Gap at seams

bitinn

Hi,

I am trying to generate a seam from a given input, the seam should look something like seams on a leather furniture (see below).

I believe I simply need a multi-stop gradient to create a straight seam fragment. Problem is, I want the seam fragment to follow an input map. Eg. my seam could be circular or curved, and my seam fragment should follow that curve and form a smooth curved seam.

I have used Tile Sampler node's vector map input as rotation multiplier, so it could be an option. But is it the best option for my need? Did I overlook some existing node that makes this easier?

Thx!

bitinn

For what it's worth, this is what I have so far, another procedural seam, giving feeling a "gap".

Using a inverted Distance node on the input map (edge detected ID map).

poopipe

You can use a curve node on the result of the distance node to change the profile of the bevel.

The new flood fill nodes might give you a bit more control than distance as you can get scale dependent gradients.