[Thomas An.]

Yes, vector displacement ... but the question is, how in the world are you going to create those maps ?

[sandykoufax]

[Maximus3D]

Such maps can only be sculpted in either Modo or possibly Zbrush, and as far as i know only Modo 301 and XSI can work with vectordisplacementmaps at the moment. A real shame but the tech behind it is pretty cool

/ Max

[Bubbaloo]

If you have to actually sculpt the gometry in the first place, then why do you need the displacement afterwords?
You've got real geometry!

[Mihai]

Well, so you don't have a 4 million polygon mesh in the viewport, trying to manipulate it, adjust it's UVs or animate it

[Bubbaloo]

Oh.

[contact7]

Since this is turning into a big displacement thread...

I'm trying to model the vase shown in the first photo below. The second image is my first attempt. As you can see the displacement map works fine on the planar objects but not on the vase itself.
I'm using a very high resolution map created in photoshop, slightly blurred to get a smoother result (third image below). Still the vase comes our rather jagged... In order to get a smoother render, do I increase the displacement precision (currently 64) or work on the map itself?

[Bubbaloo]

Try increasing precision.
Is smoothing on?

[contact7]

Smoothing is on.

By the way what are the limits (min-max) for the precision?

[Bubbaloo]

I'm not sure.
Tom probably knows.
What is the resolution of the displacement map?
100 is really the highest I've had to go so far.

[tom]

Make sure your vase has enough evenly distributed polygons in the base mesh. At least specifically in that area.

[Renato Lemus]

another quick test:

wall is bump only.
floor and jars are with displacement.

That floor totally rocks!!
any chance to see the displacement map?

[simmsimaging]

By the way what are the limits (min-max) for the precision?

I would like to know this too. I asked it once before and didn't get an answer either. NL - is there a "meaningful" range to this, sort of like there is for bump values in MW?


THanks
b

[Fernando Tella]

And would be nice to have a way of estimating a value for the precision beforehand, instead of try and error. What's the meaning of the number?

[jurX]

There is no real Limit,...but at a point you will not see more precision,...so I think you will not need to go higher than SP 150.



cu jurX