[HOU-1361] Request for tutorial and or example scene demonstrating how to Bake Textures

[stevejjd]

Hi guys,

I would like to use V-Ray for Houdini to bake textures in general. I also would like to know how to bake textures to create hair cards for games. Is it possible that when you get some time that you upload an example of how to bake a complex shader to textures?

Also how to bake normal maps to a card for hair, fabric weave models and so on.

For example

https://cdnb.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/012/599/527/large/yibing-jiang-yibing-jiang-fabric.jpg?1535578127
https://cdnb.artstation.com/p/assets/images/images/002/603/231/large/yibing-jiang-knit-plain.jpg?1463537689
https://gumroad.com/askutt?recommended_by=library

Thanks

[Gosho.Genchev]

Hello!

Sure, I'll log it and ping some colleagues for help - we already have texture baking in Houdini - there's a Bake to Texture toggle on the V-Ray Renderer which exposes a Bake tab in the settings below. Please check it out and ping us if there's something you're missing. Meanwhile we'll look into those links and hopefully come up with a nice walk-through.

Cheers!

[stevejjd]

Thanks. Yes I will definitely check it out and get back to you. Thanks

Also, sorry I forgot to add this link as well here
https://dabarti.com/vfx/vraymtl-maps-baking-script/

I wish that I could build a complex shader and bake it all down to maps.

Of course, nodes that are impossible to bake like falloff facing ratio, Fresnel maps) wont be supported.

All the best
Steve