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Baking Texture Maps in Maya for Unity

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Beginner

+10 XP

40 Mins

(17)

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Summary

In this workflow, we will use Maya to create a normal map from a detailed model and apply it to a lower-resolution version of the model to give the appearance of detail. We will also generate an Ambient Occlusion (AO) map that emulates the shadow interactions between the objects.

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Last updated: October 12, 2020

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Baking Texture Maps in Maya for Unity