In addition, Toolbag now comes with some excellent shader improvements, like custom shaders, tiling, material animation, Substance 2018 support and the updated SSS (skin) shader. The native baker complements the new shaders: Toolbag now supports material groups in the UI, meaning your groups and material groups don’t need to have the same name any more, something that could get annoying in 2.0. Bar this, it’s a robust addition to Toolbag and its output is fully on par with that of other applications like Quixel or Substance. One solution could have been a search and select function similar to 3ds Max or other applications, and then with the ability to drag the results to the respective bake groups. This is fine on simple models, but can quickly turn into a drag-and-drop pain on more complex models with lots of groups and materials. Also, if there’s a shared material group across groups, you may need to duplicate them in the baker for your bake. If you’re new to Toolbag, note that the materials of an item are ‘hidden’ in the group items in the object list on the left, and they’re not always visible.
The baker output is on par with the likes of Quixel or Substance As of version 3.04, Toolbag has image quality improvements and now supports multiple texture and material groups, enabling you to bake items with different UV layouts, although it doesn’t support UDIM yet. Starting with the baker, the workflow is easy: simply click the Loaf icon in the menu, set up your high and low-poly mesh, tangent space options and cage settings, then define your output. The standalone viewer and direct upload link to ArtStation don’t hurt, either. This makes it very easy to achieve anything from good-looking portfolio renders to rapid character or look development output. Where Toolbag 2.0 was all about showing off the model, 3.0 lets you dive into scene workflows with much greater ease, taking you from baking to animating, with shader, fog, lighting and rendering improvements in-between. It doesn’t matter how big your pipeline is, how small your toolkit may be, or how experienced you are: chances are that if you’re into 3D art, there’s a copy of the real-time PBR renderer Marmoset Toolbag on your system. Buy Marmoset Toolbag: $189 (freelancers/academics) / $379 (studios).
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