How to Use the DISPLACE MODIFIER In Blender! (Step by Step Tutorial)

In this video, learn to use the displace modifier for Blender. This modifier can be used for anything from creating realistic materials to terrains or other interesting shapes in Blender!
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0:00 - Introduction
0:11 - What does the displace modifier do?
1:23 - How to tell Blender what to displace
3:08 - Using textures to create displacement in Blender
3:50 - Using noise to create displacement in Blender
5:15 - How to get displacement results to look better
6:35 - How using the displacement modifier can affect performance
7:50 - Creating a 3D brick using a material height map

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  • @TheCGEssentials
    @TheCGEssentials2 жыл бұрын

    Hi everyone! Let me know if you have any questions about the displace modifier in the comments below! :)

  • @suzygirl1843

    @suzygirl1843

    2 жыл бұрын

    When did you learn all these programs? I have been working on Sketchup, Revit, Lumion for 6 years. And it seems daunting to start a new one like Blender. So far, I learned to do a head and a render of a geodesic dome.

  • @vishisht8688

    @vishisht8688

    2 жыл бұрын

    Since this method is program heavy... so can we bake that data and use it as shading data to minimize that? And by how much less geometry needs to be if we do that?

  • @djshazza3145

    @djshazza3145

    2 жыл бұрын

    hiya, I have tried this several times and it's not finding any missing files when I do this. I have watched several videos. Can you help, please?

  • @tracythompson7491

    @tracythompson7491

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks so much @theCGEssentials. Please, how can I apply a displacement modifier on a sphere without any pinching at its poles? Thanks

  • @ramduar
    @ramduar Жыл бұрын

    I got a goosebump everytime he said "use subdivision modifier" and "I'm gonna subdivide"

  • @casuallyplayz6881

    @casuallyplayz6881

    4 ай бұрын

    I clicked subdivide one too many times and now my pc is about to explode

  • @ChrisHuck
    @ChrisHuck2 жыл бұрын

    This is really great for adding textures to 3D printed parts. I’ve added hammered finishes to parts using image textures. The output STL was 1GB because of the subdivisions needed to get the detail, but the printed part was amazingly accurate to the original metal part.

  • @f.c.2475

    @f.c.2475

    Жыл бұрын

    Damn.

  • @Cadaverine1990

    @Cadaverine1990

    Жыл бұрын

    Use this a lot for Minifigures. I use a basic model that the limbs can be reposed then enable the modifiers before export.

  • @mr.lunatic3157

    @mr.lunatic3157

    Жыл бұрын

    You can apply a decimate modifier after all the things are done.. you can use a valuve that doesnt loose any details depends on the scale ofthe object youre printing

  • @Cadaverine1990

    @Cadaverine1990

    Жыл бұрын

    @@mr.lunatic3157 Have to use that from now on, it worked like a charm while reducing file size.

  • @herberttubera6996
    @herberttubera69969 күн бұрын

    THANKS A LOT FOR THIS ONE MAN VERY HELPFUL.

  • @guidodingemans
    @guidodingemans Жыл бұрын

    Excellent tutorial. Very informative, to the point and at just the right pace. Thank you!

  • @gerdsfargen6687
    @gerdsfargen66872 жыл бұрын

    "Displace" is the best for Blender tutorials 😉😂🤣

  • @HedleyPhillips
    @HedleyPhillips3 ай бұрын

    "Vertex groups". Thank you. so bloody much

  • @hirokiarai5741
    @hirokiarai574111 ай бұрын

    Thank you for this really helpful tutorial. I have been looking for how to make displacement map in Blender for couple days and I finally found what I wanted. I'm relieved lol.

  • @ARTMUUV
    @ARTMUUVАй бұрын

    very helpful like all of your videos, thank you!

  • @13thnotehifireviews7
    @13thnotehifireviews73 күн бұрын

    Important to say as one obstacle to Blenders vagueries that sometimes can do your head in, which I don't think you said - the modifier works in object mode only so if you aren't seeing displacement it's probably because you are in edit mode.

  • @randallroberts431
    @randallroberts431Ай бұрын

    Love this! Very helpful today. Thank you!

  • @shadowdemonaer
    @shadowdemonaer Жыл бұрын

    I am looking so forward to trying this out later!!!

  • @jbanimations8475
    @jbanimations84752 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the great tutorial!!

  • @xDaShaanx
    @xDaShaanx2 жыл бұрын

    A much needed tutorial. Thanks for this. :)

  • @georgiosrigas8094
    @georgiosrigas80942 жыл бұрын

    Very creative way to use Display modifier. Looking forward to experiment with it. Thanks Justin!

  • @TheCGEssentials

    @TheCGEssentials

    2 жыл бұрын

    Have fun!

  • @DrPsychNado
    @DrPsychNado2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for a very helpful tutorial

  • @DaToTao
    @DaToTao2 жыл бұрын

    Man, this tutorial is just what i need!

  • @christheother9088
    @christheother9088 Жыл бұрын

    Very useful. Thanks!

