Atlas Emboss

Optional step in the atlas pipeline. Uses the height channel to drive surface displacement on lifted cards, embossing the border, spine, and vein shapes of the leaf.

Part of the experimental atlas pipeline. Detailed parameter prose is still being filled in.

Atlas Emboss drives surface displacement on lifted atlas cards using the height channel. Three shape regions are exposed independently (border, spine, vein), each with its own scale, noise, and ramp-based shape controls. Optional step in the atlas pipeline, typically following Atlas 3D.

Parameters

The parameter surface mirrors itself across three shape regions: Border, Spine, Vein. Each region exposes:

Border Shape / Spine Shape / Vein Shape

Parameter	Description
Scale	Overall scale of the shape's displacement.
Distance Scale	Distance-based scale factor.

Noise

Parameter	Description
Noise	Toggle noise modulation.
Noise Scale	Element size for the noise.

Shape

Parameter	Description
Position	Ramp positions.
Value	Ramp values at each position.
Interpolation	Ramp interpolation.

Notes

Optional step. Driven by the height channel produced by Atlas Material.
Sits after Atlas 3D and feeds Atlas Trace.
Shares its border/spine/vein shape vocabulary with Atlas Mesh.

See also: Atlas Workflow · Atlas 3D · Atlas Trace

Atlas 3D

Optional step in the atlas pipeline. Lifts flat atlas cards into 3D where geometric thickness is wanted, producing embossed leaves rather than purely flat ones.

Atlas Import

First step in the granular atlas pipeline. Brings atlas source images (colour, alpha, roughness, height, normal, subsurface) into the workflow.