Bake Textures From One UV Map to Another UV Map (Blender Tutorial)

[@RyanKingArt]

*Watch the New Updated Tutorial:* kzbin.info/www/bejne/raSyYpilr8dkh80

[@coolboygfx]

Thanks!

[@RyanKingArt]

Thank you! I really appreciate your Super Thanks! 😀 👍‍

[@Attis911]

Thank you very much, with your 2 videos you teach me how to bake textures and bake textures from one UV map to another. Solved all my problems. Just subscribed, I wish you all the best.

[@RyanKingArt]

glad it helped!

[@twistedionstudios]

You just saved a life with this video…. And a keyboard… and a mouse…. And probably a monitor….

[@RyanKingArt]

Haha, glad it helped!

[@briancunning423]

Thanks

[@RyanKingArt]

thank you for your support!

[@JW-cm6xc]

I've been banging my head against the wall all day trying to figure out how to do this. Thank you so much!!

[@RyanKingArt]

glad it helped!

[@TacticsTechniquesandProcedures]

A tip when baking normals and get the error”no objects selected”: select object, then ensure that “selected to active” is NOT check if you are baking to a single object. If you are baking a hi-ploy to a low-poly, check that box. Ryan can confirm or deny this use case but it tripped me up for a bit when I switched to baking multiple textures from the normal UV map I created.

[@RyanKingArt]

Thanks for the info! 👍‍ This tutorial wasn't covering how to bake low poly to high poly. It was just about baking one UV map to another. But maybe I will make a tutorial sometime on how to bake from high poly to low poly. : )

[@notinexpert4464]

Thank you so much, you're good, i jave learnt many things from you and still learning you are telling everything very smoothly and precisely. Love from Pakistan.

[@RyanKingArt]

Thanks for watching!

[@bertrandzhu9439]

Oh my god this fixed the problem I was having for the past 2 days thank you so much your tutorials are the best!!!!

[@RyanKingArt]

glad it helped!

[@Sajgoniarz]

Thank you Ryan! I was trying to create new uvmap for baking from texture atlas and this one got it!

[@RyanKingArt]

👍‍

[@Cloudy0w0]

This makes all those procedural texture library addons useful for games, been looking forever on how to do this, thank you for sharing~

[@RyanKingArt]

You're welcome!

[@calawharambientartscapes7333]

Thanks much for this! I've been trying to figure out for a while how to do this but no luck until now.

[@RyanKingArt]

Glad I could help!

[@Groffili]

A valuable hint in regard to multiple UV maps: when joining two objects that both have a UV map (or several)... make sure that both sets of maps have the same name. Otherwise the UV map of the joined-in object will simply disappear. Cause me lots of headache until I realized that.

[@RyanKingArt]

Ahh ok. Thanks for the info!

[@ForgorenWolf]

do you know how to bake an existing texture maps into a single new one. every time I try to bake it leaves out all the texture that was recorded to a previous uv map (I made the previous uv maps through texture paint)

[@coolboygfx]

I watched all your baking tutorials, they are very helpful. Thank you ! There is a thing that seems to work different than explained here. At least in blender 3.1 but I think in older versions is the same. The UV Map node that you add at 3:09, it doesn't seems to make a difference on what UV map you chose in it. The actual UV Map used for baking is the one selected in UV Maps in the inspector (for Object Data Properties). UVMap 2 remained selected after you created it there (at 1:56), that's the reason it used UVMap 2 for baking and NOT because it was selected in UV Map node added at 3:09. Please let me know if I'm right or I'm missing something. Thank you !

[@RyanKingArt]

Hmm, ok thanks for the info. I will have to try that sometime and see.

[@ny4nk0]

Thank-you so much I couldn't figure out why it wasn't working for me. To reiterate for anyone confused, in the UV map panel the camera icon should be lit up for the UV you want to bake from, but the text should be highlighted/selected for the UV you want to bake to.

[@vitalievictorov2340]

Thank You so much for your comment. It has saved my sanity and my UV map.

[@jasonwilliams8730]

Great tutorial thanks for sharing. I love the blender to Unity tuts:)

[@RyanKingArt]

Thanks for watching! 🙂

[@HussinKhan]

Just what I was looking for, thanks Ryan

[@RyanKingArt]

Thanks for watching! 😃

[@gamekyuc]

A really detailed one. Thank you.

