Maya High Poly to Low Poly Tutorial - Game Ready Barrel (Maya, Photoshop)
In this tutorial I'll show you a high to low polygon workflow suitable for creating game art. You will model a high polygon barrel and then retopologize to create a low polygon version. You'll then use texture baking to create a normal map and create diffuse, roughness, metallic and normal maps in Photoshop.
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Here are the links to each individual step of this tutorial:
Introduction: • Maya High Poly to Low Poly Tutorial -...
Finding Textures and Reference: • #1 Finding Textures and Referencing I...
High Poly Modelling: • #2 Modelling the High Polygon Barrel ...
Low Poly Modelling: • #3 Modelling the Low Polygon Barrel (...
UV Mapping: • #4 Maya UV Mapping Tutorial - Maya Hi...
Baking Normal Map: • #5 Baking Normal Maps in Maya (Textur...
Create Texture Maps: • #6 Creating PBR Texture Maps in Photo...
Create Material/Shader: • #7 How to create a Stingray PBS PBR S...
If you're struggling to follow along with this tutorial then you should complete my beginners tutorial first - • Maya Tutorial for Beginners 2022 | 2023
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