How to use Normal Map in Photoshop for Lighting After Render

[@docbadwrench792]

I had never dreamed of this use case. What an excellent post-work trick!

[@Reversion1970]

Fantastic use of the normal map, thanks for posting!

[@CVerse]

This literally blew my mind. Thanks for the tip!

[@xmorse]

Using hue to rotate the light source is genius

[@remie07]

I think this is what they do to add lighting effects in the show Arcane, but with complex compositing

[@beachchickensmedia]

Ya i think so too! Ive been looking up tutorials specifically about compositing normal maps becuz of it

[@HroftiHroft]

Soo good!

[@GrzegorzWronkowski]

Amazing trick!

[@dionecarvalho8584]

AMAZING!!!

[@rajahaddadi2274]

thank u man

[@resons]

Superb!

[@UpsideDownTutorials]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@MrRGBable]

cool thanx!

[@ampmodclips]

Hi Upside down great tut but how did you start the normal map process for the scene was it from a photo or the 3d environment ? would love to know just starting to learn the power of normal maps any help welcome thank you.

[@UpsideDownTutorials]

Hi and thank you for the question. This scene was rendered using Vray (but you can use any other renderer as well). When rendering you need to make sure you include a Normal map pass as well. This is usually added as render element.

[@ampmodclips]

@@UpsideDownTutorials thanks you :)