Job: Normal From Height

This documentation is for update 2.0+, applied to 5.4+.

• Input Settings

  • Heightmap Channel: The channel of the Heightmap in the Input Heightmap.

  • Use Derivative: Whether to use Derivatives or Texture Data Offsets to calculate the normal.

  • Offset: Offset of the Heightmap in the output Normal Map.

  • Normal Intensity: Intensity of the output Normal Map.

  • Blur

    • Use Blur: Whether to blur the output Normal Map.

    • Blur Distance: Distance of blur in UV space.

    • Blur Distance Steps: Number of steps along distance.

    • Blur Radial Steps: Number of radial steps to perform.

    • Blur Radial Offset: Number of radial steps to perform.

    • Blur Kernal Power: Number of radial steps to perform.

• Output Settings

  • Texture Resolution: Resolution of the Output Texture.

  • Texture Format: The format of the Output Texture.

  • Texture Compression: The compression format of the Output Texture.

  • Texture Mip Settings: The Texture Mip of the Output Texture.

  • Compress Without Alpha: Whether to include the Alpha in the compression of the Output Texture.

  • SRGB: sRGB is only available in 8-bit due to engine limitations. NOTE: This sRGB checkbox only affects the gamma of the Output Texture. The output UTexture2D will NOT be sRGB due to engine limitations.

• Generate Settings

  • Output Texture Name: The name of the Job and Output Texture. This will be numbered up automatically if the file already exists.

  • Output Path: The relative path for the Output Texture.

• Export Settings

  • Export: Whether to export the output to disk when generated.

  • Export Path: The absolute path to export the Output Texture.

  • Export Settings

    • Format: The desired output image format to write to disk.

    • Compression Quality: An image format specific compression setting. Either 0 (Default) or 1 (Uncompressed) for EXRs, or a value between 0 and 100.

    • Overwrite File: Whether to overwrite the image if it already exists.

    • Async: Whether to perform the writing asynchronously, or to block the game thread until it is complete.