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Normal Mapping Photography

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Submitted by souri on
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Excellant tutorial on using photography to get normal maps off real world objects (all you need is a camera and a flashlight). Pretty novel idea, although it's more suitable for surfaces rather than complex objects. I can imagine someone doing a keyboard normal map with this technique [:)]

http://www.zarria.net/

Submitted by AFF on Sat, 25/12/04 - 2:16 AMPermalink

cool, thx for that souri [:D]

Posted by souri on
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Excellant tutorial on using photography to get normal maps off real world objects (all you need is a camera and a flashlight). Pretty novel idea, although it's more suitable for surfaces rather than complex objects. I can imagine someone doing a keyboard normal map with this technique [:)]

http://www.zarria.net/


Submitted by AFF on Sat, 25/12/04 - 2:16 AMPermalink

cool, thx for that souri [:D]