What are Normals?
What are Normals?, available at $84.99, with 10 lectures, and has 1 subscribers.
You will learn about We learn about Normals and the role they play in surface construction. We dive into how Normals can be manipulated to alter the look of a surface. We explore how Normals are used to represent complex geometry on flat surfaces. We take a look at why low polygon Normals play a huge part in how high polygon detail is projected onto a surface. This course is ideal for individuals who are Beginner/intermediate It is particularly useful for Beginner/intermediate.
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Title: What are Normals?
Price: $84.99
Number of Lectures: 10
Number of Published Lectures: 10
Number of Curriculum Items: 10
Number of Published Curriculum Objects: 10
Original Price: $29.99
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What You Will Learn
- We learn about Normals and the role they play in surface construction.
- We dive into how Normals can be manipulated to alter the look of a surface.
- We explore how Normals are used to represent complex geometry on flat surfaces.
- We take a look at why low polygon Normals play a huge part in how high polygon detail is projected onto a surface.
Who Should Attend
- Beginner/intermediate
Target Audiences
- Beginner/intermediate
In this program agnostic series we learn about Normals and the part they play in our 3D art. By the end of this course you’ll have a deep understanding of Normals with the ability to debug and solve almost any normal map baking scenario.
This 3 hour series consists of 10 chapters:
Chapter 1: Normals – What are they?
We learn about Normals and the role they play in surface construction.
Chapter 2: Normals – What do they do?
We dive into how Normals can be manipulated to alter the look of a surface.
Chapter 3: Projection – How does it work?
We explore how Normals are used to represent complex geometry on flat surfaces.
Chapter 4: Texture Baking Basics.
We finally take a look at baking our high polygon model to a texture. We apply what we’ve learnt thus far to debug and solve almost any projection issue.
Chapter 5: What are Tangent Space Normals?
We build our own tangent space Normals and learn how they work to better understand why they’re used.
Chapter 6: Why your Normal map bakes are warped.
We take a look at why low polygon Normals play a huge part in how high polygon detail is projected onto a surface.
Chapter 7: Baking with support edges.
We take everything we’ve learnt and bake a clean normal map using support edges.
Chapter 8: Baking using Normal map blending.
We take a different approach and blend two normal map projection methods to create a clean map.
Chapters 9 and 10: Baking using Normal map blending in Maya and Blender.
We replicate the normal map blending technique in both Maya and Blender to illustrate these methodologies are program agnostic.
SKILL LEVEL:
This series assumes the viewer has some prior 3D art creation knowledge. As we start from the simplest explanation of Normals, the viewer should have a comprehensive understanding of Normals by the end.
Course Curriculum
Chapter 1: What Are Normals?
Lecture 1: What are Normals?
Lecture 2: What do Normals do?
Chapter 2: Projection, Intro to Baking, and Tangents
Lecture 1: How does projection work.
Lecture 2: Texture Baking Basics
Lecture 3: Understanding Tangent Space Normals
Lecture 4: Why your Normal Map Bakes are warped
Chapter 3: Baking our Models!
Lecture 1: Baking with Support Edges
Lecture 2: Bake using Normal Map blending – Houdini
Lecture 3: Bake using Normal Map blending – Maya
Lecture 4: Bake using Normal Map blending – Blender
Instructors
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Sean Gobey
Game Designer, Environment and Technical Artist
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