Additional Opacity Map options

[marksmanguy]

Would be awesome to have some options for the opacity map channel like "thickness"

Not necessarily for anything on a large scale. Sometimes when viewing something with an opacity map from an angle, the effect can be pretty undesirable. If there was an option to have a minuscule thickness with a color/map slot that could be pretty handy. A step further could be a "edgetexbump" effect.

Examples: paper cutouts, perforated materials, easliy creating oddly shaped holes into non-flat geometry, small button inlays on products etc.

Thanks Chaosgroup

[matanov]

Have you seen this thread - https://forums.chaosgroup.com/forum/...from-alpha-map ?

[Art48]

Interesting that you link to my thread Slizer yet you haven't answered there. Is such a feature under investigation by you guys? It would be really useful. The workaround with displacement maps is rather difficult and doesn't produce the best results.

[matanov]

I'm considering bringing up the question to our developers, but don't expect anything for now. It looks like a very complicated thing to solve if we want it to be properly working for most of the cases.

[Art48]

Thank your for the fast reply. Bringing it up couldn't hurt I guess but I understand that this may not exactly be a VRay issue but rather one of the host program. Nonetheless it would be a cool feature in VRay for sure!

[marksmanguy]

Thanks for the link Slizer, pretty interesting. And thanks for the considering. Cheers

[rikou]

+1
It works very well with vraydisplacement modifiers and water level but if we could have an a "simpler" option for a tiny thickness, I will appreciate a lot !