  • @PrinceWesterburg
    @PrinceWesterburg11 ай бұрын

    Displace - Are com'in like a ghost toon! Every time I use this modifier I get The Specials singing that in my head, sometimes for days.... Aaauughhh!!!!

  • @chrismartindale3193
    @chrismartindale31932 ай бұрын

    Good information, Well presented

  • @ronr6450
    @ronr6450 Жыл бұрын

    Fantastic! Just what I was looking for. Thank you.

  • @TheCGEssentials

    @TheCGEssentials

    Жыл бұрын

    :)

  • @bobabooey8367
    @bobabooey83672 жыл бұрын

    Yoiu're a good Man Justin...Thanks

  • @Jacob-dg7vk
    @Jacob-dg7vk2 жыл бұрын

    Good job i like this modifier

  • @minggnim
    @minggnim2 жыл бұрын

    5:15 is exactly what I've been looking for.

  • @TheCGEssentials

    @TheCGEssentials

    2 жыл бұрын

    Perfect!

  • @gabisaintro
    @gabisaintro2 жыл бұрын

    I love how you open intro in every video.. unique. ❤❤ like a witcher but nice

  • @MatthewBrauchli
    @MatthewBrauchli6 ай бұрын

    (Sorry for commenting on an older video) Is there a route to apply the displacement map and convert to geometry, that takes advantage of the adaptive subdivision so you get a leaner 'pre-decimated' model, rather than the method I'm currently using for creating 3D Print ready models: create high density meshes via subdivision or remesh modifier -> Displacement modifier -> Decimate? I'd desperate to find a solution that basically adds geometry only where needed to create clean mesh Displacement

  • @vycute9685
    @vycute9685 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much

  • @derrickdouglass
    @derrickdouglass Жыл бұрын

    Thank you CG E...

  • @maloro5189
    @maloro51892 жыл бұрын

    Awesome tutorial as usual, Justin! I've got some sort of display issue.. so when I want to use the procedural textures in the displacement modifier I cant see the preview of it, does anyone know how to fix that?

  • @iamvartist
    @iamvartist2 жыл бұрын

    thnaks a lot

  • @Frostensen
    @Frostensen2 жыл бұрын

    Interested about mixing subd modifier and subdivde. They seem combined. Can I use just one? For instance can the subd modifier be used by turning up preview resolution or is it better to combine mesh subdivision together with a bit lower subd modifier value?

  • @nescincredible4822
    @nescincredible48227 ай бұрын

    Cool video

  • @TheCGEssentials

    @TheCGEssentials

    7 ай бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @Vantun2012
    @Vantun2012 Жыл бұрын

    thank you so much bro

  • @TheCGEssentials

    @TheCGEssentials

    Жыл бұрын

    No problem!

  • @gmlaster
    @gmlaster Жыл бұрын

    You threw me at 1:56. I was following along in Blender on my laptop, but listening to your video so I could work full screen. So when you said go into Edit mode, it didn't work. You meant to say Object mode. It's not a big thing, but it set me back for a second.I had to go back and watch again to see what went wrong. I admit, it's a crappy way to do a tutorial, but until I can get a second monitor, I'm stuck with either jumping between screens or trying to follow along audibly. But thank you for explaining this. I could never get this to work right because I didn't get the vertex thing.

  • @LexDreem
    @LexDreem Жыл бұрын

    Красавчик, Спасибо большое. Удачи тебе в жизни.

  • @jonsk1402
    @jonsk1402 Жыл бұрын

    Is there a way to use the displace modifier with a shader? Otherwise it seems limited... and if you use the shader displacement the modified geometry only exists in the render... not useful for physics etc, is there a way to bake the displaced geometry from a shader into a real geometry? Thanks!

  • @thebruhstyle
    @thebruhstyle Жыл бұрын

    Hey man! I love you're tutorial.. It was super awesome and detailed. I wanted to ask, can't you bake the displacements to save on processing? I'm still learning Blender so I could be wrong. Would love your help. Thanks!

  • @bonce8022
    @bonce80222 жыл бұрын

    It would be much more efficient if you use adaptive subdivision with Cycles (in experimental mode). Then you can fine tune dicing values to get results you need.

  • @edwardrobison3684
    @edwardrobison3684 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the video! I would like to displace a texture all around a complex shape that is just a thin hollowed out shell , however, I would like it to only displace the texture outwards. When I apply the displace modifier, it bumps the texture both inward and outward on the object, but I want the inside smooth. Is there an easy way to accomplish this? Thanks!

  • @lsneiva
    @lsneiva Жыл бұрын

    Excelent!!!

  • @TheCGEssentials

    @TheCGEssentials

    Жыл бұрын

    :)

  • @eduardo0250
    @eduardo02502 жыл бұрын

    Hi, nice tutorial! When using the texture "wood" the menus, size, turbulence and Nabla are grey i don't change anything, do you know how to enable this menus? Thanks again.

  • @gerdsfargen6687
    @gerdsfargen66872 жыл бұрын

    That part using Weight Paint is awesome for creating like random terrains.

  • @macnavi

    @macnavi

    2 жыл бұрын

    For that, there is a much easier way already in Blender: A.N.T. Landscape. This is an add-on which comes with Blender and you only have to turn it on.

