The dimensionality of the noise determines how we sample the grid of phasor wave emitting kernels. Choose 2D Flat for ground planes or screen space effects.
The dimensionality of the noise determines how we sample the grid of phasor wave emitting kernels. Choose 2D Folat for ground planes or screen space effects
When using the phaseAlign or directionAlign parameters the alignMode sets how the phasor alignment is oriented. For example, Cylindrical Z will create rings around the Z axis.
The main frequency of the phasor waves. This input is connectable.
Flatten the frequency against the surface normal. In 3D mode it's likely that the phasor wave orientation will sometimes cut across the surface obliquely, leading to a lower perceived noise frequency. This slider tries to compensate by increasing frequency as the noise direction aligns with the surface normal.
Shaping Mode picks which profile we apply to the phasor result. Sine and cosine make smooth periodic waves. Pulse and pulse centered make solid step functions of the input width at the end of the center of the period, respectively. The Gabor modes represent the Gabor version of the noise with much less contrast in areas of wave interference. Spline mode lets you use a spline to control the shaping.
"Use this control to try to soften the sharp pointy areas where there is a lot of phasor wave interference. Increasing the softening will mix in the analytical average of the chosen shaping mode.
Set the initial direction of the phasor waves. This input is connectable. If the direction changes quickly over the size of a phasor wave kernel, it can introduce warping artifacts. Try varying the direction more slowly or reducing the space between kernels.
Align the direction of the phasor waves in the manner set by alignMode. Use this to create linear, cylindrical, or spherical patterns in the phasor wave noise.
Jitters the direction of the phasor waves. This jitter is built-in so we can evaluate the noise at the phasor wave kernel and impulse centers, preventing any warping artifacts.
The frequency of the directionJitter noise.
The scale in XYZ of the directionJitter noise.
Use this to rotate the phasor noise direction around the surface normal. The direction of the phasor noise is counterintuitive, it defines the direction of the wave motion, which is orthogonal to the top of the wave crest. This control lets you swing the direction around the normal at any angle.
Flatten the direction against the surface normal. In 3D mode it's likely that the phasor wave orientation will sometimes cut across the surface obliquely, leading to a lower perceived noise frequency. This slider tries to compensate by pushing the direction towards the tangents.
Offset the phase of the phasor waves. Plug in a time value to animate a flow effect.
Align the phase of the phasor waves in the manner set by alignMode. Use this to try to decrease the amount of perturbation in the noise result. If the wave direction is also varying or very different from the alignMode, aligning the phase may not help.
The base frequency of the phasor wave kernel positions.
The scale in XYZ of the phasor wave kernel positions.
How many near kernel neighbors to sample for phasor waves to convolve. In 2D, you access (2n+1)^2 neighboring kernels. In 3D, you access (2n+1)^3 neighboring kernels. With the default of 2, that is 25 kernels for 2D and 125 kernels for 3D! More kernels are more expensive but give potentially smoother results.
How many impulses to sample per phasor wave kernel. They are randomly scattered within each phasor wave kernel grid cell, but given a uniform distribution of phase offsets. More impulses are more expensive.
Each phasor wave kernel has a cosine shaped falloff from its center. This control is a power function on the falloff, decreasing will flatten the area of influence, increasing will sharpen the area of influence.
Set how much error and discontinuity is allowable in sampling the kernels. At zero we use a cosine falloff to make sure there are no discontinuities, but it's possible with low kernel neighbors and a stretched kernel scale to find areas filled with grey. Increasing above zero switches to a Gaussian falloff to fill in those areas, but can also introduce discontinuities along the kernel cell grid.
Increasing phasor octaves adds phasor wave impulses at different frequencies. Use this control to add texture to the noise result without affecting contrast.
The frequency scale of each successive phasor octave.
The weight of each successive phasor octave.
The phase offset of each successive phasor octave.
The rotation around the surface normal for each successive phasor octave.
The combination mode of each fractal and harmonic octave. These octaves are combined in amplitude space after the phasor result has been evaluated.
Increasing fractal octaves computes phasor results at different frequencies which are then combined in amplitude space. These octaves will most likely not be aligned with each other.
The frequency scale of each successive fractal octave.
The weight of each successive fractal octave.
The phase offset of each successive fractal octave.
The rotation around the surface normal for each successive fractal octave.
Increasing harmonic octaves computes phasor results at exact 2x, 4x, etc. frequency which is then combined in amplitude space. These octaves will be aligned with each other.
The weight of each successive harmonic octave.
The phase offset of each successive harmonic octave.
The filtering in this noise is based on the final frequency and direction of each phasor wave impulse and is computed and applied to each of the fractal and harmonic octaves. We can't skip entering the kernel loop to save computation time, but the filtering helps a lot with convergence. Decrease the filterScale to recover detail at the cost of more iterations.