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Title: Displacement driven colour
Post by: mhaze on April 13, 2016, 10:57:57 AM
I expect some of you will have realized this already but displacement can also drive colour. File in file sharing.
Title: Re: Displacement driven colour
Post by: Dune on April 13, 2016, 11:30:33 AM
But why so complicated?  If you use the colors of a fractal, you can drive both colors and displacement in other nodes, from the single fractal. And combine those. Or maybe I miss the point of your file....
Title: Re: Displacement driven colour
Post by: mhaze on April 13, 2016, 11:46:26 AM
Using the PF  colours doesn't always work as well as using displacement masks.  It's just a different solution - try using to colour the inside of cracks for example.
Title: Re: Displacement driven colour
Post by: mhaze on April 13, 2016, 12:27:11 PM
Besides, the fractal warp shader only outputs displacement - does it not?
Title: Re: Displacement driven colour
Post by: Dune on April 14, 2016, 02:49:52 AM
Yes, I believe so. In that sense it's an interesting way of putting it together. Here's another way to use a basic color for displacements and colors, to be adjusted and combined however needed. Easy way to color and displace, say, cracks.
Title: Re: Displacement driven colour
Post by: mhaze on April 14, 2016, 08:57:19 AM
I tried a similar set up with my file.  In more complex situations(3PFs) I got a messy result,  using displacement to drive colour produced a simpler clearer result.  I guess there's a place for both techniques.
Title: Re: Displacement driven colour
Post by: zaxxon on April 14, 2016, 10:47:18 AM
I really appreciate you guys posting and sharing these techniques!
Title: Re: Displacement driven colour
Post by: bobbystahr on April 15, 2016, 08:22:17 PM
That's brilliant Ulco, thanks for the visual tute.
Title: Re: Displacement driven colour
Post by: bobbystahr on April 15, 2016, 08:49:20 PM
Quote from: mhaze on April 13, 2016, 10:57:57 AM
I expect some of you will have realized this already but displacement can also drive colour. File in file sharing.

this is a lotta fun, many scenes in this file.....Thanks Mick.