Texture mapping overview

Texture mapping overview

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  TEXTURE MAPPING Blender Animation
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  Overview  Texture mappingis a technique for adding detail to 3D geometry (or objects) by using an image. Surface texture, Colour, Transparency, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texture_mapping
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  Bump maps  Bumpmapping is a method of simulating bumps and wrinkles on to the surface of an object. The surface of the underlying object is not actually changed.
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  Normal Mapping  NormalMapping is the most common variation of bump mapping used. It is a technique used for faking the lighting of bumps and dents.  A common use of this technique is to take a low resolution model and using tricks to make it look like a higher resolution.
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  Parallax mapping  Parallaxmapping (also called offset mapping or virtual displacement mapping) is an enhancement of the bump mapping techniques .  At steeper view-angles, the texture coordinates are displaced more, giving the illusion of depth due to parallax effects as the view changes.
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  Displacement Mapping  Displacementmapping is an alternative technique that uses using a height map to cause an effect where the actual geometric position of points over the textured surface are displaced.  It gives surfaces a great sense of depth and detail, permitting in particular self-occlusion, self- shadowing and silhouettes;  It is the most costly of this class of techniques owing to the large amount of additional geometry.