Bake Wrangler

Bake Wrangler 2 Beta: Now on sale. 50% discount when upgrading from version 1 (I have to send you a discount link for this, give me a bit). New users also get a discount for participating in the beta. Check this video for more details https://youtu.be/Zg6mm07qhuk

You will be moved to Indy or Commercial based on your current tier once the beta discount period ends. New users will be placed into the Indy tier and can upgrade later.

Bake Wrangler is a nodes based add-on for baking in blender. It greatly improves the texture baking workflow, providing a highly configurable yet simple to use nodes system to set up your bakes.

Some of the primary features are:

• Node based, letting you create as simple or as complex baking set ups as you need. (Being a node tree they can easily be imported and reused in any project)
• Full background batch baking. Hit bake and continue working.
• Pack images how you want, putting data in any channel including Alpha.
• Under active development to implement features as required by the users.
• See full list of bake passes here

Video quick intro: https://youtu.be/AOYf2T0MlB8

For full details check out the User Guide and join the discussion on blenderartists.org

I started this project when I became frustrated with the builtin baking work-flow in blender. The amount of messing around with materials required between each bake when trying to produce a PBR texture set along with no way to channel pack maps in a single image were both annoying me and consuming my time. Especially when I wanted to go back and alter previously created maps.

Other solutions exist, but I found their interfaces somewhat clunky or they were really only aimed at a specific workflow. I really wanted a system that could handle a simple bake but also extend to much more complicated set ups and handle different workflows.

With the help of the blenderartists community giving feedback on what they needed, I've created a tool that lets you bake what you want, how you want, regardless of your workflow.

(If you really need this product and for some reason cannot afford it, send me a message and we will try to work something out)