POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.newusers : white noise pattern : Re: white noise pattern Server Time
14 May 2024 10:48:38 EDT (-0400)
  Re: white noise pattern  
From: Mr
Date: 8 Jan 2014 21:25:00
Message: <web.52ce0800bbe5940119dc916f0@news.povray.org>
Alain <kua### [at] videotronca> wrote:

> > Hi,
> > I am searching for the povray pattern that is most suited to creating visual
> > black and white noise similar to what old television screens could display
> > without a signal. what are your advices?
> >
> >
>
> The granite, agate or bumps patterns, properly scalled should gives good
> results. For the agate pattern, you'll need to provide a black to white
> color_map.
> As those noise seems to tend to have few grays, I'd suggest a color_map
> similat to this:
> color_map{[0.4 rgb 0][0.6 rgb 1]}
>
> Change the transition range up or down to get darker or brighter patterns.
> Broaden the transition range to reduce contrast, tighten it to increase it.
>
>
>
> Alain

Indeed, It works pretty well, I used a cell pattern to avoid getting curves in
case of big scaling


Post a reply to this message

Copyright 2003-2023 Persistence of Vision Raytracer Pty. Ltd.