Height to Normal Gradient...

IchII3D

Hey guys, I only started using Substance recently and came across something that is confusing me.

In this little test I have created a 'Gradient Linear' to simulate the input of an angled 'Height Map'. I would expect this to create a gradient normal map. But its coming through flat...

Anyone got any ideas?

IchII3D

Ah turns out I was using the wrong node, I should have been using 'Height to Normal Blend'. If anyone else comes across this issue hopefully this answer will help.

m4dcow

For the normal node, I have found that you need to crank up the intensity for it to show. However with a linear gradient, it should show as a solid coloured normal because it is denoting a constant angle.

I also see you are blending a flat normal with the result of the normal node to get rid of the alpha, a cleaner approach would be to use a levels node, select the alpha channel, and then levels_out_low (black arrow lower left) all the way to the right or set to one if you use value inputs.