Free normal map generator for After Effects

#1

I just released Generator, the aptly titled normal map generator for After Effects. This is a free plug-in designed to work in combination with my other plug-in, Normality.

Many users of Normality were looking for a more simple way to generate the required normal maps, which are usually generated by a 3D renderer based on 3D models.
But most of the time when working in motion graphics you just want to work with text or simple shapes… and that’s where Generator comes in: Just drop this plug-in on your text, shape or any other layer with a clean alpha channel and you will instantly see a normal map based on the layer’s shape. Generator is kept intentionally simple with very few options and hence little room for error.

Note: Due to a bug in Normality, you must pre-compose your generated normal map before applying Normality.

Download Generator

This is an unrestricted beta release. Please let me know of any bugs you may encounter.

#2

Sweet! This will be way easier than aplying colorama to random things just to see what happens. :smiley: Thanks! Going to try it soon.

#3

Great! I’m a huge fan of normality. Thanks for this great tool :slight_smile:

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