Normal To Height HQ

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Normal To Height HQ

In: Filters/Normal Map

Intermediate

Description

A reverse-conversion node that attempts to convert a tangent-space Normalmap back into a Heightmap. This is the more advanced node; Normal to Height has less options and uses different calculations.

Useful for when you only have a Normalmap source, yet still want to perform operations combining it with a Heightmap. Keep in mind that this will never be able to provide a 100% correct result, as information is lost by nature of the process when Height is converted to Normal. It can never replace a properly generated Heightmap!

Parameters

• Normal Format: DirectX, OpenGL
  Switches between different Normalmap formats (inverts the green channel).
• Relief Balance: 0.0 - 1.0Blends between low and high frequency bias.
• Height Intensity: 0.0 - 1.0Intensity or multiplier for the Heightmap, works a bit like global opacity.
• Height Normalize: False/TrueAutomatically scales the Heightmap range to use full contrast, like an auto-levels.
• Quality: Normal, HighSwitches between speed or quality.

Example Images

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