TEXTURE CONVERSION TOOL
Create a normal map from a wood, stone, fabric, brick, or other material texture and check the result before it reaches your shader.
Free local converter
No account is required. Upload a source, adjust the controls, and export the map when the preview looks right.
Use a tileable texture as a starting point, then validate the generated normal map on a sphere, plane, or cube.
Upload a material texture or choose a sample to start.
How to use this converter
Keep the important decisions visible: source quality, surface strength, renderer direction, and the final lit result.
Upload your tileable texture or click a sample such as wood, stone, or fabric to see the workflow immediately.
Use Strength for depth, Blur for small-scale noise, and Contrast to control how strongly luminance becomes height.
Switch to the 3D preview and rotate between surface types to catch seams, weak details, or an inverted direction.
Download the normal map or use the supporting Height, AO, and Displacement outputs in your material workflow.
Material textures work best when their brightness changes describe repeated surface relief rather than dramatic painted lighting.
The converter keeps the main output visible while exposing supporting maps and renderer direction controls for a faster PBR pass.
A generated normal map changes lighting response; it does not recover true geometry, remove baked shadows, or correct a perspective-heavy photograph. Validate the exported map in the target material and at the scale where it will be rendered.
FAQ
Use these answers to choose a better source, engine direction, and export workflow for your material.
No. This tool derives surface directions from luminance in a texture. A baked normal map usually comes from comparing high- and low-poly geometry, so it can encode more specific model detail.
Yes. A tileable source is a good fit because repeated luminance detail can be converted into repeated normal detail. Always inspect the edges in your target material to confirm the tile remains visually continuous.
Start near the default value and lower it when the surface looks inflated or noisy. The correct setting depends on the texture scale, mesh size, and lighting in the final scene.
Use the preset that matches the tangent-space convention expected by your material. The Unity and Unreal presets in this tool select the DirectX-style green-channel direction.
Yes. Use the Blender preset, import the PNG as Non-Color data, and connect it through a Normal Map node in the material before connecting it to the Principled BSDF shader.
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Choose the input type that matches the data you already have, then keep the same local preview and export workflow.