Cellular Noise by Miguel A Santiago Jr


  • Where to find it:


    • Add Procedural Layer / Procedural / Extension Pack / Voronoi /


    • NodeGraph / Right Mouse Click / Add Nodes / Procedural / Extension Pack / Voronoi /




Cellular Noise is a much, much more advanced version of the default Mari Cellular. Added Options amount to more than 140 possible looks.


Performance


Due to the expensive nature of the computations involved in the node, it is recommended to bake or flatten the node after use.


Samples


For a highres version of this image click here



Node Overview


Due to the expensive nature of the node, the node has been marked in red



Node Properties


MAIN TAB

Color


  • Color A/B

The two colors that make up the final look of the procedural

Size


  • Frequency

Size of voronoi features on your model


  • Jitter

Jitter will determine the regularity of the generated cell pattern


Increasing Jitter


  • Seed

A random start value for your fractal.

Changing the seed changes the overall look of your fractal while the general feature look stays the same,

allowing for quick variation with a general look theme.


  • Clamp Output

Clamps the noise calculation to a 0-1 range.

Color A/B are applied after the Clamping, so you can still set values above 1 if you choose to

however by clamping the Noise calculation the color mixing between the two colors works more

reliably. In general this should be left on.


Modifiers


  • Output Type / Distance Type / Modifier Type


For a detailed list of all available combinations refer to the SAMPLES above


  • Outline Size

Determines the size of the gaps between cells


Outline Size only works with Modifier Type: Outline


In order for the Outline Size Slider to work, the Modifier Type needs to be set to OUTLINE


Increasing Outline Size


  • Threshold

Defines the Value at which point the noise will be tipped towards color A (values to the left of the set slider value)

or color B (values to the right of the set slider value).



  • Invert

Inverts the result of the noise. Inversion is done before color A and B are applied.





TRANSFORM TAB


Projection Space


  • UV Space

By default this procedural is generated in 3D World Space. This results in a seamless noise across UV seams.

By turning on UV Space the procedural is generated based on your UVs, resulting in seams between UV tiles/UDIM & uv shells.


Utilizing Transform Controls such as Scale (see below) you can apply a non-uniform transform to the procedural

to make use of specific UV layouts


  • Per UDIM Pivot

Affects the transformation pivot for UV Transforms when in UV Space


With PerUDIMPivot on all transformation will be performed with a pivot at the centre of each UDIM.


With PerUDIMPivot off, transformations for all UDIMs share one common pivot at the base of UDIM 1001.

This will ensure seamless textures across UDIMs when your UV Shell is scaled up and covering multiple UDIMs.

without a cut inbetween.



UV Transformations applied to multiple UDIMs with perUDIM Pivot On (left) and off (right).

                                                          

Scale


  • Scale X / Y / Z

Will apply a scale along X,Y or Z to your noise. This is useful for creating patterns like woodgrain, drips etc.

When UV Space is turned on Scale Z is ignored.

Rotate


  • Rotate X / Y / Z

Will apply a rotation in X,Y or Z to your noise. When UV Space is turned on Rotate X & Rotate Y are ignored

and rotation is done around the center of each UV Tile/UDIM using Rotate Z.

Translate


  • Translate X / Y / Z

Will apply an offset in X,Y or Z to your noise. When UV Space is turned on Translate Z is ignored.