Normal is losing resolution in certain sections? please help

#1

Hello,

Im currently trying to bake out a normal from mudbox for use on a lowpoly model - these are my settings:

And this is the normal it dumps out:

As you can see the normal has lost resolution in a number of the branches, even though i have mapped the original model with near enough perfect mapping coordinates.
Is there a quick solutuon to this as when applied to the low poly model parts of it particuarly the branches have dark patches where im assuming the normal is too deep

Thanks for your help

#2

You didn’t include pictures that would give it definitely away, but I’m guessing your mapping coordinates have different scale from piece to piece. Again, I can’t say for sure but it also looks some of them are made with Pelt mapping which often produces coords that are troublesome for Mudbox.
If I were you, I’d do some thorough checking with a Checker map or something similar and redo the mapping coordinates.

#3

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