[Stinkie7000]

This is becoming quite intriguing! Can anyone shed some light on what's going on?

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brodie

did you use sketchup for your test, i wonder if the issue is to do with the SU plugin or if affects all other plugins also.

[brodie_geers]

I created the planes and textured them in SU to get the UV right. Then exported, moved the sun around and tweaked the material (added the bump map) in studio, then rendered from there.

-Brodie

[Richard]

Maybe something to do with when texture is bought in as well, I don't know!

[J. Israelsson]

After seeing your test images, my theory is that bump is working in both of them. The reason the bump isn't that visible in your version Richard, I think is because you have these very light seams and that the light is bouncing up to the "underside" and thus lighting out the shadow that would be there. Could you try the very same render but with say medium gray seams, or red or some darker colour?

Regards,

Johan Israelsson

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ok Richard, time to remove the diffuse texture and keep only the bump to see if there any noticeable differences.... i still stay they will be very small in comparison with some other applications - even after increasing the bump values.