Quote - P.S. -- I dare anyone on this thread to show me a V4 bump map (which is what the OP asked about) that is "hand painted".  It is NOT difficult to make a high-quality bump map for V4. 

You used two different phrases and demonstrated the problem yourself. Use the same phrase.

Let's take that over again:

 

I dare anyone on this thread to show me a V4 bump map that is "hand painted". [ Hint to those looking - there are none. ]

I dare anyone on this thread to show me a V4 bump map that is high-quality. [ Hint to those looking - there are none. ]

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