"No obj or images found to bake to" - Need help baking a Normal map

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This time around I am just trying a regular Normal map baking with BI. I’ll try Cycles again eventually, but for now I’ll just keep things simple.
I have both meshes, Low & High poly.
I have unwrapped the Low poly mesh already.
I have 2 windows open, one for the 3D view, the other for the UV/Image Editor.

  1. I create a new image and leave it open.
  2. I select the Low poly mesh first, then shift-click the Hi poly. As a result of this I can see in the Outliner window the meshes display orange dots on their icons. The lighter dot is on the Hi poly.
  3. Finally make sure I have these rendering settings in the Bake section: Bake mode: Normals, and Selected to active checked, everything else I leave alone.
    A second after I click on Bake, the UV/Image Editor replaces the image I had left open for nothing (no image), and then Blender tells me “No obj or images found to bake to” ! Go figure http://forums.cgsociety.org/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

What am I missing or doing wrong?!
Should you want to inspect my Blend file feel free: muffin_02.zip (1.6 MB)

Thanks guys :smiley:

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It seems I caught the culprit!
I was selecting the Low poly mesh first, it had to be the other way around http://forums.cgsociety.org/images/smilies/rolleyes.gif

JDL