Height to Ambient Occlusion (AO)

Generate a true contact-shadow AO map from any height / displacement map. Uses GPU-accelerated HBAO (Horizon-Based Ambient Occlusion) on Float32 input so 16-bit PNG heights stay banding-free end to end.

Drag & drop or browse a height map

PNG (8-bit or 16-bit), JPG, WebP. Grayscale recommended. Up to 4096 x 4096 px.

Output resolution Matches typical workflows

Output keeps your source aspect ratio. The value above is the longest edge.

Marching horizons0%

Result

AO map - 1024 x 1024

Adjust the result. Output intensity updates live. Change Radius or Contrast and click Generate AO Map above to apply.

Radius 16 px

Contrast 1.00x

Output intensity 1.00x

Height to AO Map

Height to Ambient Occlusion (AO)

Result

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