High Poly to Low Poly Work Flow

What is High Poly to Low Poly Work Flow?

High Poly to Low Poly work flow is a process that is used to bake a high poly model (desired look of the model) onto a low poly less detailed version of it. The usual process/ the process I think is easier:

1. Model low poly

2. UV unwrap it.

3. Duplicate model and add high poly details,

4. Modify lowpoly model and its uvmap to fix details to better fit high poly

5. Render normal map and clean it up in Photoshop.

6. Render ambiant occlusion map and bake that into the diffuse map.

7. Paint diffuse map.

An example of this is below:

(Once I get my attempt at setting up a Low Poly and High Poly model to bake I will update my blog with more detail and images)

Matty OUT!