.

  • @keithyakouboff8755
    @keithyakouboff8755 Жыл бұрын

    I agree with the others. Excellent step-by-step guide. Got me to FINALLY get a normal map projected from a high-res ZBrush sculpt.

  • @emmettcarlsson2739
    @emmettcarlsson2739 Жыл бұрын

    Fantastic tutorial, thank you so much :) !

  • @tlilmiztli
    @tlilmiztli2 жыл бұрын

    Great stuff, thanks a lot mate!

  • @emirhandemir2076
    @emirhandemir20762 жыл бұрын

    it was the video that ı was looking for... Thank you for the informations. And wish best of the luck in the industry.

  • @gauravjain4249
    @gauravjain4249 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much. great video.

  • @Ammir_koudia
    @Ammir_koudia Жыл бұрын

    We miss your tutorials is really help me a lot

  • @Figura3D

    @Figura3D

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks man! Sorry I've been busy with work, will post more videos soon!

  • @rawryuyu7951
    @rawryuyu79518 ай бұрын

    Thank you!! amazing video, keep up the good work :)

  • @Figura3D

    @Figura3D

    8 ай бұрын

    Thanks, glad you liked it!

  • @eliellgvs1
    @eliellgvs1 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you.

  • @alexance3d
    @alexance3d Жыл бұрын

    Thx!❤

  • @nareshdrake6056
    @nareshdrake60562 жыл бұрын

    thank u nice...

  • @Lunarrin
    @Lunarrin10 ай бұрын

    can I still bake like this in maya if I use UDIM? or it has to be in that uv tile? I know I can bake like this with UDIM in substance painter, but I'm curious if it can also be done in maya.

  • @ronydey2696
    @ronydey26962 жыл бұрын

    Great

  • @sandymoon4279
    @sandymoon427911 ай бұрын

    Hi Figura! I had a question: I tried this method but with multiple objects at one time inside the transfer maps. Unfortunately, the texture transferred very unevenly across all objects, is there anything I need to do in particular to ensure I can do multiple objects at once? Maybe add a normal map for every object or something? Thank you so much!

  • @Figura3D

    @Figura3D

    11 ай бұрын

    It would be best if you joined the discord so we can discuss in detail with screenshots etc

  • @chriscrowe11
    @chriscrowe11 Жыл бұрын

    How does this hold up against exporting the model and baking in another program like substance painter? Is the only/main benefit simply being able to work solely within maya? Informative video regardless!

  • @Figura3D

    @Figura3D

    Жыл бұрын

    Just wanted to explain a method to do it in maya, you can approach whatever route you are most comfortable with and gives you best results. Personally I would always prefer to use painter for baking if possible, but it's good to know how to do it in other software as well.

  • @ankitdighe
    @ankitdighe Жыл бұрын

    This high poly to low poly process, is it followed only in gaming industry? Or in others also like: film VFX, CGI feature films, or say OTT content having high graphics like House of the dragons, or in Automotive or science and technology also?

  • @MLPWritingIsMagic

    @MLPWritingIsMagic

    3 ай бұрын

    If you use sculpting then your probably want to retopologize. But also while it's important for games, low poly meshes can drop your render times for a slight loss of quality, or no loss of quality. In cinematic rendering you may use this in assets used in the background. If something is just for misè en scene then it may not be worth 50M tris if it could be 5k tris.

  • @ankitdighe

    @ankitdighe

    3 ай бұрын

    @@MLPWritingIsMagic Thank you so much for the clarity. More power to you.

  • @MLPWritingIsMagic

    @MLPWritingIsMagic

    3 ай бұрын

    @@ankitdighe Glad to help!

  • @kristine5666
    @kristine5666 Жыл бұрын

    do they need to have identical UVs?

