Aparently when you scale an object, it's normals don't scale with it... I 
remember reading something about this in some of the media tutorials, but I 
didn't remember seeing it with normals, but when I made an object that I had 
to scale down so it would be the correct size for the scene I was using it in 
(my graphpaper sketch wasn't to the final scale I was going to be using it).

What is the reasoning behind not scaling the normals (and does this apply to 
textures and pigments also)?

Thanks

PHIL

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Doesn't it depend on if you scale it before you apply the normal or after?

Philip Bartol <phi### [at] concentricnet> wrote in message
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> Aparently when you scale an object, it's normals don't scale with it... I
> remember reading something about this in some of the media tutorials, but
I
> didn't remember seeing it with normals, but when I made an object that I
had
> to scale down so it would be the correct size for the scene I was using it
in
> (my graphpaper sketch wasn't to the final scale I was going to be using
it).
>
> What is the reasoning behind not scaling the normals (and does this apply
to
> textures and pigments also)?
>
> Thanks
>
> PHIL
>
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