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Hey guys i recently started work on a source project and for my normals they need to be tangent space normal maps as ive never used them or know how to make them, how would i go about baking tangent maps/ making them?
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It looks like you have tangent normal maps in your portfolio?

try looking up what they are?

http://wiki.polycount.net/Normal_Map#TangentBasis
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"tangent space" normal maps are the standard ones you always see (blue/purple/cyan)

"Object Space" aren't used as often, and are usually largely yellow.
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thanks guys ill talk to my leads and see if i made a mistake anywhere, because in the options menu tangent was already selected :S so either i heard wrong or they gave me the wrong info ill talk to my leads.
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