Micro details not working properly after the last update?

[petinex]

I have been using micro details for certain generators with anchor points for a while now and for the most part I left every option in the mico details tab default as it was working fine as is, but now when I do the same thing I did hundres of times before I get this weird effect where the lines don't match up.

I included an image of a very simple scene: I used a hard surface texture and added an anchor point to the layer, after that I added a fill layer with a black mask and finally added the edge wear generator. In the generator's options I turned on the "Micro Normal" and in the "Image Inputs" I set the "Micro Normal" to the anchor point and I got this result. I et the same result if I use the "Micro Height" option. A couple days before this worked just fine with the same settings that I use now. (I use the Steam version if that matters.)

Not sure if I am doing something wrong or if it was the last update, some help would be appreciated.

[davescm]

You can control how the wear falls on the normal, within the generator, by adjusting the Curvature intensity in Micro Details and the levels in the Micro Normal input

Dave

[fecampos]

I'm also having the same issue but these controls Dave showed are not enough to get the same results the last version was giving me. Even when I open an old file, just hide and unhide the layer with these effects, it changes everything. I'd love to know from the technical team if there's a glitch, if it's a bug.. or if there's another new way of doing it. 

[ColleenTerry]

Hello,

Was wondering if there was a glitch as well, In the new update, there's no "Referenced Channel" under the Image Input drop down, so I can't change that for the anchor point to work.

[Cyril Dellenbach]

Hi @ColleenTerry,

Nothing new on this side. There's no Referenced Channel in your project because the Anchor point called comes from a mask, therefore no channel to refer to. As long as the Anchor point used is linked to the layer and not the mask, the parameter will be available.

Best regards,

[ColleenTerry]

Cyril,

Thank you so much, it has worked, I'm so excited!

The only thing now that I don't have the mask with the alpha, I'm not able to use a height slider to change the height of the alpha. It doesn't seem to be available.

Thanks,

Colleen