Available for: R18, R19, R20, R21.

Bake renders to textures

Bake the render output directly onto a new mesh, or the same mesh. Because we are working with a boundary, anything that falls within will be baked. This even allows you to bake a displacement, or hairs as a texture.

Full tutorial can be watched here on YouTube: * Youtube In this (3 minute) video make a bake from start to finish, and go over the pro's and con's.

Functionalities are:

• Bake HDRI’s.
• Bake Hires to low res.
• Bake Hires onto itself (Can be done with no limitations).
• Bake Hires onto itself with new UV map.
• Low-res to new low-res with new UV layout.
• Displacement, hairs, textures.
• You get the point..

Limitations are:

• Not good with 90 degree corners.
• Low poly mesh has to be simple and smooth.
• Some hand clean up is necessary. (complex meshes)

Small bug:

• The undo function (Ctrl+Z) doesn't work properly. So please work in a new scene when baking.