Tangent to Surface Normal

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Tangent to Surface Normal by Jens Kafitz








The Tangent to Surface Normal Adjustment Node allows you to convert your Tangent Space Normal Map into a surface Normal that

many Mari default nodes can use (Triplanar etc.) in their Calculation, when attached to their 'Normal' Handle in the Nodegraph.


It provides a way to make Mari aware of fine details and surface normals from highres models, when working with lower res geo.


On the left the normals generated with a 'Surface Normal' Node on a lowpoly model.

On the right the normals generated with the 'Tangent to Surface Normal' Adjustment over a Normal Map.



Node Overview




Node Ports


The 'Manifold' connection can be used to feed in a coordinate system for the evaluation of the gradient.

Possible node connections are for example the 'Manifold 3D', 'Manifold UV', 'UV', 'Position' etc.


Node Properties


Main


Flips the Red/Green Channels of the Normal Map before any computation is done.




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