sp3 vector displacement

[Mnietek2707]

This is my try with vector displacement. What do you think?



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[plastic_]

yes! the heck, how did you do it?

[askhamdesign]

afaik that image is showing volume fog not vector displacement

The way it reads I think it is vector dis, the Environment fog is just above it.

[askhamdesign]

This is my try with vector displacement. What do you think?



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Love it can you show us the map?

[Mnietek2707]

Grass would look like a blue and black noise, with VERY slight R/G overlayed noise to bend the strands around.
Try with different mix amounts, and you'll see.

As Lele said. There is 3 displacement maps - for R, G and B mixed together. All of them is based on the same noise map.

By the way - switch "Use object mtl" is not working when Vector Displacement is used. Is this normal behaviour? Vlado?

Sorry for my English...

[vlado]

By the way - switch "Use object mtl" is not working when Vector Displacement is used. Is this normal behaviour? Vlado?

Yes, it's normal. The 3ds Max materials do not support color displacement maps - they just return a single number.

Best regards,
Vlado

[Shimakaze]

As Lele said. There is 3 displacement maps - for R, G and B mixed together. All of them is based on the same noise map.

Procedural or bitmap? Mind posting the map? looks useful.

[Mnietek2707]

Procedural max noise map.
I'll post max file later

[RErender]

made these with a gradient ramp the other day

[Mnietek2707]

OK - here is max 9 file.
This is my small contribution to this very usefull forum

[Shimakaze]

OK - here is max 9 file.
This is my small contribution to this very usefull forum

Oooh excelente!
Very clever setup.
Thanks a lot

[tarik2d]

Oooh excelente!
Very clever setup.
Thanks a lot

i agree very clever, i actually dont have a clue what u've done here lol :s

[wxyz]

waves

How are waves created? An ifl of exrs off a surface created with Glu or Realflow?

[muoto]

i agree very clever, i actually dont have a clue what u've done here lol :s

me neither, will just save the map for future use !

[beestee]

As Lele said. There is 3 displacement maps - for R, G and B mixed together. All of them is based on the same noise map.

By the way - switch "Use object mtl" is not working when Vector Displacement is used. Is this normal behaviour? Vlado?

Sorry for my English...

So you could take any old b/w displacement map into photoshop, fill the red and green channels with black and you would end up with the vector displacement equivilent of the standard displacement map. May be useful if you already have a good grass displacement map, then experiment with mixing in the red and green procedurally as Mnietek has done.