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Effects of normal maps?

Post by finale00 »

Can someone show me the difference between a model that has a normal map applied and a model that doesn't?
lol I don't know if noesis is actually doing anything with the normal texture map I'm telling it to set since I don't see any visual difference in the result.
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Re: Effects of normal maps?

Post by Acewell »

http://wiki.polycount.com/NormalMap/
https://web.archive.org/web/20130308104 ... NormalMap/

http://www.chrisalbeluhn.com/Normal_Map_Tutorial.html
https://web.archive.org/web/20180126150 ... orial.html

normal maps essentially give the illusion of more detail on the surface of low polygon models, but they have no effect on the silhouette. :D
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Re: Effects of normal maps?

Post by Darko »

Normalbump:

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Without normalbumps:

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