11-05-2016, 06:36 PM
(This post was last modified: 11-05-2016, 07:08 PM by Espermaschine.)
Hmm, well bumpmapping is for bevels (shading). To a certain extent you can make the bulging without any shading.
If you think of the bulging coming from text being reflected in a convex mirror, it would get distorted and blown up (thats where, theoretically speaking, a displacement map would come into play).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curved_mirror
So i think the letter 'I', displayed as a rectangle would look like this:
And i think the Lens Distortion filter in Gimp realized that quite well, after i made the perspective distorted letters in Inkscape.
My shading isnt very accurate. But it fools you to a certain extent, that it maybe is
This tutorial is a very good example what you can do with a displacment map
If you think of the bulging coming from text being reflected in a convex mirror, it would get distorted and blown up (thats where, theoretically speaking, a displacement map would come into play).
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curved_mirror
So i think the letter 'I', displayed as a rectangle would look like this:
And i think the Lens Distortion filter in Gimp realized that quite well, after i made the perspective distorted letters in Inkscape.
(11-05-2016, 06:16 PM)rich2005 Wrote: I understand the difference between shading and moving pixels but in the context of the thread I would really appreciate your thoughts on your image results.
My shading isnt very accurate. But it fools you to a certain extent, that it maybe is

(11-05-2016, 11:47 AM)rich2005 Wrote: When is it better to use a displacement map? Always? sometimes? special circumstances?
This tutorial is a very good example what you can do with a displacment map