Baking ICE strands (feathers) into a Normal map?

Pierre Schiller

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Apr 30, 2019, 5:56:15 PM4/30/19

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I was thinking I could use this ICE feather generator for the bird. But... how do I bake all of those ice strands into a NORMAL map? Anyone has an idea? https://vimeo.com/41321274

Please help. Long ago I remember an XSI tutorial about baking an elephant into a plane. I´m sure we can bake ICE strands into a Normal map (plane?).

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Olivier Jeannel

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May 1, 2019, 4:04:00 AM5/1/19

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Ultimaper ? (if I recall the name) that thing was able to bake from HD to lowpoly, and there was some normal map. Maybe you'll need to mesh the strands before.

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Pierre Schiller

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May 1, 2019, 5:23:14 PM5/1/19

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yeah! Thanks. I had forgotten.

Question: I should just overlay the high poly feather object on top of a low poly object, right? and then "ultimap it", right? will it be able to bake a 6k squared map?

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