  • @Figura3D

    @Figura3D

    Жыл бұрын

    Not at all, only the low poly needs to have it's UV unwrapped, high poly's geometry info gets baked on low poly's UV space regardless of high poly's UVs

  • @funnjin2820
    @funnjin2820 Жыл бұрын

    can we put this kind of model in unreal engine and get same result with details :D so it looks good on game with low poly

  • @Figura3D

    @Figura3D

    Жыл бұрын

    Yes, that's what this process is for, producing the Normal Map means you can then use that Normal Map in a game engine to setup your material for your Low Poly so it looks more detailed, this is just one of the ways to produce the Normal Map, and there is a bunch of other maps that you can make to increase the similarity between your low poly and high poly

  • @yvbii
    @yvbii5 ай бұрын

    hey i wanted to ask if its possible to make a high poly model and turn it into low poly or do i have to model a low and high poly version

  • @Figura3D

    @Figura3D

    5 ай бұрын

    Yes, it's possible to make a high poly first and then make a low poly version of it through the process of retopology. There are various way to achieve this, one of which I covered in a video about Maya's retopology tool called Quad Draw, check it out here: kzread.info/dash/bejne/jHWjssOgndneqbA.html

  • @yvbii

    @yvbii

    5 ай бұрын

    @@Figura3D thank you so much!!

  • @annagebhardt5389
    @annagebhardt538911 ай бұрын

    so do the low and high poly need to have the same material?

  • @Figura3D

    @Figura3D

    11 ай бұрын

    No, material has little to nothing to do with the process of baking, you can select to add the baked texture to the existing material on the low poly or create a new one, but the important thing is that the baked texture is generated at the designated location from which you can then import it to any material you want

  • @annagebhardt5389

    @annagebhardt5389

    11 ай бұрын

    ohhh thank you so much. i always thought it needs to have the same texture. im currently doing a high poly bake for uni and for some reason i keep getting black shading issues. do you know what could be the reason for that? @@Figura3D

  • @Figura3D

    @Figura3D

    11 ай бұрын

    @@annagebhardt5389 join the discord link on the profile so you can share screenshots so we can troubleshoot more easily

  • @marcos_ferreira1997
    @marcos_ferreira1997 Жыл бұрын

    the question is, how do you create your high poly ?

  • @Figura3D

    @Figura3D

    Жыл бұрын

    Sculpting in Zbrush is the most common way, but you can also do it in Blender or Maya or any other 3d package that supports handling and sculpting high amounts of polygons

  • @marcos_ferreira1997

    @marcos_ferreira1997

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Figura3D thx for the reply Figura, im new into this world so I apologize for so many questions... If you have the normal 3d model, you can (need) to import that model and start creating your High poly from there?

  • @Figura3D

    @Figura3D

    Жыл бұрын

    @@marcos_ferreira1997 that's one way to go about it, the other way is to create it from scratch in the sculpting software, both are correct ways depends on what's easier for you, it all depends on the type of the project at hand, more organic stuff is more often created from scratch in zbrush while hard surface stuff is more often created through generic box modeling and then brought into zbrush for sculptural detailing

  • @marcos_ferreira1997

    @marcos_ferreira1997

    Жыл бұрын

    @@Figura3D Do you know any good tutorial about that? I cant find a proper one, maybe Im googling with the wrong keywords

  • @muko2766
    @muko2766 Жыл бұрын

    2:21自用

  • @mr.shgamingguy
    @mr.shgamingguy Жыл бұрын

    nice eyes teacher or professor.

  • @unrealdevop
    @unrealdevop Жыл бұрын

    I'm getting garbage with this method. It doesn't seem to like clothes. After it's done the normal doesn't look right at all with tons of Noise in it and the material on the object is almost solid black. Update: I think it's because I added thickness to the other one and not too this one as well

  • @skmsonic
    @skmsonic8 ай бұрын

    do you know how do we bake textures from camera angle? I will bake it for gun model and i want the details look 3d.

  • @emirhandemir2076
    @emirhandemir20762 жыл бұрын

    dude sorry to bother you but ı have a question.. how can ı reach you? Do you have discord? directly gonna send you the picture of the problem

  • @Figura3D

    @Figura3D

    2 жыл бұрын

    It's my wedding today :D I will reply tomorrow okay?

  • @emirhandemir2076

    @emirhandemir2076

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Figura3D YOU GOT TO BE KIDDING ME

  • @emirhandemir2076

    @emirhandemir2076

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Figura3D I am soo happy to hear that mate :D also wish the best Luck for you and your wife than. I will be waiting for your respond.. have a wonderful one.

  • @Figura3D

    @Figura3D

    2 жыл бұрын

    discord.gg/qZCFh75Ceg Here I made a discord server, you can post your question there