I know a few of us (me included) do quite a bit of 3D modelling and renders. For quite some time I've been looking for something to replace crazy bump for normal and bump maps. Anyway I recently discovered;
http://www.boundingboxsoftware.com/materialize/index.php
Free and open source and most importantly, amazing.
http://www.boundingboxsoftware.com/materialize/index.php
Free and open source and most importantly, amazing.