Parallax Occlusion Mapping Deep Dive EP: 5 - Fixing Stretched Textures

The default texture projection can lead to ugly texture stretching when paired with POM, especially on steep surfaces. Fortunately, the POM node outputs world position, which allows us to easily fix this with world aligned textures or alternative projections.

[ScorpyX]

I thought there would only be 2 episodes.
and now its the 5th already... love it! 👍
Thank you for tech-art videos

[monsterinsane]

this is black magic! It always satisfy me about POM

[tomtomkowski]

Hi. Sorry, but have you tried to watch your videos on the most popular 16:9 1080p screen?
Yup, it's impossible to follow :/

[DrTheRich]

Great series. The only thing that i can't figure out how to fix is the edges of meshes. I've read somewhere that there is methods to make like a silhouette cutout mask. But i haven't been able to figure it out.

[stephananemaat]

Can you please clarify, are you using the same texture for the "texture object" plugged into the 'World Aligned Texture' node that you are using for the texture sample plugged into base colour?

[stavrosmichail]

Hey, when you zoom out in viewport, the sides of the plane look like they have a silhouette that can't be achieved only with parallax occlusion. And I noticed that you have some nodes on the opacity mask. Is that the trick? Can you please share with us how you achieved this silhouette result?

[degasjan]

Hi Alex Can you share your POM material for me to learn? I would appreciate it.

[whiteboxcon]

hi, can i somehow combine world aligned tri planar texture and pom?

[trauma]

is this solution could works for the stretched cozed by a displacement?