Displacement Shader to Scalar - Revision history

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Updated descriptions and added example images.

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The Displacement shader to scalar node extracts the displacement generated by the connected shader, and returns the dot product of that ..."

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'''Node Description and Purpose:'''<br />
The Displacement shader to scalar node extracts the displacement generated by the connected shader, and returns the dot product of that displacement vector and the current normal. Effectively this is the amount of displacement in the direction of the current normal. It may be positive or negative.

'''Node Type:''' Function<br />

'''Settings:'''<br />
This node has no other settings apart from the Input node.

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	In general, shaders may displace in any direction, so displacement is a vector. However, most of the time when you want to extract displacement for use in other functions you expect a scalar value. Most shaders displace along the normal, so by returning the dot produce of the normal and the displacement vector, this node produces the displacement value you would typically expect.		In general, shaders may displace in any direction, so displacement is a vector. However, most of the time when you want to extract displacement for use in other functions you expect a scalar value. Most shaders displace along the normal, so by returning the dot produce of the normal and the displacement vector, this node produces the displacement value you would typically expect.

−	See also: [[~~Displacement_Shader_to_Vector~~]]	+	See also: [[Displacement Shader to Vector]]

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	In general, shaders may displace in any direction, so displacement is a vector. However, most of the time when you want to extract displacement for use in other functions you expect a scalar value. Most shaders displace along the normal, so by returning the dot produce of the normal and the displacement vector, this node produces the displacement value you would typically expect.		In general, shaders may displace in any direction, so displacement is a vector. However, most of the time when you want to extract displacement for use in other functions you expect a scalar value. Most shaders displace along the normal, so by returning the dot produce of the normal and the displacement vector, this node produces the displacement value you would typically expect.
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		+	See also: [[Displacement_Shader_to_Vector]]
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	'''Node Type:''' Function<br />		'''Node Type:''' Function<br />

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	The Displacement shader to scalar node extracts the displacement generated by the connected shader, and returns the dot product (inner product) of that displacement vector and the current normal. Effectively this is the amount of displacement in the direction of the current normal. It may be positive or negative.		The Displacement shader to scalar node extracts the displacement generated by the connected shader, and returns the dot product (inner product) of that displacement vector and the current normal. Effectively this is the amount of displacement in the direction of the current normal. It may be positive or negative.

		+	In general, shaders may displace in any direction, so displacement is a vector. However, most of the time when you want to extract displacement for use in other functions you expect a scalar value. Most shaders displace along the normal, so by returning the dot produce of the normal and the displacement vector, this node produces the displacement value you would typically expect.

	'''Node Type:''' Function<br />		'''Node Type:''' Function<br />

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	'''Node Description and Purpose:'''<br />		'''Node Description and Purpose:'''<br />
−	The Displacement shader to scalar node extracts the displacement generated by the connected shader, and returns the dot product of that displacement vector and the current normal. Effectively this is the amount of displacement in the direction of the current normal. It may be positive or negative.	+	The Displacement shader to scalar node extracts the displacement generated by the connected shader, and returns the dot product (inner product) of that displacement vector and the current normal. Effectively this is the amount of displacement in the direction of the current normal. It may be positive or negative.

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-In general, shaders may displace in any direction, so displacement is a vector. However, most of the time when you want to extract displacement for use in other functions you expect a scalar value. Most shaders displace along the normal, so by returning the dot produce of the normal and the displacement vector, this node produces the displacement value you would typically expect.
+[[File:DisplacementShaderToScalar_00_GUI.png|none|470px|Displacement Shader to Scalar]]
-'''Node Type:''' Function<br />
 This node has no other settings apart from the Input node.
 [[Category:Convert]]