# Bake ambient occlusion

**URL:** <https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/t/bake-ambient-occlusion/7949>\
**Category:** Feature Request\
**Created:** [August 27, 2022, 4:02pm UTC](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/t/bake-ambient-occlusion/7949 "2022-08-27T16:02:38Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![ProductiveLadd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@ProductiveLadd](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/u/ProductiveLadd)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2022, 4:02pm UTC](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/t/bake-ambient-occlusion/7949/1 "2022-08-27T16:02:38Z")

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@stephomi

Just curious if you plan on adding ambient occlusion texture map baker in the future?

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**Author:** ![Genko3D](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.nomadsculpt.com/genko3d/32/2649_2.png) [@Genko3D](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/u/Genko3D)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2022, 10:31pm UTC](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/t/bake-ambient-occlusion/7949/2 "2022-09-01T22:31:59Z")

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Yea, this would be very useful… Bake AO to layer.

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**Author:** ![knacki](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.nomadsculpt.com/knacki/32/1297_2.png) [@knacki](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/u/knacki)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2022, 11:12pm UTC](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/t/bake-ambient-occlusion/7949/3 "2022-09-01T23:12:41Z")

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Bake to layer would be clever!  
From there one could create a mask etc etc

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**Author:** ![GringoFlamingo](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/forum.nomadsculpt.com/gringoflamingo/32/18460_2.png) [@GringoFlamingo](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/u/GringoFlamingo)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2024, 7:52pm UTC](https://forum.nomadsculpt.com/t/bake-ambient-occlusion/7949/4 "2024-05-28T19:52:06Z")

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Yes please!