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Subject: CycleSurface Displacement and its associated node


hborre ( ) posted Fri, 06 May 2022 at 12:47 PM · edited Sat, 16 March 2024 at 11:16 PM

Question: Why hasn't a Displacement Node been introduced into P12?  We already have the connector on the CycleSurface node but no associated Displacement node in the Material Room.  And there is no existing workaround for substituting a hack in the meantime.  Is it that difficult to implement an additional node and activation of a connector?  The PrincipledBsdf node was added and has improved the usage of PBR materials.  We really need this feature added sooner than later, it is sorely needed for PBR renders.


nerd ( ) posted Fri, 06 May 2022 at 3:34 PM
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You don't really need a node there. The Displacement input is a image input. You can plug a image map in directly. Better still you can use a math node to control the displacement strength. Remember that Cycles doesn't have micro polygon displacement so you'll need to subdivide the object to match the level of detail in the displacement map.



hborre ( ) posted Fri, 06 May 2022 at 4:15 PM

Thank you.  I knew that there was a solution around but I just couldn't figure it out.  Yes, I am aware of the lack of micro polygon displacement, not a problem.


odf ( ) posted Fri, 06 May 2022 at 8:40 PM

While we're talking about displacement, a neat hack I discovered is plugging a small constant into the displacement input for fixing slight poke-throughs in clothes and subsurface issues when an item of clothing has multiple layers. It can also help when the cloth is very close to the skin and I  want a little bit of separation in order to get a visible hem.

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hborre ( ) posted Fri, 06 May 2022 at 9:56 PM

Good tip.  I'll keep that in mind.  Thanks.


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