Creating a low-poly and high-poly mesh

In this section, we will be creating a low-poly and high-poly version of our mushroom model. Our current model has a very high-poly count and it's always good practice to decrease your poly count if possible, especially when working on video game assets, the reason being that high-poly counts will increase RAM usage and will also slow down your Blender project. It will also increase render times. High-poly meshes are also much more difficult to rig if needed. Let's see how we can do this.

Duplicating our models

Let's start by creating duplicate copies:

1. Ensure you are in the Layout workspace by clicking the Layout tab at the top of the interface.
2. Click on your mushroom model in the 3D Viewport to select it.
3. Let's take a moment to rename our mushroom in the outliner if you have not done so already. Double-click the object name in the Outliner window and rename it Mushroom.

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