Continue learning the Micropolygon Displacement in Blender with the part 2/2 (of the free update to Space VFX video course).
Download the Project Files (lite version)
Blender Tutorial Highlights
Micropolygon displacement, when combined with a decent image texture, can create a super detailed model
Say hello to the Prometheus-style patterns
How to capture a depth map in Blender (step 1): set up a camera and switch to the orthographic view
How to capture a depth map in Blender (step 2): use the nodes as depicted, and tweak the Subtract value
Originally I’ve seen this sculpting with displacement technique used by Michalis on BlenderArtists forum
Micropolygon displacement gives you freedom of changing the scale and other parameters of the resulting geometry
What’s in this Space VFX Update 1.1?
1. Micropolygon Displacement Basics Part 1
2. Micropolygon Displacement Basics Part 2
3. Exoplanet: Zoom to the Surface
If you have Space VFX you’ll get all the project files, textures and animations.
The 1.1 update is free for everybody, but the Space VFX owners have access to all the project files
What is Space VFX?
After watching this 14+ hours video course you’ll be ready to create any space object in Blender. Quasars, gas giants, planets, black holes, asteroids and more.
Aidy Burrows and Gleb Alexandrov, two Blender geeks joined forces to create this cosmic tutorial series.
