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3d-coat tileable normal maps


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Here's a brief overview of making a tileable normal map with 3d-coats instance feature. Nothing pretty just me working through the process with a basic place holder.

 

Rough sculpt of a single tile, obviously you would make a few variations for production work.

 

single.jpg

 

Next create 4 instances a set distance apart with a single tile.

 

instance.jpg

 

i layout the tile randomly on my first instance until i have a area big enough to create the normal map and then export it out as a single obj.

 

instance_1.jpg

 

I then import the mesh into my modeling application so i can bake the normal map onto a single uv mapped polygon placed in the scenes origin the same dimension i originally offset the instances in 3d-coat.

 

bake.jpg

 

Final result once baked ready for use in substance designer.

 

normal.jpg

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My first Adobe purchase was Photoshop 2.0, CS6 was my last! < = >

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