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NOTE: Normal Maps don't necessarily need to be saved as DXT3, you can save a normal map as DXT1 No Alpha if you don't need the alpha channel.
NOTES: Normal Maps don't necessarily need to be saved as DXT3, you can save a normal map as DXT1 No Alpha if you don't need the alpha channel.
This will give you a smaller file, with no gloss effect whatsoever though.
This will give you a smaller file, with no gloss effect whatsoever though.
DXT5 can also function as a normal map format, without putting a noticeable step in the alpha specular map's grayscale gradients.  This also goes for alpha channels in color maps used for transparency or parallax displacement.


== See Also ==
== See Also ==
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