iClone - Displacement Learning Resources

3 major real-time tessellation content design pipelines are included in this learning pack. You will have access to a detailed and comprehensive whitepaper, design sample resources, a full collection of texture maps, as well as video tutorials to guide you along the way.

Gray Maps for Height Displacement

Simplified surface detail creation in Photoshop

This document provides you with the information you need to control the surface appearance of modular building elements using gray maps that you can create and modify in Photoshop.

Planning for a Modular Displacement System
Optimized Topology for Displacement
Creating Trims with Beveled Edges
Tips for UV Mapping
Importing into iClone

32-bit Height Map Displacement

Project high-poly detail from a low-poly mesh

This sample demonstrates the steps to creating high-poly surface detail with a low-poly mesh by baking 32-bit grayscale displacement maps.

Sculpting high-poly ZBrush models
Low-poly modeling for projection
Exporting 32-bit height displacement maps
Exporting other essential textures
iProp preparation

Planar Vector Displacement

Maintain full curvature detail using high dynamic range EXR files

Follow along with this document to find out how to maintain the curves and crevasses on your object surface using EXR vector displacement maps.

Geometry planning for a statue
Base model UV mapping and export
ZBrush model sculpting
Exporting normal and tangent vector displacement maps

Base mesh: 96 polygon

STEP-BY-STEP VIDEO SAMPLES

Creating Vector Displacement Content

This industry secret process is now revealed and illustrated for you in a 5-part step-by-step video series. After diving into these tutorials, you'll be able to prepare suitable mesh topologies for tessellation, optimize UV layouts, sculpt and paint high-detail models, and bake maps for vector displacement. This comprehensive guide also demonstrates how you can use Photoshop layer filters in order to enhance texture maps and dramatize the look of your materials. This same process can also be applied with other CG software such as 3DS and Maya as well as game engines like Unity and Unreal.