What is Parallax It?

"Parallax It" is a powerful utility that transforms any PBR material into a realistic, 3D parallax occlusion mapped material. With a single click, it makes flat surfaces appear as if they have depth and complex geometry - all without adding a single vertex. Saving you performance and render time. The add-on also includes an intuitive interface with quick basic controls for easy adjustments.

Features

• One click Parallax - click one button & select your textures
• Quick controls for Parallax strength, Normal strength and Parallax UV Scale
• Automatically detect roughness, normal, metalic, albedo... textures
• Realistic Depth Effect - make 4-vertex planes look like they have intricate depth and geometry
• User friendly interface - add-on is located in the shader editor N panel

Realistic depth effect!

Create a unique looking depth effect without adding any geometry to your scene. A simple strength slider is all you need. 

Where to get materials?

I use CC0 textures from these sites:

PolyHaven, AmbientCG, ShareTextures

You can use ANY image texture material as long as you have a normal and height/displacement map for it.

How it works & requirements:

Required! Normal and height/displacement texture.

More examples:

Credits

The technique has been used for a long time with many games and render engines. I based this add-on on the work of: this post and a lot of other youtube creators. - A great video on this topic and explanation of the method is here: https://youtu.be/80YPCzSSLEQ?si=aCCytJ6rfZJWhw4b

Compatibility & Render Engines:

Eevee and cycles are supported!

Blender 4.0+ !

Windows & MacOS supported.

Parallax It is compatible with Stamp It.

Looking for a way to add decals without shrinkwrap and extra geometry?

Check out Stamp It here!

https://blendermarket.com/products/easy-decal--stamp

Bundle:

Or get the bundle here: https://blendermarket.com/creator/products/stamp-it--parallax-it-bundle