Cavity map

A cavity map is a texture that stores small-scale ambient occlusion.

A Curvature map is different, it stores the convexity/concavity of a mesh.

• My Cavity Map Notes Polycount Forum thread.

Concavity (red) & convexity (green), made with Grant Adam's Tension Modifier. Image by Grant Adam.

Related Pages

• Cavity map
• Curvature map
• DuDv map
• Flow map
• Normal map
• Radiosity normal map
• Vector displacement map

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