#normal map

[jonreytrevino]

Texture Baking

Nothing beats a freshly baked Normal map!

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[eggsharked]

This is farfetched but I'm looking for a gif that was a person in a baseball cap looking around, but it was a normal map. Image of a normal map attached for refrence

[fiesemietze]

FM - Cuttlefish Sofa  *always check my original post on Tumblr for the original download link, incase of updates. 34.4mb, 4k textures. (Diffuse, Normal, Specular) 2 texture cuts, 2 mesh cuts. 3 LODs:

High: 17.6k Med: 16.4k Low: 14.5k

4 swatches (rosé - patterend, teal - patterend, navy, black) DOWNLOAD HERE - Simsfileshare - Masterlist

I’ve put together a Patreon for my original mesh .blend files, and specular psd files you can use to recolour. It’s early access. But please don’t monetise or modify my files and re-upload. If you pull part of my mesh for your own creations from the blend file all I ask is that you please credit me. Early access blend file (for recolouring) and preview can be found HERE All my cc including those that are conversions will be free to access, always. If something is not 100% my work it'll be marked at the top and you’ll always find the source in the relevant post. If not, please send me an ask.   I don’t add trackers to my files, I can’t guarantee that though if my cc has been included in someone else’s downloadable mods folder. If you want to be sure, download from the links I include on Tumblr or Patreon.  ----------------------------- Was able to create a 2 mesh cut base game sofa package file in tsrworkshop with @syboubou‘s help. This mesh has a custom cube map.  -----------------------------

My little redesign of the EA cuttlefish sofa. Pattern sample taken from Paulina Vårregn’s project T H E   F I R E B I R D. Was inspired by that, please check her work out. 

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[miss-story]

May I present to you Hemlocke. They are a sweet forest plant cryptid. who spends their days skipping and lurking and tending to the woods. The results of several tutorials, hours and hours of work and experimentation. This is my first attempt at a walk cycle and I wanted to make something a little goofy. I did the lighting on Hemlock using a normal map so they can be affected by varied or multiple lights.

[littledica]

MALE MUSCLE NORMAL MAP SKIN DETAIL - DOWLOAD ON PATREON (3$ tier up)

Hello friends! Today i present to you a collab between me and my friend @jwofles-sims! Together we created a normal map for the Maxis Male Muscle skin! You can find it under Mouth Scars:) Go get it now on Patreon on the 3$ tier or wait for the free release on the Seventh of january 2021! HAPPY NEW YEAR AND HAPPY SIMMING!

[disneydancepants]

Making a Normal Map (from scratch) in GIMP - Part 1 of 2

So you're making a recolor, and when you try it out in the game it has weird outlines for pockets and whatnot. What gives?? The Normal Map (or sometimes the specular)! The bane of us noobie CC creators!

I had a rough time--and much Trial and Error--trying to figure it out so that I don't just have to "Make Blank" for all my CC. This guide gave some helpful pointers (https://sims4studio.com/thread/861/normal-maps-bump-editing-creating), but it left out a bunch of key info. So... here we go!

Side note-- What exactly IS a Normal Map? I don't 100% know. But it's purpose is to create a sort-of 3D effect on your 2D texture. It can help make your recolor look less "drawn on" to the mesh. I don't notice a difference in Sims 4 Studio, but there is a difference when you're in the actual game. When it comes to textures without a Normal Map, I think the grandpa from Derry Girls said it best: "It's just not as nice..."

You will need:

- Your completed Diffuse texture (your recolored .dds file)

- Sims 4 Studio aka S4S

- GIMP (free image editing software)

1.) I'm going to use my current WIP Kim Possible Cheerleader uniform as an example. Open up your .package in S4S. You can skip this step if you still have your Diffuse file laying around, but just to be thorough: Select your Diffuse and Export it.

2.) Open your Diffuse file in GIMP (or another Photoshop-type program, but I like GIMP and that's what I'm showing in this tutorial). When the options come up, make sure you de-select "Load Mipmaps". You don't want to load the mipmaps. You'll know you did this right because you'll only have 1 layer, as opposed to like 40.

Note here: if your clothes have a printed design or stripes or something on them, you want to get rid of them. They shouldn't be on the final Normal Map.

We need to make sure that your .dds has Transparency (an alpha channel). Mine already does, as you can see by that grey checker-pattern in the blank spaces. If yours doesn't OR you aren't sure, make sure you add one. In the Layers panel, click "New Layer". Keep the sizes the same, and select "Transparency". Move this layer to the bottom, then select your first layer and "Merge Down".

2.) We also need to add a "White" layer or else the Normal Map will be all kinds of messed-up. This is the same process as adding an alpha channel, btw. Right-click in the Layers panel, and add a New Layer. Instead of Transparency, we need to select White.

The White layer always gets put to the top for me, so we need to move it lower in the Layer panel.

The White layer will now appear below your Diffuse texture.

