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  Re: Normal map to bump map ... plaid.  
From: Thomas de Groot
Date: 1 Sep 2009 05:33:50
Message: <4a9cea7e@news.povray.org>
"Mike Raiford" <"m[raiford]!at"@gmail.com> schreef in bericht 
news:4a9c0807$1@news.povray.org...
> I think Blender and other modeling programs use them as well. I'm betting 
> inside a lot of games that use D3D hardware probably use them, since they 
> can give better surface normal results. Many of the commercial 3D packages 
> can use them, too.

Ah! I remember now that GeoControl (a heightfield program) can generate 
normal maps too. I always wondered what I could do with them... in Pov I 
mean... :-)

Thanks for lighting my dim understanding torch...

Thomas


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