[@RyanKingArt]

You're welcome!

[@SitinprettyProductions]

Any chance you could do a tutorial on how to project a background from 2d to 3d and then bake that image into the scene so you can export it into another program with the uv projection in tact? Can't find a simple video anywhere on how to do this?

[@yportne6410]

This is a life saver!

[@RyanKingArt]

Thank you! Yeah, a little while ago I was trying to do this, but couldn't figure out how. So when I finally figured out how to do it, I thought this would be a great video topic.

[@denkozlov4220]

Thanks a lot!

[@RyanKingArt]

You're welcome!

[@tramwaj3]

Is there any way to bake textures from separated model and few maps into one and keep this models separated ?

[@danielespana9454]

THANK YOU! He estado todo el fin de semana buscando la solución al remapeo de una textura que salió de un escaneo 3D

[@RyanKingArt]

Thank you for watching the video. I'm glad it was helpful! 😀

[@karlmalias7074]

Maybe a little off topic, but I had real problems with the Node Wrangler preview not working, or intermittendly working. The correct connection would be made to Viewer/Material output from the previewed node (and the Use Nodes box was checked). Turned out it was due to multiple slots filled with materials. Deleting all the slots, so it is only Slot 1 that is filled fixed it. I have watched multiple of your videos, and they have all helped greatly, but I do not remember you ever mentioning this.

[@blenderstuffs]

Amazing 😍😍

[@RyanKingArt]

Thanks!

[@SaiyedR]

Thanks👌

[@RyanKingArt]

you're welcome!

[@AdaRadius]

WOW and Thank you!!!

[@RyanKingArt]

Your welcome!

[@oshq]

OMG You are anamazing. Thanks bro

[@RyanKingArt]

You're welcome!

[@Groffili]

When you said the CPU baking works "better" than GPU... what does that mean? Faster? Better quality? Less crashes?

[@RyanKingArt]

Yeah, sorry, I should have made that more clear. I've had multiple people in video comments say that baking with GPU works for them. And sometimes when I've baked with GPU, it works fine. But other times when I've used GPU, it will bake and then the finished bake will just be a black image. I don't know why this sometimes happens. Maybe it only happens for me. But I've just found that CPU works correctly constantly. But you could totally try using GPU.

[@TheVaits3D]

Nice!! You just apply it on the same object. But, what if I want apply it on different objects. For example, from one face, to another. Or, from one face to another body. I mean skin.

[@Groffili]

In the baking tab, there's the option "Selected to Active". It's often used to bake normal maps from high poly objects to low poly versions... but you can use it to bake any and all other options as well. Andrew Price had a good tut in his "anvil series" about the normal baking... and you can apply that to diffuse maps as well. The only real problem is to find out the correct values for the distance. I haven't seen any tutorial explaining that as yet... and I have always resorted to trial and error.

[@RyanKingArt]

@@Groffili Thanks! Yeah I think that would be the best way to do it. Or you could just add the material to the other object, and then bake it. @VAITS

[@Groffili]

Adding the material to the other object can only work if both objects already have the same UV map... or use a pure procedual shader.

[@RyanKingArt]

Yeah, thats right.

[@TheRealElement]

Thanks this is very helpful

[@RyanKingArt]

Glad to hear that. Thanks for watching 🙂

[@TheRealElement]

@@RyanKingArt 😉

[@werewolf1e]

Something I found while trying this (blender 3.3), the baker only uses the selected UV map in the object properties, it doesn't care about the input UV map on the node for the output image.

[@RyanKingArt]

oh really? Hmm I will need to try that out. If needed, I will make an update of this tutorial.

[@ForgorenWolf]

do you know how to bake an existing texture maps into a single new one. every time I try to bake it leaves out all the texture that was recorded to a previous uv map (I made the previous uv maps through texture paint)

[@RyanKingArt]

This tutorial that I made might help you: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rXiZgIFurL-MgsU Bake Multiple Materials to One Texture Map (Blender Tutorial)

[@xxxGammaRay]

This video just helped me advance with a project for work! Thanks!