  • @hytalegermany1095
    @hytalegermany109510 ай бұрын

    Nice video! The problem I have is that I have a very complicated mesh. In a few regions there are enough subdivisions, in other areas there are not enough polygons. But adjusting the amount of polygons in each area for the amount I need without having too much or too few in one or the other area would take hours of picking polygons and subdividing them. Is there a faster way?

  • @lostartsstudios1679
    @lostartsstudios16797 ай бұрын

    Really helpful walkthrough thanks. Question, when I've tried to use my own height maps the texture comes out way too small. Is there a way to enlarge or "zoom in" on the texture used so the portion you see on the model is larger?

  • @macnavi
    @macnavi2 жыл бұрын

    Gear video, as usual. Now it would be nice if you can follow up to your remark at the end, where you say this is “expensive” for the processor. A tutorial on how to build a displaced wall texture more efficiently would be very much appreciated.

  • @MarkOfArgyll
    @MarkOfArgyll Жыл бұрын

    Awesome video! I was looking for this a year ago... lol

  • @TheCGEssentials

    @TheCGEssentials

    Жыл бұрын

    Well now you have it!

  • @JonBrowning760
    @JonBrowning760 Жыл бұрын

    I'm using Blender to create 3d print mold for concrete pots. I have created a cylinder with an inner wall, I select outer wall and apply noise but it applies to inner wall as well. I just need the texture on the outside of the container, how can I do this?

  • @user4g3s2g9s
    @user4g3s2g9s2 жыл бұрын

    i love yr video

  • @TheCGEssentials

    @TheCGEssentials

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks! :)

  • @davidedwards8480
    @davidedwards84804 ай бұрын

    Is there any way to bake in the deformation so that you can export the model and 3-D print it with that geometry?

  • @razern420
    @razern4205 ай бұрын

    I didnt know this guy also use blender lol , last time i see hes using sketchup on everything

  • @endscreen1shorts478
    @endscreen1shorts4784 ай бұрын

    Hi, I'd like your help, I'm developing in fusion 360, I haven't worked in blender yet, and I don't know if this is possible, what I'm trying to do, I have a 3D model of a fish that I made in blender, is it possible to transfer the same model as an stl file in blender and extract the fish scale from the picture and put it on that model that I did in fusion? In the same way with the help of which you did it in the video. I would appreciate any response

  • @issac7787
    @issac7787 Жыл бұрын

    is there a way I can create a TIF (Tag Image File) Format of my own?

  • @Silver_Fox_Weirdo
    @Silver_Fox_Weirdo9 ай бұрын

    how use texture nodes if i want modify parametric texture?

  • @Ifhydn
    @Ifhydn5 ай бұрын

    Can i use it than bake normal map will it work

  • @snookofficial7211
    @snookofficial721111 ай бұрын

    When I try and do this it tiles the displacement texture a lot smaller than the actualy UV mapped iamge texture so the displacement doesn't line up, any ideas?

  • @TheCGEssentials

    @TheCGEssentials

    11 ай бұрын

    Generally speaking if you're trying to add displacement as a part of a material, I'd add it as a map and use the shader to generate the displacement rather than the displacement modifier.

  • @snookofficial7211

    @snookofficial7211

    11 ай бұрын

    @@TheCGEssentials I needed to displace geometry so I could edit it and export it for unreal. I found the answer though, under the coordinates section of the modifier, you need to select 'UV', thanks anyway :)

  • @m.s.1526
    @m.s.15262 жыл бұрын

    How to export after colour completed character in blender

  • @pablog.511
    @pablog.51110 ай бұрын

    Ok so how can I make this with my computer avoiding the cpu to explode

  • @juliekayeart
    @juliekayeart Жыл бұрын

    I could not get this to work. Tried following 3 times.

  • @AThingProbably
    @AThingProbably Жыл бұрын

    8:05 cancel him nowwww

  • @TheCGEssentials

    @TheCGEssentials

    Жыл бұрын

    ...oops

  • @AntoineVanGeyseghem
    @AntoineVanGeyseghem11 ай бұрын

    =D

  • @lucaslindgren3237
    @lucaslindgren3237 Жыл бұрын

    Have anyone ever told you that you look like Mark Zuckerberg?

  • @woohyunkang6965
    @woohyunkang69657 ай бұрын

    please don't start video like that

  • @TheCGEssentials

    @TheCGEssentials

    7 ай бұрын

    Meh - I'm like 500 uploads in - why stop now?

  • @michaelonuoha8668

    @michaelonuoha8668

    2 күн бұрын

    Lol. People don't know how to have their opinion and understand it's their opinion. Who are you to make demands?

  • @oscarsalesgirl296
    @oscarsalesgirl296 Жыл бұрын

    I dont want to look at you

  • @TheCGEssentials

    @TheCGEssentials

    Жыл бұрын

    So...don't

  • @bomawidiawanofficial4720
    @bomawidiawanofficial47209 күн бұрын

    Sir you’re the expert!!🫡🫡 thanks a lot