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Rodrigo Duarte Oct, 11th 2012 3 Comments

CX Beginner, CX Introductory, CX Version 7 Specific, New in CX Version 7

Strata 3D CX 7 has Normal mapping, which is a very welcome addition, but… what are normal maps, and what is their difference with bump maps?

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jakamo

jakamo October 15, 2012 at 2:04 pm

Rodrigo,

Excellent explanation! Thank you for answering my request.
I can’t wait to start incorporating normal mapping into my work.
Thanks,
Jack
Rodrigo Duarte

Rodrigo Duarte October 17, 2012 at 12:27 am

It makes a difference indeed! Thank you for the tutorial idea! 🙂
pstuhlfaut

pstuhlfaut October 17, 2012 at 3:20 pm

Great explanation. I tried it out and it works fine.

Thanks so much!
Paul

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