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I baked using full render setting since I have a few light sources. I have a rather low-poly arch, how do I smooth the shading on this WITHOUT increasing the # of polygons? I mean I could always just smooth it manually in photoshop but I assume there has to be a way in blender to do this?

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As you can see the shading is very jagged and outlines each face.

I tried turning on smooth setting for shading via tools -> shading, however that removes ALL shadows, which is not what I want.

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Here's what you can do:

Step o1: Set the shading to smooth.

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Step o2: Add an Edge Split modifier and uncheck Edge Angle.

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Step o3: Tab into Edit Mode, change selection mode to Edges, then select the edges you want to be sharp.

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Step o4: Hit Ctrl + E to bring up the Edges menu and select Mark Sharp. [ The Edge Split modifier uses these marked edges ]

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Step o5: And bake :]

Tip: You can add a Subdivision Surface modifier after the Edge Split modifier for added smoothness and disable it after the bake.

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