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Earns its place in the superhive library as a focused set of shader node groups covering common normal map tasks in Blender, from combining maps to generating them from height, vector, and image sources.
Normal Map Node Tools is a set of shader node groups for Blender, built to help with the manipulation, creation, and enhancement of normal map textures. The node groups cover common normal map operations.
The pack handles several tasks. Add Normal Map adds two or more different normal map textures, and Mix Normal Map mixes normal maps. Invert Normal Map flips a map, and Normal Map Intensity adjusts intensity. Height to Normal Map, Vector to Normal Map, and Image to Normal Map generate normal maps from other sources. Documentation is included.
It supports Blender versions 4.0, 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, and 3.3, and is offered under a royalty-free license. In this catalog it is listed as free, so check the developer's page for current licensing terms.
Normal Map Node Tools is best for blender artists working with normal map textures through shader node groups.
Normal Map Node Tools is completely free to download and use.
Normal Map Node Tools supports Blender versions 4.0, 3.6, 3.5, 3.4, and 3.3. If you run one of these versions, the shader node groups should fit into your projects. For anything outside that range, including newer Blender releases, check the developer's page to confirm compatibility before relying on it in a production project. The pack also ships with documentation, which can help when setting the nodes up within your shader networks.
Normal Map Node Tools includes an Add Normal Map node group for adding two or more different normal map textures, along with a Mix Normal Map node group for mixing normal maps. Alongside these, the pack provides Invert Normal Map for flipping a map and Normal Map Intensity for adjusting intensity. If you need to build a normal map from another source, Height to Normal Map, Vector to Normal Map, and Image to Normal Map are included as well. All of these are shader node groups used inside Blender.
Normal Map Node Tools includes Height to Normal Map, Vector to Normal Map, and Image to Normal Map node groups for producing normal maps from other sources. These sit alongside the manipulation nodes in the pack, such as Add Normal Map, Mix Normal Map, Invert Normal Map, and Normal Map Intensity. All of them are shader node groups you add inside Blender, and documentation is included to help you connect them within your material node networks.
Normal Map Node Tools is listed as free in this catalog. Licensing can change over time, so for the current terms it is worth visiting the developer's page before you download. The pack is offered under a royalty-free license and includes documentation to help you set up the node groups. Across its tools, it covers adding, mixing, inverting, and adjusting normal maps, plus generating them from height, vector, and image sources.
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