New material bump settings

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    So, I admit I'm not too skilled on this, but trying to understand the new types of "height" maps. Can we use the albedo texture for all 3 of these like we used to just be able to plug them in for bump depth in the older versions, or does a displacement map (for example) need to be a true displacement map to have any effect?


    Thanks!


    Diane

    Great question Diane, so for "Normal" and "Bump" you can use the Albedo map, but, for the best results even here we recommend using the dedicated Bump/Normal maps provided alongside a high-quality Albedo texture. For displacement, though especially, use the dedicated Displacement map as it will be more than worth it.


    For a bunch of different free high-quality material resources check out this Blog article here as well:

    https://blog.enscape3d.com/free-rendering-textures


    You will be impressed by the displacement map results! ;)