Uploaded December 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Mo goes over how to generate a depth map from a single image and use it in Houdini's Karma XPU to render a relief like geometry.

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00:00 - Intro: Installing Depth Map Extension
01:02 - Generating a Depth Map
03:06 - Houdini: Basic Geo Setup
03:53 - Importing Texture & Depth Map
04:48 - Offsetting Geometry With A Depth Map
06:48 - Extruding The Sides
08:36 - Smoothing The Depth Map
09:13 - Basic Rendering Setup in Solaris
12:01 - Setting Up Materials
13:03 - Ye Olde High Pass Texture Trick
15:21 - Infamous Last Words