Bump Map or Normal Map?

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Bump Map or Normal Map?

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I've read several topics on this site, and have come to the conclusion that normal maps and bump maps do exactly the same thing, although they look very different. Are there any advantages to either one that i should know about when deciding what to use out of the two?
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Hate to do this but :google:
Just typed in Bump Map vs Normal Map and go lots of links like this one

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here you can find a really good example
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Ok. Thanks you guys, i should definitely have looked it up before posting here :oops:.
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