Uploaded September 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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MESSAGE:
This week it's out 101st tutorial and I thought let's make it short and spicy again.
I can't believe that I actually never had a video dedicated to Displacement. This is all because it came up a couple of times lately and also my colleague Thomas thought it would be a good idea. So here it is. A rundown of things you need to know applying Displacement in Octane. What's more to say then: Have fun and enjoy the show!

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VIDEO RELATED LINKS:
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Maxons Official Website:
maxon.net
Octane C4D Otoy Official Website:
render.otoy.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=85
Blender Foundations Official Website:
blender.org/download
Blender Octane Otoy Official Website:
render.otoy.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=113


CHAPTERS:
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00:00 Intro
00:36 Texture Displacement Breakdown
01:43 Scene-File / Patreon
02:10 Creating a Displacement Map
03:34 Octane: Displacement Material
04:08 Octane: Displacing a JPEG
04:40 Octane: Displacement Resolution
05:55 Octane: Displacing a Linear JPEG
06:29 Octane: Displacing a Linear 8bit TIFF
06:41 Octane: Displacing a Linear 16bit TIFF
06:55 Octane: Displacing a Linear 16bit EXR
07:06 Octane: Displacing a Linear 32bit EXR
07:28 Octane: Texture Projection and UVs
08:07 C4D Texture Projections as UV mapping
08:39 Octane: Flat Mapping Example
09:06 Octane: Texture Displacement and Transform
09:56 Gotchas: Ray Epsilon
10:20 Gotchas: Maxing the Resolution
10:39 Gotchas: 90° Edge Artifacts
11:09 Gotchas: Follow Normals / Mid Level
12:17 Gotchas: Isolating the Displacement
13:28 Gotchas: No Negative- or HDR values
14:05 Gotchas: No Border Mode
16:00 Bonus: Baking Texture
16:52 Conclusion
17:20 Patreon Thanks
18:50 Famous Last Words