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Antigroup
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Posted: 18th Jul 2008 11:16
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Ok it has become apparent to me that I need to have my maps for bump mapping, relief mapping, and other forms of shading in a special format for it to work correctly. I cannot figure out how to get any sort of thing like the normal maps that I find in some of the TGC demo's. These seem to be the only things that get the desired effect. Attached is an example of what I want. Could anybody tell me how to get this kind of map out of a regular texture?

I cannot get the same effect with texture maker or Paint.NET. Those are the image editors I use. If I need a specific tool to do that could anybody point me to it.

( This is related to 3d because I'm talking about textures and shaders. Not just the 2d image that makes it work.)
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Alucard94
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Posted: 18th Jul 2008 11:17
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If you have Photoshop and run Windows you can always get the Nvidia plugin.


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Antigroup
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I don't have Photoshop and I really don't feel like paying for that membership. Especially since I only want one program. I wish there was a Nvidia plugin for Paint.NET. Does anyone know another way of creating that kind of map? Or some other tool?
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Alucard94
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Posted: 18th Jul 2008 12:07
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You can use CrazyBump I think it's called.


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dragon assasin
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Posted: 18th Jul 2008 15:08
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crazy bump dosent cost too much (the beta is over and ryan now has released it for a $99 indie liscense or a 299 commercial licensce ) but it is quite good

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fik
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You can do it in gimp to and thats free
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James H
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Posted: 18th Jul 2008 17:53
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This is just for normals so far and its free, well worth a look http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=131854&b=8
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Brain111
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Posted: 22nd Jul 2008 22:46
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Quote: "You can do it in gimp to and thats free"


This. I don't remember exactly where to find the normalmap plugin, if you have gimp, but google should be able to find it.

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