[m-Que]

[def4d]

excellent floor Maximus!!! add the sun!

[cali3d]

Can he come to denmark and do that thing on my lawn ?

[Maximus3D]

Cheers guys! man displacments are a ton of fun to play with, i could do this around the clock hehe

Two more examples, roof textures exported from Filter Forge as 8bit maps. I know the displacement height is a bit overkill but it's just a test




/ Max

[Tim Ellis]

Displacement map created with Maxwell using Z buffer output.

Object is a single low poly sphere.


Map:-


Tim.

[d7mcfc]

Amazing results everyone. This displacement looks incredible!

What is the best way to create displacement/height maps?

[jomaga]

Something to show you the power of Maxwell's displacement
Only 1 plane, subdivided 100x100
Precision 50
Offset 0.000
Height 100
Smoothing On


the map (4720x4942)


This is the step by step to buid the map
Displacement map
1 The map is made from a 2D Autocad drawing
2 Export as PNG (important to avoid artifacts) in high resolution to have enough detail in the small areas with lines crossing
3 Convert to PNG 32bits in Photoshop
4 Edit in Photoshop, filling the areas with the correct RGB color calculated in % (255,255,255 = 100m, 1,1,1 = 0,39m, the value of the street lines and the sidewalks, and so on)
5 Apply a blur filter of 1 or 2 pixels (I don't remember exactly) to have better edges without artifacts an unwanted vertical lines
Diffuse map
1 Follow the same 1,2 and 3 steps as the displacement map
2 Fill the areas with textures. The borders of the buildings are 3 pixels width, 1 pixel over the border line, and 1 pixel in each side.
3 Apply the same blur filter (1 or 2 pixels) to make a small gradient in the 3 pixel line

And that´s it

And a grass map for you (created with some airbrush in Photoshop)

[def4d]

wow, more than excellent!!!
would you mind posting a big render?

[-Adrian]

Well, what can i say!? Yupee! Looks like it works. Nice pics guys.

[Maximus3D]

Great examples Tim and jomaga nice work guys.

One more if you guys don't mind.. a 16bit landscape greyscale map generated with and exported from World Machine. Displaced a 16x16 poly plane in C4D with Maxwell 1.6, rendertime was about an hour.



This is what the map looks like, although fullres is 4096x4096 pixels, 16bit.


/ Max

[NicoR44]

Isn't Maxwell Displaced fantastic!! looks PERFECT guys, why model anymore hehehe

[macray]

wow Maximus! This looks beautiful already!

[Fernando Tella]

Isn't Maxwell Displaced fantastic!! looks PERFECT guys, why model anymore hehehe

Let's see if you can displace your mini from a plane.

[tom]

Isn't Maxwell Displaced fantastic!! looks PERFECT guys, why model anymore hehehe

Let's see if you can displace your mini from a plane.

Mini? Mini skirt?

[mgroeteke]

here 2 displacement tests from the beta phase:





cheers

markus