Normal Maps vs Bump Maps

Find out the difference between Normal Maps and Bump Maps. See when to choose “tangent space normal” or “bump”.

I want to be your Digital Art Mentor. I've been teaching 3D at the college level for over 15 years. I also tutor students in Maya, ZBrush, Substance Painter, Procreate and Blender one-on-one. Please subscribe to my channel to keep up to date.

TIMECODES:
0:00 Intro
0:14 Normal Maps vs Bump Maps
1:02 Bump Maps are Black and White
1:27 Normal Maps are Red, Green and Blue
4:37 Bump Map vs Normal Map Comparison
5:23 Use as Bump or Tangent Space Normal?

PRIVATE TUTORING:

ART PORTFOLIO:

3D STORES:

FOLLOW ME:

#dcbittorf #davidbittorf #artstation

[MayjorMayham]

Thank you for this explanation. I had a vague idea of the difference and how it applied in Maya. This cleared it all up for me

[boblolo]

Very nice. In your example the normal map seems to carry much more information. Would it be fair to say they're superior to bump maps?

[Alksbbch]

not see difference betwen normal and bump map. only you in strange way get bump map. But from hight angle both looks flat.