Questions tagged [displacement]
Questions about procedural displacement, such as through bump maps, displacement nodes, geometry nodes or the displacement modifier.
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Apply Displacement without Changing the Geometry Normals
Is there a way to apply a displacement modifier to a subdivided plane, to displace the vertices, but keep the vertex normals the same as when they were flat. In essence, I want to "lock" the ...
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Geometry Nodes - Image Texturing doesn't extrude in normal vector
i want to do image texturing using geometry nodes, because i want to combine it with other nodes.
The Image Texture node (second picture) doesn't produce a texture in normal direction. Does anyone ...
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Is there a `global` displacement switch (for render preview or renders) for Cycles?
... or does it have to be enabled/disabled for each material separately through material properties > settings?
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Displacement but with side faces
I am making a pipe-fouling animation.
I added a shifting(using Mix Shader node) material to the inner faces of the pipe, so it can switch between dirt shader and clean metal shader in animation.
My ...
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I can't figure out how to displace lines based on height from an image. Is geometry nodes the answer?
I'm modeling a mountain and am trying to add trails to the top of it. I was able to displace the square mesh to form the mountain based on an image (bottom left of the first pic). However, when I ...
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Having Difficulty Adding Wall Texture to Imported STL using Displacement
I have a series of geometries I created in Fusion 360 using parameterized models which I am using to create the underlying geometry for a 3D printed board game I am making to play with friends. Most, ...
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Driving displacement strength with curve length in geometry nodes
I made a curve and tweaked it's radius in edit mode, then lowered the bevel value to 0 for it to be considered a curve and not a mesh in geometry nodes.
In geometry nodes I'm displacing the curve ...
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My depth map (displace/texture) and image (on plane) aren't lining up?
Super easy solution im sure but i just can't seem to figure it out.
Im attempting a Parallax effect and am using a depth map as texture for a displacement modifier however the displacement is rotated ...
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Playback lag when displace modifier keyframed (pictures)
I'm having a rather confusing problem. Playback in the viewport (material preview) is great (full 24fps, no lag), but only as long as I don't have any keyframes on a displace modified I'm using.
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Why does my Displacement Map look alien?
Why does my displacement map look like an alien landscape? Adjusting strength only lessens the degree, but adding additional sub surface mods causes the system to crash.
round 2
okay so I filled the ...
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Scaling Height Displacement Map from GIS Data
I am working for a documentary film project that is seeking to accurately scale bathymetry data of California's lakes in Blender to create some simple animations of lakebeds/terrain.
So far, I have ...
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Displacement and Bump UV unwrap problem
I'm building a thick glass bottle in Blender 3.3.1 I'm using a displacement & bump to create an embossed effect on the glass surface. The issue is it's effecting the inside too.
Any idea's? Here's ...
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How to select a new texture in the displacement modifier
I'm frustrated. I am trying to apply a displacement modifier to a mesh but I am stuck because I cannot figure out how to select a different texture in modifier. I want to use a cloud texture to make ...
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Texture wont load if applied to a lot of objects
I have a material (Principled BSDF), with a image texture as the base color and a displacement node, that uses the same image texture. If I add the material to a object in a empty file and even if I ...
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Bump + Displace Map - Weird Result
I'm rendering a scene with a material that has a bump + displace map. At 4096 samples, why do I see this happening? The mesh it's applied to has a subdvision surface modifier applied to it
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How could i just make displacement from high poly mesh to low poly?
I have an experience about baking displacement before but not like this i want to know how to create displacement texture form right side mesh to left side mesh could i do that or not?
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UV Mapping a speaker driver. Materials and UV mapping tools not unwrapping to anything. What do I need to learn?
Blender N00B. Been into 3D editors since Worldcraft (cough think Quake) and currently an avid Fusion 360 user. But this one has me stumped.
Working on a 3mf imported mesh.
I'm trying to get a texture ...
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Subdivision Surface modifier, `adaptive` not available?
i´m using blender 3.3 and i have the following issue.
In experimental mode there is an adaptiv option in the subdivision surface modifier, which is great if you ...
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Point Position texture is switched at Seams [duplicate]
I baked Position pass, that works without issues for Displacement modifier.
When I use this texture in Geometry Nodes for Set Position node the result is OK, only vertices marked as Seams are ...
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how to create island with Displacement and don't separate whole mesh?
I have island. I see it whole in camera - i shouldn't make separate a parts.
But I have displacement in this mesh, it looks enough on the mount, but bad looks on the ground.
How i can use soft ...
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How to displace the surface of a sphere with an image avoiding seam in geometry nodes?
I'm trying to make a model of the moon to be 3D printed. This means that I need a real displaced mesh, and shader or material displacements wont work (sorry if the terminology is not right).
I would ...
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Why won't my ocean bake work?
I have set up an ocean modifier exactly how I want it, but when I bake it and then bring the bake back in as a displacement it no longer works.
I've tried wrapping my head around this, I thought maybe ...
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How to extrude my 3D model along the Z plane
thanks in advance for anyone who can help with this problem.
I have a 2D mesh plane with a displacement showing digital elevation model (DEM) data sub divided into numerous faces. Some of the faces on ...
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Displace Modifier Not Turning my Sphere Into a Blob
I've exported an STL from Rhino / Grasshopper and would like to turn my sphere into a blob shape. As I'm new to Blender, I asked around and someone suggested the Displace Modifier with a cloud texture....
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How to rotate object faces using UV coordinate displacement
I currently have a single object consisting of 64 faces, each with its UVs as shown in the image.
