Input grayscale image (used as height map) and select a spherical emap image.

Result:

Result bumped map (using the same grayscale input as bump map):


more info: https://www.gimplearn.net/viewtopic.php ... f=3&t=1289

Notice the difference from the bevel and reflect in that BRL applies the same environment to each pixel
so all your letters look like they have the same reflection.
This script tries (because it's a hack) to reflect the dynamic environment as each letter is in a different position each letter will look different depending on where they are located.

There was an aspect ratio bug so i fixed it in version 2.
Test run with Wallace's Basketball Jones emap.

Boy, you weren't kidding about the script being slow...

Thanks for trying it out racer-x, you got good looking result.
I just uploaded version 3 of script (12 times faster)... from my 400x200 image that took 9 min 45 seconds
now finishes in 48 seconds.

Looks like intaglio on metal. Pretty cool stuff, Tran.

thanks lylejk!

Just a suggestion.

I think it would be more useful if you used the image layer below the bump map instead of pointing to an E-Map. Don't resize either. That way the user can make the glassy text over any image they want.

I see what you mean but to have reflections from an environment, the environment has to be bigger than the area shown. I have created a script called reflect emap which puts your image in center (1/2 width and 1/2 length or canvas) and then reflect/mirror around it to use as reflect map in order to have the desired image shown ...
https://www.gimplearn.net/viewtopic.php ... f=3&t=1294

Your script already works with a flat image if I start with a square dimension image. The only problem is that it enlarges it before applying the effect.

It needs information outside of the inner square to do reflections.
That's why that helper script is there so that you get your same image back if you turned it to reflect emap.
Flat area reflects directly, but areas with slopes will reflect from outside the image if they're close to the outer boundary of images.


Above, the blue on top represents light shown to you.
short blue on bottom represents a flat area, where light just comes from inner square.
red on bottom represents a sloped area close to the border of image, see if i only used blue area on top as emap then I would have no information for red ray coming in... i need to make the emap larger to allow information from outside of the blue on top.

I figured out an easier and faster way to make beveled clear text. Thanks just the same.

I used BRL, followed by "Color to Alpha", De-Saturated, then added a drop shadow.

Here's another script that functions like you've mentioned which doesn't use emap but tries to reflect a layer that you choose. If it finds a pixel outside of layer you selected, it just tries to use modular math to calculate the layer's mirror to get pixel info.

https://www.gimplearn.net/viewtopic.php ... f=3&t=1301