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# 1 30-04-2012 , 10:27 PM
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normal map vs. Ddisplacement map

So i keep having problems with my UV mapping using a displacement map for the skin texture, and i was wondering that since its such a subtle detail would it be better to just use a normal map to do the texture instead?
 
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What are you doing as a final output? Animation? Still?
 
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animation ideally
 
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If it's subtle, go for the normal map. It'll be faster to render too.
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yea like i said its just skin texture so i don't see the need for something as extreme as a displacement map. plus i'll be using the subdiv approximation
 
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now here's the next question does it go in the bump map space or the displacement map?
 
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Connect the normal map to the bump & change the bump map type to tangent space.
 
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now here's the next question does it go in the bump map space or the displacement map?

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Bump map. In the bump node, make sure it's set to "Tangent space normals"
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thx guys i was wondering about that as well
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