[Bf-committers] Normal Maps Hints

[Alexander Ewering]

On Sat, 11 Dec 2004, Bart wrote:

>
> Hello Nathan,
>
> many people love the normal map support but ask how to make normal maps. So 
> here some free tools:
>
> GIMP normalmap plugin (Linux, Mac, Win)
> http://nifelheim.dyndns.org/~cocidius/normalmap/
>
> NVIDIA Texture Tools (win)
> NormalMap and DDS support for Photoshop
> http://developer.nvidia.com/object/nv_texture_tools.html
>
> MaP Zone FREE (Mac, Win)
> A texture generating plugin for Photoshop that supports normal maps too
> http://www.allegorithmic.com/v2/zone_desc.htm
>
> I think tis would be a great addition to the normal map chapter:
> http://www.blender3d.org/cms/Normal_Maps.491.0.html

The release log has a whole chapter on how to make normal maps using no
external tools, completely in blender.

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