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Displacement Map

spatial warps & optics

Typeface · Space Mono

Real-world algorithm demonstration, applied to a NASA portrait.
Real-world algorithm demonstration, applied to a NASA portrait.Image: NASA / Eileen Collins · scikit-image (public domain)View source ↗

Prompt

Apply Displacement Map, warping local contours according to an irregular noise-like relief pattern. Introduce uneven bulges, shallow dents, and meandering shifts across existing textures, with smooth transitions between distorted areas. Retain photographic detail and original lighting without overlaying an actual relief surface. Keep the original subject and composition.

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Identify

Local distortions follow a noise texture.

Principle

A height field1 shifts the sampling coordinates2.

Try it out

Use a second image as a field.

Classification

Calculated image processing result.

Further examples · 7 images

DisplacementExampel20220507 0001.0006 1 cleaned - Kopie
02 DisplacementExampel20220507 0001.0006 1 cleaned - KopieA sphere is visible with physical geometric offsets across its surface. It demonstrates displacement where dark areas of a map have pushed the mesh vertices inward to create real depth.PantheraLeo1359531 · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons
DisplacementMappingExampleHeightMapCut
03 DisplacementMappingExampleHeightMapCutThe graphic displays a technical breakdown of surface deformation in four stages. It explains the process of shifting sampling coordinates from a base plane to a displaced 3D state.Unknown · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons
Displacement Mapping
04 Displacement MappingA sequence showing a flat plane, a noise texture, and the resulting complex mountain-like geometry. It illustrates how displacement uses 2D data to generate high-frequency 3D surface detail.Nicola L.K. · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
AI illustration: A face on a monitor exhibits organic warping
05 AI illustration: A face on a monitor exhibits organic warpingA face on a monitor exhibits organic warping. The distortions follow the luminance values of a noise texture, shifting the pixels into wave-like patterns.Illustration generated for the Atlas (AI)
AI illustration: The lake surface is distorted into sharp, vertical peaks
06 AI illustration: The lake surface is distorted into sharp, vertical peaksThe lake surface is distorted into sharp, vertical peaks. A jagged height map has been used to shift the reflection's sampling coordinates vertically.Illustration generated for the Atlas (AI)
AI illustration: Pixels along the dress edges are pulled outward
07 AI illustration: Pixels along the dress edges are pulled outwardPixels along the dress edges are pulled outward. A noise field shifts the sampling coordinates to create a shattered, digital distortion effect.Illustration generated for the Atlas (AI)