Bump Map or Normal Map?
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lucasfart
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Bump Map or Normal Map?
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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Re: Bump Map or Normal Map?
Hate to do this but 
Just typed in Bump Map vs Normal Map and go lots of links like this one
Bump Map vs Normal Map
Just typed in Bump Map vs Normal Map and go lots of links like this one
Bump Map vs Normal Map
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DarthD.U.C.K.
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Re: Bump Map or Normal Map?
here you can find a really good example
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lucasfart
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Re: Bump Map or Normal Map?
Ok. Thanks you guys, i should definitely have looked it up before posting here 
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