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Normal
A vector perpendicular to the surface of a 3D model, determining how light interacts with the surface for shading.
What is a Normal in Blender?
A Normal in Blender is a vector perpendicular to the surface of a 3D model, which determines how light interacts with that surface for shading purposes. Normals are essential for rendering realistic lighting, as they control how light reflects off a surface, influencing the appearance of smoothness or sharpness in the shading.
Use Cases in Blender
Smooth Shading: Adjusting normals helps smooth out surfaces, creating a more natural look for rounded objects.
Hard Edges: Normals can be manipulated to create sharp edges on objects like hard-surface models or machinery.
Lighting and Rendering: Proper normal alignment ensures accurate lighting in renders, contributing to the realism of a scene.
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Rendering scenes with complex normal calculations can strain your system’s resources. Vagon’s cloud PCs, featuring 48 cores, 4 x 24GB RTX-enabled NVIDIA GPUs, and 192GB of RAM, ensure efficient rendering of normals, optimizing lighting and shading in your models.
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