Normal Map Photography | ShaderMap Tutorials

RSI3D

Hi everyone, I've written another tutorial on how to use ShaderMap 3. This tutorial covers how to photograph a static object and produce a normal map from those photos using ShaderMap.

The basics of the tutorial are as follows:

1. Setup your camera to take static photos of the object.
2. Photograph the object four times each lighted from a different direction.
3. Bring the photos into ShaderMap 3 using the Normal from Photos template.
4. View the results in real-time and make changes to intensity.

To read the full tutorial: Normal Map Photography | ShaderMap 3






Thanks for looking and if you want to learn more about ShaderMap 3 please visit: http://shadermap.com

To see what's new in version 3.0.4 checkout the docs page: What's New | ShaderMap Docs

Joost

Interesting! Would be cool to see a comparison of normal maps created using this method vs using 1 static image to generate them.