A Displacement Map in Canvas Studio actually moves a mesh’s vertices along their normals, turning a flat plane into real dunes, bricks, or carved lettering that cast true silhouettes and self-shadowing: not just faked light response like a normal map would. The map is a grayscale texture: brighter pixels push vertices outward, darker pixels pull them inward. Because this is real geometry deformation, the underlying mesh must have enough subdivisions to capture the height detail; otherwise, results will look blocky.
Wrap S / Wrap T – define what happens when UVs go beyond 0-1 in the horizontal (S) or vertical (T) direction. Repeat tiles the image, Clamp stretches the edge pixels, and Mirrored tiles while flipping every other tile for a checker-seam look.
Flip Y – inverts the texture vertically; turn it on if your image appears upside-down due to differing UV origins.
Anisotropy – boosts texture sharpness at glancing angles; higher numbers keep details crisp on surfaces seen from the side.
Scale – overall height multiplier; higher values raise peaks and deepen valleys, lower values flatten relief.
Bias – shifts the neutral midpoint of displacement; negative values pull the surface inward, positive values push it outward before scale is applied.
Rotation – spins the entire UV space (in radians), letting you align stripes or grain precisely.
offset X / offset Y – shift the starting point of the texture; handy for sliding patterns or matching seams.
repeat X / repeat Y – control how many times the image tiles across each axis: use integers for even tiling or fractions for stretch effects.
center X / center Y – set the pivot for rotation and scaling; (0.5, 0.5) rotates around the texture’s true center, while (0, 0) pivots around the lower-left corner.
By balancing Scale and Bias with proper tiling, you can carve believable grooves, embankments, or embossed logos directly into the mesh surface, adding physical depth that normal maps alone can’t achieve. The effect in this example has been heavily exaggerated to better suit demonstration purposes.
Supported materials
Lambert Material · Phong Material · Physical Material · Standard Material · Matcap Material · Toon Material