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MrSazo
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November 22, 2023
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Create Displacement/Height maps from Normal maps???

  • November 22, 2023
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Hello everyone, 

 

I looked online and seem not to find a answer to my question. Is it possible to make a displacement/Height map from your normal map on SP? Heres a example; you purchase a premade high rez basemesh that includes texture and normals but would like to use the high frequency details from the normals in zbrush but zbrush does not use normals maps. So now you need to convert the normals map into Height/displacement maps and how would you go about doing so in SP? I hope to hear from your soon and thank you in advance. 

    Correct answer Cyril Dellenbach

    Hello @MrSazo,

     

    I'd personally use Substance 3D Designer and the node Normal to Height. If you rather use Substance Painter, here's a .SBSAR file that contains the Normal to Height node.

     

    Best regards

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    Master-Art
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    February 3, 2025
    Cyril Dellenbach
    Community Manager
    Cyril DellenbachCommunity ManagerCorrect answer
    Community Manager
    November 22, 2023

    Hello @MrSazo,

     

    I'd personally use Substance 3D Designer and the node Normal to Height. If you rather use Substance Painter, here's a .SBSAR file that contains the Normal to Height node.

     

    Best regards

    Cyril Dellenbach (Micro) | QA Support Artist | Adobe
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      MrSazoAuthor
      Inspiring
      December 13, 2023

      Thank you good sir for replying back! I apologies for the replying so late has I just seen this. Awesome! for the .SBSAR file its going to help out a lot! Once again thank you for your time and your effto to help. Have a nice day. 

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