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1. Discussion - Industry Experience - Normal Maps vs Time

   

   Topic by Dku · Jan 2013 · Home› General Discussion

   Hey guys, I am writing a report for my Uni course based around the creation of normal maps. Now to my knowledge there are 2 main methods to creating a normal map. A) You can generate a normal map from a height map, B) You can create a highpoly model and bake the information out from it, As far as I am aware these are the 2…

2. Re: Discussion - Industry Experience - Normal Maps vs Time

   

   Reply by Justin Meisse · Jan 2013 · Home› General Discussion

   the third example is what people did when normal maps where new and they didn't know what they were doing - NEVER DO THAT. Crazy bump a Hawaiian shirt and you'll see what I'm talking about.

3. Re: Discussion - Industry Experience - Normal Maps vs Time

   

   Reply by whats_true · Jan 2013 · Home› General Discussion

   Basicaly doing what option two is. Going into photoshop, makeing a sort of height map using gradients, flat black and white shapes, and generating the normal map using crazybump or something else. If you look at this example, near the bottom, you can see how much you can get done with just painting out a height map.…