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salamanda101 · Post by **salamanda101** » Fri Jan 23, 2015 12:55 am

how do i make norms man? or can i use existing ones and name them different or something? not sure

Atom6246 · Post by **Atom6246** » Fri Jan 23, 2015 1:18 am

Norms are very difficult, it took me about a year and a half to understand how they work and how to make/edit them and I still can't fully make them to this day because one of the steps (baking). You have to download Nvidia Normal map filter then my suggestion is to watch Youtube videos or search here on the forums.

John23 · Post by **John23** » Fri Jan 23, 2015 1:20 am

salamanda101 wrote:how do i make norms man? or can i use existing ones and name them different or something? not sure

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_mapping

This is a good tutorial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqYMDvb5COU

You shouldn't use someone elses norms because in real life, there are parts of the pants that are made of rubber and is rised above the gear.

salamanda101 · Post by **salamanda101** » Fri Jan 23, 2015 6:00 am

ok cool i think i get it. so when you have made the norm do i need to make a spec to? because i tryed using some random norm just to see if it work but it didnt.

Jeremy150 · Post by **Jeremy150** » Fri Jan 23, 2015 6:39 am

salamanda101 wrote:ok cool i think i get it. so when you have made the norm do i need to make a spec to? because i tryed using some random norm just to see if it work but it didnt.

No. Norm and Spec maps are optional, but recommended.

Atom6246 · Post by **Atom6246** » Fri Jan 23, 2015 6:46 am

salamanda101 wrote:ok cool i think i get it. so when you have made the norm do i need to make a spec to? because i tryed using some random norm just to see if it work but it didnt.

Make sure you're naming it right.

salamanda101 · Post by **salamanda101** » Fri Jan 23, 2015 7:25 am

canyou get the nvidia normal map filter for windows 8 anyone know?

Boblob801 · Post by **Boblob801** » Fri Jan 23, 2015 7:42 am

Yeap. It's just a photoshop plugin.

Motolife_99 · Post by **Motolife_99** » Fri Jan 23, 2015 7:57 am

It doesn't work on photoshop cc 2014 though.

MxWayGamer · Post by **MxWayGamer** » Fri Jan 23, 2015 8:48 am

My first skin : Thor Phose Topo. It's not real color, there is for my team

salamanda101 · Post by **salamanda101** » Fri Jan 23, 2015 9:03 am

ok so i made a rough norm an d named it the same as the jm but it doesnt work? thanks for you help just cant find any more info on naming them and such

Ohagan75 · Post by **Ohagan75** » Fri Jan 23, 2015 9:36 am

Motolife_99 wrote:It doesn't work on photoshop cc 2014 though.

download xnormal. works fine on CC and is free also

Motolife_99 · Post by **Motolife_99** » Fri Jan 23, 2015 9:51 am

Yeah i use that, i prefered the nvidia one though

salamanda101 · Post by **salamanda101** » Fri Jan 23, 2015 10:07 am

so do you need blender to make a norm? because i made one in photoshop with nvidia filter.. and cant get it to work. can anyone give me a step bye step thing they do when making a norm? because how do you get the jm's? im just confsed and wanna get this stuff down.

DCreedz#523 · Post by **DCreedz#523** » Fri Jan 23, 2015 10:10 am

there was a guy from New Zealand who made a tutorial on it, just YouTube Mx Simulator Normal Map tutorial or something,

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