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Game Editing => Textures & 2D content => Topic started by: kat on August 14, 2013, 08:12:20 PM

Title: InsaneBump.py, normal map generator for GIMP (+video)
Post by: kat on August 14, 2013, 08:12:20 PM
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hj7jieqlpjs[/youtube]

I've not extensively tested InsaneBump (http://registry.gimp.org/node/28117) beyond trying to get the plugin to work with GIMP but from what I've seen the results are closer to CrazyBump than normalmap.exe (which tends to be very 'flat').

To get this to work for WINDOWS users first save the text from this page (http://registry.gimp.org/files/InsaneBump.py_3.txt) as a *.txt file then RENAME that to *.exe; so copy/paste or save as from your browser to; "insanebump.txt". Then in Windows Explorer (or depending upon where the file was saved, Desktop perhaps), rename the file; "insanebump.exe". Drop this new *.exe file into "C:\Program Files\GIMP 2.8\lib\gimp\2.0\plug-ins". Once done run GIMP, paint your grey-scale image (http://www.katsbits.com/tutorials/textures/making-normal-maps-from-images.php) (avoid using photos as explained here (http://www.katsbits.com/tutorials/textures/making-normal-maps-from-photographs.php) and crucially here (http://www.katsbits.com/tutorials/textures/how-not-to-make-normal-maps-from-photos-or-images.php)) and then apply the tool from "Filters > Map > Insane...".

Notes about usage
Title: Re: InsaneBump.py, normal map generator for GIMP (+video)
Post by: Kleo on September 19, 2016, 07:38:02 AM
Thanks very much for the video Kat, was really helpful for my project.
Title: Re: InsaneBump.py, normal map generator for GIMP (+video)
Post by: kat on September 19, 2016, 10:59:53 AM
Make sure to check out the accompanying tutorial on 'boosting' normal maps to enhance the effect (http://www.katsbits.com/tutorials/textures/enhancing-normal-maps.php).