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Making Noise (1999)

http://noisemachine.com/talk1/

by kqr2 • 12 years ago

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Jbudone• 12 years ago

Perlin actually improved his original algorithm by creating the Simplex Noise http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplex_noise which runs much faster. As a matter of interest, Voronoi noise is also quite popular

dj-wonk2• 12 years ago

The cloud animation (linked from http://noisemachine.com/talk1/24b.html), derived from the noise calculations, looks pretty good. I'll bet that it is computationally much less involved than, say a physics-based model, such as http://www.markmark.net/dissertation/

dj-wonk2• 12 years ago

Stunningly cool; worth reading in full, including the sidebar discussion. It has math equations, code, sun coronas, clouds, and FPGA design schematics! May I suggest this soundtrack while reading: http://www.makingthenoise.com/music/

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