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This page doesn't show up in a search for "normal map", I don't think articles like this should be plural; Normal Maps should redirect to Normal Map.  [[User:Throttlekitty|Throttlekitty]] ([[User talk:Throttlekitty|talk]]) 14:41, 7 August 2014 (EDT)
 
This page doesn't show up in a search for "normal map", I don't think articles like this should be plural; Normal Maps should redirect to Normal Map.  [[User:Throttlekitty|Throttlekitty]] ([[User talk:Throttlekitty|talk]]) 14:41, 7 August 2014 (EDT)
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:Fixed it.
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# "Normal map" was auto redirecting to "Normal Maps" for some reason, so I had to click on the "redirected from Normal map" link at top.
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# Then I edited that redirect to point to Normal Map. Which fixed the problem.
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# I deleted "Normal map", now a search goes right to Normal Map where the content is.
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# Then I moved "Normal Map" to "Normal map".
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[[User:EricChadwick|EricChadwick]] ([[User talk:EricChadwick|talk]]) 11:18, 8 August 2014 (EDT)
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To do:
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* Update the page to incorporate the latest info. Remove the inaccuracies. Move extra info to new pages.
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* Make it concise. Should be quick for newbs to find the best workflow.
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* Add data from these threads:
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** [http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=81154 Understanding averaged normals and ray projection/Who put waviness in my normal map?]
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** [http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=107196 You're making me hard. Making sense of hard edges, uvs, normal maps and vertex counts]
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** [http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=116899 Official handplane support thread - Now freeware!!]
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** [http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=152467 The best kind of beveling ?]
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** [http://farfarer.com/resources.htm RNM Normal Map Combiner], by [http://www.farfarer.com/ James "Farfarer" O'Hare]
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** [http://vincentcallebaut.com/CombineNormal.html Combine Normal], by [http://vincentcallebaut.comVincent "Vincentt" Callebaut], [http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=131819 Combine normal maps script for Photoshop] Polycount Forum thread.
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** [http://www.polycount.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2226864&postcount=51 Earthquake on separating smoothing groups in the UV]
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** [http://www.polycount.com/forum/showpost.php?p=2225535&postcount=40 JedTheKrampus on offsetting Mirrored UVs]
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** [http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=148303 Of Bit Depths, Banding and Normal Maps]
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** [http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=147227 Skew you buddy! Making sense of skewed normal map details.]
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** [http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=146667 A Practical Guide On Normal Mapping For Games]
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** [http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=144715 Skewmesh Tutorial]
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** [http://www.laurenscorijn.com/future-xoliulshader-support.html Future Xoliulshader support] = why Xoliulshader doesn't work properly in 3ds Max 2013/2014.
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- [[User:EricChadwick|EricChadwick]] ([[User talk:EricChadwick|talk]]) 12:36, 9 May 2015 (EDT)
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Page organization ideas:
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== What is a Normal Map? ==
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Summary.
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Breakout pages:
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[[Normal Map Technical Details]]
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* Tangent-Space vs. Object-Space
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* Converting Between Spaces
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* Tangent Basis
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* RGB Channels
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* Common Swizzle Coordinates
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* Normal Map Compression
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[[Texture Baking]]
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* Synched Workflow
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* UV Coordinates
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* Triangulation
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* Reset Transforms
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* Cages
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* Intersections
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* Edge Padding
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* Anti-Aliasing
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* Wavy Lines
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* Pixel Artifacts
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* Transparency
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* High Poly Materials
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== 2D Workflow ==
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Summary.
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* 2D Normal Map Tools:
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** Nvidia Photoshop Filter
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** Crazy Bump
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** NDO
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** DDO
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** Substance Designer
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* Flat Color
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* Blending Normal Maps Together
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* Pre-Created Templates
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* Re-Normalizing
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* Ambient Occlusion into a Normal Map
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* Back Lighting
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== 3D Workflow ==
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Summary.
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Breakout pages:
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[[Normal Map Modeling]]
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* High-Poly Modeling Tricks
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** Sloped Extrusions
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** Edge Thickness
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** mental ray Round Corners Bump
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** Floating Geometry
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* Beveling
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* Smoothing Groups & Hard Edges
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* Mirroring
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* LODs
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== Tutorials ==
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Warning about prevalence of misinformation.
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* Tutorials
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* Related Pages
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* 3D Tools
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* 2D Tools
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* Discussion
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- [[User:EricChadwick|EricChadwick]] ([[User talk:EricChadwick|talk]]) 10:55, 12 May 2015 (EDT)

Latest revision as of 09:55, 12 May 2015

This page doesn't show up in a search for "normal map", I don't think articles like this should be plural; Normal Maps should redirect to Normal Map. Throttlekitty (talk) 14:41, 7 August 2014 (EDT)

Fixed it.
  1. "Normal map" was auto redirecting to "Normal Maps" for some reason, so I had to click on the "redirected from Normal map" link at top.
  2. Then I edited that redirect to point to Normal Map. Which fixed the problem.
  3. I deleted "Normal map", now a search goes right to Normal Map where the content is.
  4. Then I moved "Normal Map" to "Normal map".

EricChadwick (talk) 11:18, 8 August 2014 (EDT)

To do:

- EricChadwick (talk) 12:36, 9 May 2015 (EDT)

Page organization ideas:

What is a Normal Map?

Summary.

Breakout pages: Normal Map Technical Details

  • Tangent-Space vs. Object-Space
  • Converting Between Spaces
  • Tangent Basis
  • RGB Channels
  • Common Swizzle Coordinates
  • Normal Map Compression

Texture Baking

  • Synched Workflow
  • UV Coordinates
  • Triangulation
  • Reset Transforms
  • Cages
  • Intersections
  • Edge Padding
  • Anti-Aliasing
  • Wavy Lines
  • Pixel Artifacts
  • Transparency
  • High Poly Materials

2D Workflow

Summary.

  • 2D Normal Map Tools:
    • Nvidia Photoshop Filter
    • Crazy Bump
    • NDO
    • DDO
    • Substance Designer
  • Flat Color
  • Blending Normal Maps Together
  • Pre-Created Templates
  • Re-Normalizing
  • Ambient Occlusion into a Normal Map
  • Back Lighting

3D Workflow

Summary.

Breakout pages: Normal Map Modeling

  • High-Poly Modeling Tricks
    • Sloped Extrusions
    • Edge Thickness
    • mental ray Round Corners Bump
    • Floating Geometry
  • Beveling
  • Smoothing Groups & Hard Edges
  • Mirroring
  • LODs

Tutorials

Warning about prevalence of misinformation.

  • Tutorials
  • Related Pages
  • 3D Tools
  • 2D Tools
  • Discussion

- EricChadwick (talk) 10:55, 12 May 2015 (EDT)

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