Displacement fun

[Macker]

Just trying to solve someone's problem on cgarchitect and came up with this;



Created entirely by displacement, no modelling involved. I thought it looked quite funky!

[senior_queso]

that look great!could you tell us more about the maps and so??

[Macker]

I wrote a little bit about it in my blog; http://macviz.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05...placement.html

It really is a very simple technique once you get your head around it; two identical planes with displacement, one of them with its normals flipped so that it displaces in the opposite direction. You can use an opacity map, or the "water level" control in the Vraydisplacement modifier to clip out the hole. I'd love to see what other people could come up with using this method... it seems to me you'd be able to easily create things like fences and railings just from a simple image.

[cheerioboy]

that's pretty neat. thanks for sharing

[teofas]

great displacement, very clean and Sharp!

[Macker]

Thanks, glad you like it!

[duke2]

Perfect candidate for vraypattern!

[Macker]

My example, certainly. But the example/problem that I was trying to solve for someone wasn't going to be reliant on a tile-able texture/geometry.

[TRGraphics]

Would you mind sharing the MAX file. It is a very interesting method that I could use on a current project.

[Macker]

Sorry mate, I never even saved it! I could upload the maps if you want though?

[s0real]

I wrote a little bit about it in my blog; http://macviz.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05...placement.html

It really is a very simple technique once you get your head around it; two identical planes with displacement, one of them with its normals flipped so that it displaces in the opposite direction. You can use an opacity map, or the "water level" control in the Vraydisplacement modifier to clip out the hole. I'd love to see what other people could come up with using this method... it seems to me you'd be able to easily create things like fences and railings just from a simple image.

looks really clean!

i've used this technique in the past for creating mashrabiya (intricately carved wooden) screens on a project. It works really well if you need to try out several different patterns and don't have the time to model them.

[mcnamex]

great approach Macke, very very useful mate