{"id":685,"date":"2013-05-03T17:29:58","date_gmt":"2013-05-03T23:29:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/ds501\/?p=685"},"modified":"2013-05-07T20:05:47","modified_gmt":"2013-05-08T02:05:47","slug":"how-to-setup-parameters-for-light-baking-in-3dsmax","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/ds501\/2013\/05\/03\/how-to-setup-parameters-for-light-baking-in-3dsmax\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Setup Parameters for Light Baking in 3DSMax"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are how to setup the parameters for baking light in your scenes. \u00a0There are many many parameters that can be tweaked, but here are some values that seem to generally work<\/p>\n<p>First setup your lighting<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/ds501\/files\/2013\/05\/bake1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-686\" title=\"bake1\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/ds501\/files\/2013\/05\/bake1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1040\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/ds501\/files\/2013\/05\/bake1.png 1920w, https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/ds501\/files\/2013\/05\/bake1-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/ds501\/files\/2013\/05\/bake1-1024x554.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/ds501\/files\/2013\/05\/bake1-500x270.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Choose &#8220;Render to Texture&#8221; in the &#8220;Rendering&#8221; menu. \u00a0You will get the dialogue box below. \u00a0First change the output path to the directory you want the files to end up.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/ds501\/files\/2013\/05\/bake2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-687\" title=\"bake2\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/ds501\/files\/2013\/05\/bake2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"366\" height=\"713\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Select all of the items in the scene.They should show up in the dialogue box.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/ds501\/files\/2013\/05\/bake3.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-688\" title=\"bake3\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/ds501\/files\/2013\/05\/bake3.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1040\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/ds501\/files\/2013\/05\/bake3.png 1920w, https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/ds501\/files\/2013\/05\/bake3-300x162.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/ds501\/files\/2013\/05\/bake3-1024x554.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/ds501\/files\/2013\/05\/bake3-500x270.png 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Up the padding. \u00a0I am not sure the best value here, but 12 seems to work well.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/ds501\/files\/2013\/05\/bake3-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-689\" title=\"bake3-2\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/ds501\/files\/2013\/05\/bake3-2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"366\" height=\"713\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Click the add button<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/ds501\/files\/2013\/05\/bake4.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-690\" title=\"bake4\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/ds501\/files\/2013\/05\/bake4.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"366\" height=\"713\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Choose completemap for the name, choose diffuse color for the target map slot and automatic map size. \u00a0If the target map slot doesn&#8217;t have diffuse color option, continue through this tutorial and comeback to set this parameter before pushing the render button<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/ds501\/files\/2013\/05\/bake5.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-691\" title=\"bake5\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/ds501\/files\/2013\/05\/bake5.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"366\" height=\"713\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Choose save source and create new baked to Standard:Blinn<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/ds501\/files\/2013\/05\/bake6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-692\" title=\"bake6\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/ds501\/files\/2013\/05\/bake6.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"366\" height=\"713\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The scale option in the automatic map size creates a mapping between the model size and the size of the texture. \u00a0The higher the number the larger textures will be. \u00a00.1 seems to work for indoor models<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/ds501\/files\/2013\/05\/bake7.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-693\" title=\"bake7\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/ds501\/files\/2013\/05\/bake7.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"366\" height=\"713\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>after baking the texture choose export as an osg. \u00a0Be sure to write &#8220;.osg&#8221; at the end of the filename<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/ds501\/files\/2013\/05\/bake8.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-694\" title=\"bake8\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/ds501\/files\/2013\/05\/bake8.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1152\" height=\"718\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/ds501\/files\/2013\/05\/bake8.png 1152w, https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/ds501\/files\/2013\/05\/bake8-300x186.png 300w, https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/ds501\/files\/2013\/05\/bake8-1024x638.png 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/ds501\/files\/2013\/05\/bake8-481x300.png 481w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1152px) 100vw, 1152px\" \/><\/a>Use these parameters:<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/ds501\/files\/2013\/05\/bake91.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-725\" title=\"bake9\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/ds501\/files\/2013\/05\/bake91.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/ds501\/files\/2013\/05\/bake91.png 510w, https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/ds501\/files\/2013\/05\/bake91-284x300.png 284w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/ds501\/files\/2013\/05\/bake9.png\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Don&#8217;t save the images<\/span><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/ds501\/files\/2013\/05\/bake101.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-726\" title=\"bake10\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/ds501\/files\/2013\/05\/bake101.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"515\" height=\"535\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/ds501\/files\/2013\/05\/bake101.png 515w, https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/ds501\/files\/2013\/05\/bake101-288x300.png 288w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 515px) 100vw, 515px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Use the original texture files<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/ds501\/files\/2013\/05\/bake111.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-727\" title=\"bake11\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/ds501\/files\/2013\/05\/bake111.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"514\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/ds501\/files\/2013\/05\/bake111.png 514w, https:\/\/blogs.discovery.wisc.edu\/ds501\/files\/2013\/05\/bake111-289x300.png 289w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 514px) 100vw, 514px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>put things in meters<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are how to setup the parameters for baking light in your scenes. \u00a0There are many many parameters that can be tweaked, but here are some values that seem to generally work First setup your lighting Choose &#8220;Render to Texture&#8221; 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