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Normal Combine

Normal Combine

Layers a detail normal over a base normal without treating normal vectors as ordinary colors.

Availability

This node requires Pro.

Common uses

  • Connect base normal to Normal 1 and detail normal to Normal 2.

Input ports

  • normal1

  • normal2

  • Expects two RGB normal maps.

Output ports

  • out

  • Outputs an RGB normal map.

Parameters

ParameterTypeDefaultRange or values
Techniqueenumdetailwhiteout, channelMixer, detail

Behavior

  • Whiteout is fast; Channel Mixer and Detail Oriented are higher quality.

Common mistakes

  • Use matching normal-map orientations.

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