Pistil

Clicking on Pistil in the Flower Parts drop-down menu will add it to the Flower Layers list.

When Pistil is highlighted in this list, the following attributes will all be accessible.

Main tab

Position

This will offset the pistil up or down.

Subdivisions

Adds subdivisions.

Subdivisions set at 1.

Subdivisions raised to 4.

Width

Increases or decreases the width.

Here, the pistil Width is increased (from the settings above) to 7cm.

Height

Increases or decreases the height of the pistil.

Profile

You can manipulate this to fit your needs.

The shape of the pistil can be driven by manipulation of the Profile spline. This pistil mimics the rounded downward curve.

This second Profile setting is driving the unusual pistil shape above.

Custom Object

You can import custom objects, by simply dragging them into the Custom Object link field, then alter the different settings, as desired.

In this image, the pistil is shaped by the Platonic, which as been dropped into the Custom Object field.

Phong Options

These options allow you to adjust the smooth shading between neighboring polygons.

Smooth shading can be applied across all polygons, or it can be restricted using the Angle Limit and Phong Angle settings. **

Angle Limit

When activated, this will use the Phong Angle value to **restrict where smoothing occurs. **

Phong Angle

You can change this to set the angle limit, up until which the neighboring surfaces will be smoothed.

Modifiers tab

These settings give you the ability to deform and twist your pistil.

Modifier

The only available Modifier type available for the Pistil layer is Displacer.

This comes with its own parameter settings.

Modifier Stack

The hierarchical list of modifiers affecting your plant layer.

This is still available as more than one Displacer modifier can be added.

Displacer modifier

This modifier lets you bring in a Shader or a Texture to shape the pistil.

Selecting this modifier will give you the usual additional options (explained more fully in the Stamen layer page) to be able to import your Shader or Texture into the scene, including parameters for Channel and Tolerance settings.

With the Texture Source set as Shader, a Noise shader is driving the appearance of this pistil.