Edge Faceting

[tatejeremy]

Hello,

I get edge faceting when I apply smart masks using curvature maps generated in Substance Painter.
I've attached a screenshot below, but I'd like to hear how to either generate a cleaner curvature map or how to get rid of this artifact?

Thanks!!

[Froyok]

The curvature is generated from the normal map and the low-poly mesh. Where did you generated the normal map ?
If you didn't use Substance Painter, you might want to rebake using a file format that is able to contain more information (like tiff or png instead of tga). If that's already the case, then try to tweak the curvature baker setting, like lowering the intensity value.

[tatejeremy]

Thanks so much! The normal maps were baked inside of Painter but I tried re-baking with lower curvature intensity settings and that seemed to help some. The down side was that I lost a little bit of edge width but I think I can dial that back up within the smart mask. 

Thanks again!
-Jeremy

[elowan]

The curvature is generated from the normal map and the low-poly mesh. Where did you generated the normal map ?
If you didn't use Substance Painter, you might want to rebake using a file format that is able to contain more information (like tiff or png instead of tga). If that's already the case, then try to tweak the curvature baker setting, like lowering the intensity value.

So .tga does not contain similar information, as png or tiff? Isn´t it 16bit?

[Froyok]

TGA supports only 8bits per channels.
You should avoid it for normal maps.