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normalmapTexture

  • Data type: filename
  • What is it for: emulating structural changes on a surface
  • Use when: you want detailed structure, such as wrinkles or pores
  • Implemented in MakeSkin: yes
  • Makes visible difference in blender: yes
  • Makes visible difference in makehuman: yes

A normalmap is the standard approach for adding fine detail structure to a surface. A normalmap emulates changes in structure by adding shadows as if the structure had bent in certain ways.

This is used where the mesh would become too dense if you tried to model the same structure by using vertices.

In blender you can "bake" normalmaps from sculpting, but it outside the scope of this documentation to describe this process.

Example

normalmapTexture mycharacter_normal.png