Why is my mesh fully black after baking ?

Last update: Wed Mar 04 2026 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

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Question

Why is my mesh fully black in the viewport after I just finished baking in Substance Painter ?

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Explanation

The viewport being fully black after baking is because one of the baked textures is fully black as well. If the Ambient Occlusion texture is black it will darken all the lighting in the viewport for example.

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Solution : Substance Painter

There are two possible solutions :

Fix your baking setup to avoid black textures, see : Baker output is fully black or empty
Remove the black texture from the Texture Set Settings.

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