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About the Decisive Importance of Baking 16 Bit Normal Map in Modo when working with Quixel Suite or for any PBR oriented Workflow

Publié par Smoluck le

So I’ve dig a bit more on the workflow to make good PBR ready Assets to be used in Unity or any tool as MarmosetToolbag. QuixelSuite 2 have came out since a few days at that time.

As far as i remember, I’ve got plenty of bugs and issue trying to use correctly Normalmap. and in those issue, their is one that have kick my head for a long time. And now as I’ve fixed it, i must share it.

Keep in mind that, this nDo Project was made in 8 Bit. Not in 16 Bit, that could explain those errors by loading an 8 bit file into a 16 bit project…Ughhh)

So here you could see 2 different maps that I’ve imported into the nDo PSD file project. You may not see any difference, but there is.

One was made by overlaying independently an 8Bit & a 16Bit NormalMap baked into Modo using the simple BakingUI Script on a simple mesh. Notice that I’m using a Cage MorphMap during the baking to prevent any RayTracing missed error.

16&8_Bit_NM_FromModo_in_nDo_Compared
As you might see here with a magnified view in the 3Do viewer, there is some weird Artefact that appear on the 8 Bit instead of in the 16 Bit.

Even if we are working in 8 Bit in that nDo Project, flat areas in the model got too many artifact and that’s really annoying. especially for HardSurface Model.

8Bit_Baked_NormalMap_From_Modo

8Bit Baked Normalmap (Yes Artifact and not Artefact ;^)

16Bit_Baked_NormalMap_From_Modo

16Bit Baked Normalmap (Yes Artifact and not Artefact ;^)

So, to conclude:

Take in mind, that you Should Bake all your Normalmaps in 16 Bit ANYTIME (PNG or TIF file format), even if you want to produce 8 Bit Normalmap at the end of you process.

Artefact_8Bit_16Bit_SetupModoBake

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More shading test through dDo

Publié par Smoluck le

3 days passed on the New dDo from the Quixel Suite, but now, I’ve made this with the 5.3 Release (Old but Accurate enough and without any crash ^^). That’s just some test cause i want to do some more work on the engraved areas as well as the scratches on metal and wood part.

11 K triangle / 2048² Texture

11 K triangle / 2048² Texture

3 days passed on the New dDo from Quixel Suite, but now, i'veMade this with the Free (Old but Accurate) 5.3 Release. Still at work.

Still at work. Focusing on the Diffuse at first. i will update the spec/gloss soon.