Normal Map Tools

This tools let you use Houdini’s compositing context to work with Normal maps.

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Game Tools | Normal Color
Utility node to initialize the Color node with the proper normal map colors (128, 128, 255)
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Game Tools | Normal Combine
Combines 2 normal maps together while keeping them properly normalized.
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Game Tools | Normal Invert
Inverts individual channels of the image, usually for flipping the Y channel.
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Game Tools | Normal Levels
Regular Levels operation but done in the proper -1 to 1 space.
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Game Tools | Normal Map from Greyscale
Generates a normal map from a grayscale image, with additional options to soften the normals and an intensity scale.
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Game Tools | Normalize Normal
Ensures the image is a valid normal map with all of the 3 channels properly balanced.
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Game Tools | Normal Rotate
Rotates a normal map while keeping the normal vectors correct.
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