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1. Weird Question: can I preview SP height to normal conversion in SD?

   

   Topic by bitinn · Nov 2017 · Home› Adobe Substance

   Hi, When you author a simple PBR material in Substance Designer, your height map will eventually be converted to normal when working in Substance Painter. Is the process of conversion as simple as using a Normal or Normal Sobel node with intensity set to X? How I can preview roughly the same result in Designer? (EDIT: It…

2. Re: Weird Question: can I preview SP height to normal conversion in SD?

   

   Reply by poopipe · Nov 2017 · Home› Adobe Substance

   I'm pretty confident sp isn't using sobel for the conversion. Try using a standard normal node. Height in sp is signed so the range goes from -1 to 1 rather than 0 - 1 Also, fwiw I try not to mix normal and height outputs from the same material in Painter. Things are a lot simpler if you stick to height.