a good normal map software

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i need a good software that makes normal maps, free is best, there was this good 30days trail software, but it’s only 30days, so i need one that’s free, i don’t wish to use cracks, they’re illegal and does not give credits to makers

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Knald? It’s free as long as the software is in beta phase. No information on pricing after that, though. OpenCL accelerated.

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You have many options…and by many I mean MANY. I cant, rather wont even list them all…but at the top of my head:

For 3d baking and map generation: Xnormal R http://www.xnormal.net/1.aspx (many professional in the game industry use this)

For 2d:

  1. MapZone, **** http://www.mapzoneeditor.com/ (made by the people behind bitmap2material and substance designer)
  2. NJob, *** http://www.game-artist.net/forums/general-discussion/12466-njob-normal-mapping-tool.html (easy to use)
  3. nDo1 *** (photoshop plugin, free) http://eat3d.com/blog/metalliandy/ndo-normal-map-creation-script-photoshop
  4. Smart Normal http://www.smart-page.net/smartnormal/ (Online NM creation)
  5. SSBump http://ssbump-generator.yolasite.com/ (Open Source project)

Cheap (costs money):

  1. BITMAP2Material $49 for non commercial use. R http://store.steampowered.com/app/246600/ (amazing app, cost $150 for commercial use)
  2. ShaderMap 2 $39 http://shadermap.com/home/
  3. MindText $15 *** http://frozenflamecorp.com/site/pages.php?page=entryview&category=products&entryid=2 (also going to Steam, great alternative to crazybump)

I recommend giving the ones with the “***” a go, and “R” for those I recommend personally. I have both ndo2 and Substance Designer commercially, almost a $1000 worth for nm creation software, but before I got to that point I did use or try out some of these as well.

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CrazyBump works well.
http://www.crazybump.com

Supports Windows & OsX

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For everyone who needs a NormalMap Generator for Mac, Linux and whatever…:
I have build my own online in-browser free normal map generator.
Please share and give feedback!

http://cpetry.github.io/NormalMap-Online/

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I do recommend mindtex, for me it’s good enough. Price is about 15€

Also gimp does have normal map addon for free.

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SSbump generator is a free GUI based program. The purpose of this program is to generate self-shadowed Bump maps for VALVe’s source game engine. The program can generate normal maps, non-shadowed ssbump maps, or embed directional ambient occlusion into the image.

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This is a free normal map generator PLUGIN for photoshop (including old versions)

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Here’s another good piece of free mapping software:
http://www.boundingboxsoftware.com/materialize/index.php

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Materialize is now open source and free… This video has links to it… Anyone know of something that works with AMD cards?