3.) I forgot to screenshot this, but we now need to de-saturate your Diffuse layer to make it black-and-white. Making sure that your Diffuse layer is selected in the Layers panel, click Colors>Desaturate... from the options bar at the top. Alternatively, press Alt+C, then Alt+D. I like to choose either "Lightness" or "Average", depending on how much of a contrast my Diffuse has/needs. Pick whichever you think looks better, then hit OK.

A.) If your Diffuse has white parts, skip to 3B! Do NOT follow this part or your Normal Map will be messed up! If yours doesn't have any white, then:

Select your Diffuse layer and "Merge Down" to combine it with the White Layer. Your Diffuse should be black-and-white, unlike mine. Oops! You now should have only 1 image.

From the top bar, we're now going to select Filters > Map > Normalmap... The below should show up:

Make the settings match that image. You should only have to change the Filter to Sobel 3x3, then go ahead and click Ok.

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B.) If you *DID* have white parts, we're going to do things a little differently. Make sure your Diffuse layer is selected, then select Filters > Map > Normalmap... (Alt+R should open the Filters, but I don't know the shortcut for Normalmap.)

Note that I forgot to desaturate when taking my screenshots. YOUR image should be black-and-white.

Make the settings match the follow image. You should only have to change the Filter to Sobel 3x3, then go ahead and click Ok.

Now, select your White Layer from the Layers panel. Repeat the steps to apply Filter > Map > Normalmap to your White Layer.

In the Layers panel, right-click your Diffuse layer and Merge Down. Your two layers are now combined into one.

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4.) Your image should now look something like this:

Mine looks a bit different because I forgot to desaturate, which will have repercussions later. But all blue besides the outline is good.

Continued in Part 2:

Making a Normal Map from Scratch in GIMP - Part 2 of 2

If you haven't read part 1, then go ahead and find it here: So you're making a recolor, and when you try it out in the game it has weird ou

[askagamedev]

What is triangle count? If pokemon from Sword and Shield model has a different triangle count but looks exactly the same as in Sun and Moon model, is it the same model?

You’re probably thinking about a 3D mesh. Some people refer to it as a model, but the word “model” often carries other connotations with it. I said I wouldn’t write anything more about Pokemon in specific, but this is an opportunity to segue into a more general look at how 3D graphics work in general and I think that’s a worthwhile topic to cover, so let’s take a dive down that rabbit hole. We’ll start with the mesh. A 3D mesh usually looks something like this:

As you can see, this is a polygonal mesh for bulbasaur. It is comprised of a bunch of points in space called vertices that are connected to each other in varying degrees. These connections between vertices are called “edges”. Typically, edges are grouped into threes and called “triangles”, each of which represents a solid surface on the model. The general complexity of the 3D mesh is proportional to the number of triangles it is comprised of. As a point of reference, Spider-Man PS4′s various spider-suit meshes had between 80,000 and 150,000 triangles. 

However, you may have gathered that this mesh isn’t the entirety of the 3D model. It’s is just the shape of the thing. You also need to know what it looks like, what parts are colored what, and so on. This means you need to add a texture map to it in order to see what parts of it look like what. A texture map is a 2D image that has certain established points “mapped” to vertices on the 3D mesh. It ends up looking something like this:

You can see how specific parts of the Texture Map in the upper left get applied to corresponding parts on the 3D Mesh - there’s a section of the Texture Map for the tail, the face, the body, the paws, etc. We can also have multiple texture maps for a single 3D mesh. Here’s another example - each of these guns uses the same 3D mesh but a different texture map.

Are these models the same? Well… they all use the same 3D mesh, but clearly they have different texture maps applied, each of which required somebody to create them. Let’s hold off on judgement for a moment though, because we’re not done yet.

This is a normal map: 

It describes the heights and shape of a surface that isn’t smooth. It lets us make smaller numbers of triangles look like they have a lot more details without needing to break them up into significantly higher numbers of triangles. The two examples here are both using the same 3D mesh, but with different normal maps applied. Are these two models the same? Well, they both use the same 3D mesh and texture map, but not the same normal map. But let’s hold off for a moment again because we’re still not done.

There’s also specular maps…

… and ambient occlusion maps…

… and Shaders…

… all of which can be different while keeping things like the 3D mesh and/or texture map the exact same, especially between one game and another. This also is only discussing elements of the model and doesn’t go into things like the rig (animation skeleton) or the individual animations that can also be different.

There’s clearly a lot of work that goes into the creation of a 3D model. We obviously have to build the mesh but we also have to build things like the texture map, the normal map, the specular map, the ambient occlusion map, and any specific shaders. For a game like Pokemon, in some cases you might keep the old mesh and the texture map, but create brand new normal maps, specular maps, ambient occlusion maps, and shaders. So you end up with something that looks like this:

Clearly the specularity is different - look at how more shiny and reflective the Let’s Go version is. The shaders are also different - note how much better defined the lines are around the model in gen 8. The mesh itself is probably the same. The texture map might be the same. The normal map is definitely different - you can clearly see how the shadowing is different between the two, especially around the chin and lower torso. So is this a new model or an old one? My answer is “yes” - some parts of it are new and some are not. But is it the exact same model? They are clearly not the exact same model - there has definitely been work done between the two. Claiming otherwise would be foolish.

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