[@RyanKingArt]

Glad it helped!

[@CallMeHardie]

Thank you

[@RyanKingArt]

You're welcome!

[@OmluTerong]

very nice

[@RyanKingArt]

Thanks!

[@louericksontan]

How come whenever I export the UV, its not transparent like yours. mine came out with a black background? anyway, thanks for the great tutorial. very new to baking

[@RyanKingArt]

Hmm, that might be because I am exporting my textures as a PNG with RGBA, so it stores the transparency.

[@erik352]

@@RyanKingArt I dunno. hahah. tried it once on my model it didnt work, tried it on another it work. dunno. hahah. Im confuse, ill probably get it one day. anyway thanks again for the tutorial

[@RyanKingArt]

@@erik352 Thanks for watching 😀

[@nzpham3389]

Hi Ryan, Thank you for this great tutorial. Is there a way to change the UV map of a mesh with different poly count, slightly different shape to use the same texture/normal map of another low poly count object?

[@RyanKingArt]

hmm, well you could use the decimate modifier to do that.

[@nzpham3389]

@@RyanKingArt Thanks for making times to reply to my Q Ryan. Cheers.

[@Tenchinu]

weird question. How would you bake maps that you imported from Substance painter? I kinda need to change the maps I'm importing from Substance into texture maps in Blender... and I'm trying a few of ur tutorials but nothing seems to work. any suggestions? :(

[@RyanKingArt]

I haven't used Substance painter, so I not sure exactly.

[@penpcm]

why did you use the emission for the color baking? why not the diffuse?

[@RyanKingArt]

You can use the diffuse if you want, or use the method with the emission if you want. either way works.

[@Juleru]

Can you do this without nodes? My project hasn't got any because I didn't create the object in Blender and I don't know how to set new ones up (I just want the texture, no gloss or anything else - I also looked at the nodes, the "UV Map" isn't in the list). I already tried to just bake it with the "cycles" render engine but not only did it overwrite the original texture with the new UVs but they were also black (I disabled both lighting options under "Bake/Influence" because I don't want any special lighting but just the texture).

[@RyanKingArt]

You don't have nodes? Did you import your object into Blender? Blender uses Nodes for its material system, so if your object has a material, then it should have nodes. I don't know how you could do this without nodes.

[@GAMEBR0VIP2462]

could you tell me why when i bake my image turns black . ive followed your tutorials front to back and im still lost . even maybe a personal chat.

[@RyanKingArt]

Is your material a metallic material? Is it made of metal? If so, then check out my tutorial on how to texture bake metallic maps.

[@stefanbachrodt7072]

Nice, haven't used this method before. I'm stuck tho, I've duplicated my triangulated model and retopologized it using Quad Remesher then unwrapped it after creating seams. I'm aware that you can "Transfer Mesh Data" with UVs option and that does a decent job but it screws up my UVs (basically reverts them to the layout of the original mesh). I have had success with "Selected to active" baking with past versions of blender but for some reason the new version just bakes black and I can't figure out why. Perhaps you could elaborate? I have image textures (unlinked and selected) in the shader for both the destination mesh (4 materials) and the source mesh (2 materials, linked with output selected) which I believe is the correct way to do it but still baking black onto my new UVs with both Diffuse and Emit options. I've reached my wits end here...

[@stefanbachrodt7072]

Ok nvm making some headway, although blender is glitching, i have to save baked UVs then replace and only then do the textures show. WEIRD!!

[@RyanKingArt]

hmm that's odd.

[@PeopleVersusTV]

Hi, is there a way to do this with objects that have been joined together? I joined several objects and it's messed up their UV maps. Now when I select the combined mesh as a whole and try to bake it says no valid objects selected. I also tried to go into edit mode and select the objects individuals (select linked), but still get the same message. Any idea how I can do this?

[@RyanKingArt]

sorry for the late reply. To join objects together without messing up the UV map, you need to rename the UV maps to the exact same name, in the object data properties. Then you can join them together and it will keep the placement of the UV maps.

[@insanityfilms]

HI, question: Would this process be possible between two different apple ? Like baking the texture from one apple ( uvmap1) to another apple with a different uvMap2, would this be possible ?

