Useful image-to-normals plug-in for Photoshop

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But more importantly…someone smarter than I, hack and redistribute this via Blender compositor!!! XD

http://www.game-artist.net/forums/finished-projects/14702-ndo-normal-creation-toolkit.html?z=0&utm_medium=plugblock&utm_source=cgtalk

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You can convert images to normals with this plug-in for GIMP too:
http://nifelheim.dyndns.org/~cocidius/normalmap/

See this Valve Tutorial:
http://developer.valvesoftware.com/wiki/Normal_Map_Creation_in_The_GIMP

Bye!

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I made a node a while back that does that but, alas, it wasn’t acceptable for trunk.

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I would vote for this to be integrated into Blender.
Maybe, interactive normal map sculpting like 3D Coat.

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Wow this does more than simply convert an image to Normal map. It allows you to combine different maps seamlessly with Blending modes.

It also allows you to use the shape tools, brushes, and even the pen tool within PS to draw directly onto the Normal Map.

Amazing find! It’s well worth investigating, someone?

Really take a look at these examples…http://philipk.net/tutorials/ndo/ndo.html

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Absolutely beautiful !

It’s much more than an imagen conversion, very crispy results that make sense. It’s amazing how you can also build shapes… the results are so 3D.

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Wow!!! Thanks for sharing ogbog, this is FRACKIN’ AWESOME!!! :RocknRoll:
If you are interested in this and texture artistry is general be sure have a look at the whole
of PHILIPK.NET not just the tutorial. The guy is a great texture artist.

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Thanks man, I’m going to download and test the hell out of this the moment I have some free time.

Looks awesome.