Colour to Vector

Convert

Blue to Scalar

Build Colour

Build HSV Colour

Build Vector

Colour to Greyscale Colour

Colour to Vector

Degrees to Radians Scalar

Displacement Shader to Scalar

Displacement Shader to Vector

Green to Scalar

Length to Scalar

Luminance to Scalar

Normalise Vector

Radians to Degrees Scalar

Red to Scalar

Scalar to Colour

Scalar to Vector

Vector to Colour

X to Scalar

Y to Scalar

Z to Scalar

Colour to Vector

Overview

The Colour to vector node converts the Input colour into a vector. This conversion happens according to the node input type conversion rules which are described in the Node Input Type Conversion documentation.

When converting a colour to a vector, a piecewise component copy is done:

vector.x becomes colour.red
vector.y becomes colour.green
vector.z becomes colour.blue

Node network view of Smooth voronoi colour function node assigned to a Colour to vector node, then displaced with Vector displacement shader.

Render showing Smooth voronoi colour function assigned to a Colour to vector node, then displaced with Vector displacement shader.

This node has no other settings apart from the Input node.

Settings:

• Name: This setting allows you to apply a descriptive name to the node, which can be helpful when using multiple Colour to Vector nodes in a project.
• Enable: When checked, the node is active and the conversion operation will take place. When unchecked the values assigned to its Main Input, if any, are passed through, otherwise a value of 0 is passed through.

A vector is a set of three scalars, normally representing X, Y and Z coordinates. It also commonly represents rotation, where the values are pitch, heading and bank.

A single object or device in the node network which generates or modifies data and may accept input data or create output data or both, depending on its function. Nodes usually have their own settings which control the data they create or how they modify data passing through them. Nodes are connected together in a network to perform work in a network-based user interface. In Terragen 2 nodes are connected together to describe a scene.

Literally, to change the position of something. In graphics terminology to displace a surface is to modify its geometric (3D) structure using reference data of some kind. For example, a grayscale image might be taken as input, with black areas indicating no displacement of the surface, and white indicating maximum displacement. In Terragen 2 displacement is used to create all terrain by taking heightfield or procedural data as input and using it to displace the normally flat sphere of the planet.

A shader is a program or set of instructions used in 3D computer graphics to determine the final surface properties of an object or image. This can include arbitrarily complex descriptions of light absorption and diffusion, texture mapping, reflection and refraction, shadowing, surface displacement and post-processing effects. In Terragen 2 shaders are used to construct and modify almost every element of a scene.