Displacement Map Sphere

This effect was generated in Filter Forge, a Photoshop plugin that allows you to create your own filters.

Author: phagor

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Description

Another lumpy sphere! This one has the surface displaced by a texture or the image, to give a more realistic effect than just bump mapping.

The edges of the sphere are cut into, to enhance the 3D effect.

This filter is very randomizer-friendly, producing a wide range of gloopy effects and bevelled graphical symbols.

Surface Type
1: flat colour (surface colour 1)
2: checkerboard
3: smooth perlin noise
4: source image

Bump Type
1: squares
2: ripples
3: source image
4: bricks
5: stones

Distortion
The amount the surface is 'sphere-ised'. Values 20-40 give a sphere effect. Values > 40 produce interesting concentric patterns.

Edge Cut
Trims the edge from the outside in, following the shape of the bump map.

Bump Stretch
Stretches the ripples and stones bump maps horizontally to create bands across the sphere.

If you don't see anything at all, try lowering the Edge Cut or Bump Height.

Many thanks to uberzev for his Sphere snippet, used in this filter.

Keywords

sphere, displacement, bump, map, edge, cut, ripples, distort, texture, checkerboard

Filter Controls

• Surface Type
• Surface 2 Scale
• Surface 3 Scale
• Surface Colour 1
• Surface Colour 2
• Background Colour
• Alpha
• Bump Type
• Bump 1 Scale
• Bump 2,5 Scale
• Bump Height
• Bump Invert
• Bump Stretch
• Bump Smoothness
• Blur Bump
• Blur Radius
• Distortion
• Edge Cut
• Reflectivity
• Reflection Blur
• Metallic