Free Normal Map Generator

Turn any height map or photo into a tangent-space normal map, right in your browser. Free, no sign-up, and your images never leave your device.

Normal Map Converters

Turn any height map or photo into a tangent-space normal map in your browser - free, no upload.

Convert a grayscale height map or displacement map into a tangent-space normal map.

Convert a bump map into a normal map so lighting and reflections respond correctly.

Generate normal maps and plug them into a Blender Principled BSDF the right way.

Make normal maps for Unity URP and HDRP and import them with the correct texture type.

Generate normal maps for Unreal Engine 5 materials with the correct green channel.

Understand where normal maps help 3D printing workflows - and where real geometry is needed.

Batch-friendly normal maps for game environment and prop textures.

Make normal maps without Photoshop filters - then finish them in PS if you like.

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Plain-English explanation of normal maps and how they fake surface detail.

Step-by-step method to create a normal map from a height map or photo.

The practical differences between normal maps and bump maps - and when each matters.

Why normal maps are mostly purple-blue, and what the colours tell you.