[@RyanKingArt]

Umm, I think it would work. Never tried that before. You could try it and see. But I think it will work.

[@insanityfilms]

@@RyanKingArt I did try, no much luck ... but fixed the other problem with the png texture, had to plug the alpha ;)

[@yag9198]

How bake multi material models?

[@RyanKingArt]

Thats a good tutorial idea. I might make a video on that sometime. Grant abbit has a video on how to do that: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g3maiZeloZqYqNk

[@yag9198]

@@RyanKingArt thx

[@OGxNoxu]

Wow I would buy merch if my mom let me lol

[@RyanKingArt]

That's ok. Just watching my videos, and supporting me here on KZbin is much appreciated. : )

[@Seviexe]

Oh my god i've tried to do this by hand, this is a lifesaver. Do you have any tips to doing it on multiple (ie a hundred) objects? It messes up on switching the UVs for some reason and messes up the original one.

[@RyanKingArt]

Yes, you can bake the textures of multiple objects at the same time. Just select all of the objects at the same time, and then follow the same steps in the tutorial.

[@Seviexe]

@@RyanKingArt wow, that was quick! Doesn't quite want to work like that, it does something funky when trying to switch the active UV for multiple objects (to unwrap them again). Maybe i missed something, but yes the baking itself works flawlessly, so even exporting-importing the original UV is a good workaround.

[@aegisgfx]

What would be really nice is if you could use a method like this to bake from UVs on one object to UVs on another object. The current method for doing this is really convoluted and buggy.

[@RyanKingArt]

hmm yeah

[@silentlady408]

great !

[@RyanKingArt]

thanks!

[@sayakbanerjee4592]

I am getting "uninitialized image error" every time i am following this process.. please HELP 😢

[@fabriceobaka]

hello I like your tutorials, I don't speak English so I use the subtitles. But these seem to be set on Vietnamese originally so it gives a mixed text, is it possible to modify the origin of the subtitles thank you

[@RyanKingArt]

oh that's weird. I deleted the Vietnamese one. Hopefully KZbin's auto subtitles will process now

[@fabriceobaka]

@@RyanKingArt thank you for your quick response, but with me the subtitles appear as disabled now

[@blenderlover4884]

thanks

[@RyanKingArt]

You are very welcome. : )

[@buraktabakoglu]

Why didn't you show metallic ? I think that was the most tricky one.

[@RyanKingArt]

I have a different tutorial on how to bake metallic maps.

[@UCKY5]

Mine just comes out black every time :(

[@RyanKingArt]

is your material using metallic values? If so, turn the metallic values to 0, before baking. You can also check out my tutorial on how to bake metallic maps.

[@UCKY5]

@@RyanKingArt No, just an image I want to reproject

[@UCKY5]

@@RyanKingArt I've found it works when rendering diffuse instead of emission, not sure why emission doesn't work

[@sikeIgaita]

I've found my lord and savior

[@spacekitt.n]

i feel like this is something that is overly complicated in blender. you should be able to just select both objects and click 'bake texture to object', pick which texture maps, your cage distance then boom.

[@RyanKingArt]

yep I agree, but thats how it works. That is why I use Addons, like Auto Bake, or Quick Baker, to make the process so much easier.

[@pangtundure]

Man i'm having some problems with this

[@masspwnagedGames]

This was far too complicated due to the amount of nodes you have in the shader preview.

[@RyanKingArt]

Sorry about that.

[@BlackJar72]

Too bad it doesn't actually work.

[@RyanKingArt]

Hmm, its not working for you? Sorry to hear that.

[@АикаЛис-х1г]

I watch you from Russia. I'm trying to turn on subtitles and translate these subtitles into Russian. But for some reason, the algorithms detect your speech, your language, as Vietnamese. Gooks, they are in the algorithms!

[@RyanKingArt]

Oh that's weird. thanks for watching!

[@АикаЛис-х1г]

@@RyanKingArt I'm sorry for not answering for so long! Thank you so much for such an amazing and easy to understand tutorial!

[@carlbeauchemin5025]

Thanks so much!

[@RyanKingArt]

You're welcome!