Texture baking wierdness

[robbmcmahan]

When I bake on textures I'm getting some faces that come out looking sort of translucent where it should be colored. Here is an example of what i'm talking about. Any clue what i'm doing wrong to cause this? I'm baking textures with the following settings:

pixel border 4

Channels:
Color
Diffuse




Thanks for your help!

[frank beckmann]

Hi.
Seems the workflow is somewhat broken. Here´s a reading about it with a link to a script, which will solve your prob - hopefully - called UV-stepper.js: http://www.cheetah3d.de/forum/showth...texture+baking

With kindest regards
Frank

[robbmcmahan]

Thanks Frank, I've looked through the threads you posted but I still don't understand what is causing this. Also, I don't really understand what UV stepper does and how it would solve my problem. My texture seems to be aligned properly it's just showing a few faces (maybe 10) with a whitish/grey triangle as seen above.

[frank beckmann]

The UV-stepper lets you swap your texture from UV2 to UV1.
Then it should appear properly attached to your mesh.
I think you´re rendering shows the tiled texture.

Cheers
Frank

[robbmcmahan]

Ok, i'll give it a try and post my results in case anyone else has this issue. What do you mean tiled texture?

[frank beckmann]

Originally Posted by robbmcmahan

Ok, i'll give it a try and post my results in case anyone else has this issue.

Everyone should have - when it´s functionality is broken.

Originally Posted by robbmcmahan

What do you mean tiled texture?

That´s what I usually get, with out swapping.

Cheers
Frank

[robbmcmahan]

Ok, I've downloaded the UV Stepper and used it and it still comes out looking the same.

Here is what I did.....


1. Added bake tag
2. Switched to face mode.
3. Click "create" on UV 2
4. Click Render>Bake texture
5. Save the baked texture
6. Deleted the original materials
7. Used the UVStepper.js to swap UV2 to UV1
8 Applied new baked texture

Still getting the funky scattered whitish faces. What am I doing wrong to cause them?

Thanks

[frank beckmann]

7. generate new material, assign baked texture and apply to object.
8. Call UV stepper script: "SwapUV1 to UV2"; hit copy and you should instantly see your baked texture on your mesh.
So, was your object also set to UV1 while swapping?

Cheers
Frank

[robbmcmahan]

Yep... Thats exactly what I'm doing, including the steps you added.

Here is the before shot:



Here is the after shot:



See how everything matches but I'm getting those weird white faces scattered throughout?

[frank beckmann]

Hi.
Can I have a look into your file including the textures? If so please send it to frank-beckmann "at" hamburg.de


Cheers
Frank