I'm trying to rotate each face around the x-axis using the Vector Rotate node, but its stretching the ...
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How to make an object look at the camera using displacement
How can I use material displacement to make an object always look at the camera? I've been blindly following this tutorial to rotate it around the z-axis, but I would like rotate it around every axis.
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Local Vertex Offset in Blender
I'm currently watching this Unity tutorial on how to make a stylized tree. At around 14:13, he makes use of a Local Vertex Offset property.
Is it possible to recreate this in Blender using vector math ...
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Displace modifier texture smooth diagonal edge?
I have a height map that is used as displace modifier texture, the map is hexagonal, the diagonal edge is jagged, im not sure its possible to make completely smooth diagonal line in gimp (maybe it is, ...
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I wonder whether creating a coral shape is possible in geometry nodes?
Coral
I have been trying to create this form using Geometry Nodes as I would like to 3d print it and therefore can't use shader displacement. I am quite new to Geometry Nodes and it's all quite ...
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Is there a way to change the direction of the Displace Modifier?
I want to use a displace modifier with a wave texture on a mesh, I have it working but it's diagonal to the mesh. Any way to change the orientation so it's vertical?
The orientation of the ...
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Displace with Noise ----> Why aren't there Noise controls in the Texture Properties?
I want to displace the vertices of my object using a Displace modifier and a noise texture. However selecting Noise from the Procedural Type just adds noise that I have no controls over (can't scale, ...
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UVMap transfer of displacement map
my problem is, that I have a texture set and a mesh I should apply the textures to, but they have different UV mappings. It is no option to change the UVMap of the mesh, so the only chance I have is ...
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Apply procedural bump map to mesh (displace modifier)
I have a Shader with some nodes:
But I want to use the information of the Bump map in a Displace modifier to affect the mesh. I tried so many ways but none work..
My goal is to 3d Print my design ...
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Bump/Displacing does not change anything
I'm using Blender 3.3.1 under Ubuntu 22.04.
I'm a newbie with this application and I'm reading the docs and a lot of tutorials.
Given an imported mesh (a cylinder, saved in obj format) I want to ...
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Preventing articles when using backface culling with cycles displacement
I'm building a small cave-like room, and I'd like to be able to use backface culling to allow the camera to look in from further away than the wall, because it is a quite small cave. I'm also using ...
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How to apply several colors that line up with displacement map?
How to apply several colors that matches with the displacement map? I am able to use a mix shader to apply the gold color to the black lines on the displacement and the blue color to the white area.
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Using Ocean bakes (from Ocean modifier) to Displace a Plane with Geometry Nodes - HOW?
I have created a near-perfect ocean for my scene using texture displacement. Basically I just made two different ocean bakes and then used them blended together in the displacement channel of my ...
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Why is the engraving (displace) after scaling no longer visible?
I want do insert an engraving into a circle mesh (simplified example).
Create mesh
Add displace modifier
Add texture with single image
So far it works.
But after rescaling the engraving disappears. ...
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Are there any disadvantages in experimental feature set to enable displacement?
Why is the "experimental feature set" (for enabling displacement) called experimental? Displacement is a pretty basic feature. It sounds like it comes with some disadvantages. Is it possible ...
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Possible for Displacement in Material to affect another Object's position?
I have created an Ocean in one layer, which is affecting an object using a constraint. The object bobs up and down with the waves.
But I am baking the Ocean and bringing the bake into the texture ...
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Displacement inverted with Cycles and Eevee with a regular Displacement node
Eevee and Cycles inverts the Displacement. It didn't do that before. I suspect there is a setting somewhere that fixes this.
Take any displacement map and displace it in Cycles.
Now if you go into ...
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Stack mutliple diplacements
I want to recreate those glass-bricks. For the deformation I thought to use different noise/musgrave texture as displacements.
The bricks are deformed in different sizes:
The whole bricks are ...
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why won't displacement map work in cycles?
I'm using cycles as my render engine and usually when applying materials I just do it in the material preview tab and then assume that they work in cycles as well and usually this was the case.
I've ...
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How to create a partially deformed cable?
John Dickinson asked on Twitter how to create a deformed cable parametrically, as possible.
Here's the origin post:
https://twitter.com/Motionworks/status/1564762544547692544
Below is my solution how ...
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Bump/Displace I just have a hard time comprehending
I'm trying to get these black & white photos to raise from the wall, distinctly. PROJECT FILE
I've watched hours of YouTube tutorials. I've fiddled with the settings. I've gotten bump/displace to ...
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Brick Displacement Map Giving Jagged Vertical Edges
I am struggling to get displacement mapping to work for a brick wall. It's coming out with a bunch of vertical lines in the displacement like this:
I successfully did this in a previous project, so I'...
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How to Turn a Cube into a Mathematically Precise Sphube to the Limits of Numerical Precision Using Vector Displacement?
A sphere is given by the graph of the equation $\lvert x\rvert^2+\lvert y\rvert^2+\lvert z\rvert^2=1$.
If you increase the exponents to something larger than 2, then the graph of the equation becomes ...
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how would you go about to recreate this edge texture? (sawed off wooden edge)
I have not been using blender for quite a while and tried to recreate this texture with displacement maps, but have not gotten that far. How would you proceed? I have tried weight painting and using ...
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Is there any way to turn NLA (Non Linear Animations) into "normal" (Timeline) keyframes?
I've been working on a project in which I aim to animate the displacement of a material.
My problem is that anytime I add a keyframe for ANY parameter of the material nothing appears on the timeline.
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