i downloaded this rug i feel the only way to get it to look good is with displacement and subsurf modifier. is there a different technique that im unaware of? i know one option is a particle system but that is defeating the purpose of a detailed mat like this imo. thanks

you could use a shader based technique as laid out in this thread: [image] I need ideas on realistic carpet material [Solved] Materials and Textures I’m working on my own project to make a room that has carpet for the floor. I have Blender 4.3.2. [Carpet-room] I would li…

You might want to learn about adaptive subdivision. It’s a feature that subdivides faces more when they are close to the camera and less when they are far away. It can allow very fine displacement in Cycles, with a detail level you couldn’t reach with traditional subdivision. It’s only available fo…

What an incredible feature. This reminds me of UE5 Nanite. Not to be hyberbolic but if this left experimental, this seems pretty game changing?

This feature exists in most modern renderers. Cycles is actually lagging a bit behind adopting it. If you know how to adjust the settings for good performance, you could have an entire scene where the bump is mostly real, with proper shadows and parallax. It’s especially worth it for rock, brick, g…

thanks for the informative reply! I’ll try that

that’s really cool! Thank you!

Is the only way to make a material like this look good, to have 600k+ faces?

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SterlingRoth (SterlingRoth) July 16, 2025, 6:52pm 2

you could use a shader based technique as laid out in this thread: