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  • a waving flag question

    Posted by Amir Leder on December 16, 2008 at 11:47 pm

    hi

    i’m try to wave my flag in the wind
    i took a flag and effact him with displacment map
    it give me the shape of the wind
    but i missing the shadow(and highlight)in the flag
    to make it look natural

    thanks
    amir

    Jason Milligan replied 17 years, 5 months ago 3 Members · 3 Replies
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  • Elad Menashe

    December 17, 2008 at 12:48 pm

    Displacement map will only translate your pixels according to the map, without any effect to the pixel color.
    I’d recommend Zaxwerks 3D Flag for the job.

  • Amir Leder

    December 17, 2008 at 4:27 pm

    thanks for your answer but i don’t have that plug in
    i’m looking for a way to do it with the build in effects

  • Jason Milligan

    December 17, 2008 at 7:27 pm

    Have you tried using duplicates of your displacement map with varying blending modes as highlights and shadows?

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