Hi,
I thought I'd make a new post regarding this, since the last I've seen are from 2011 and 2020.
Is there a reason why Arnold doesn't have a Voronoi shader/texture node?
It's definitely one of the main noise required for many different setups.
Or is there a way to create one, custom plugin etc. ?
Something similar to the texture from Blender.
all the best,
amwilkins
Hi Thiago,
Thank you...yeah I've seen that one.
But does it produce the same results when used for something like a normal map?
Just some quick testing doesn't appear to, but maybe I'm doing something wrong.
We just get black and white values?
Result I'm hoping to see. Better faceting.
Thank you!
amwilkins
You need to invert the cell_noise. Once you do that it works:
cell_noise
{
name mycell
pattern noise1
additive 0
amplitude .5
scale 5 5 5
coord_space "object"
lacunarity 5
}
subtract
{
name invert
input1 1 1 1
input2 mycell
}
bump2d
{
name bump2d1
bump_map invert
bump_height 0.05
}
Thank you Thiago, that's interesting it's needs to be inverted and also have to use Noise1 or Noise2.
Surprised the Cell Noise doesn't appear to work with the same setup.
Another question, again trying to match some behavior to Blender here and show there is some interest in more features on these nodes if required.
How would you smooth the sharp edges in Arnold?
Thanks!
amwilkins
thats awesome to know,
years ago, when the new cell noise came out, i was told by developers, those two noise type wont work with normal/bump in general, something in code.
Glad i found its working, even though 4years later ![]()
Hi @thiago.ize
Just so we don't leave this thread hanging, is smoothing the voronoi / cell noise result possible with Arnold?
(like the "Smooth F1" mode in the Blender example above)
Would be great to get some confirmations and if not possible, to perhaps place a request for this feature.
All the best,
amwilkins
Sorry, I have not tried creating a shader network to do this. I assume it should be possible maybe through clever use of ramps or clamps? Building all of this into a shader that ships with Arnold would of course be nice.
Ok, thanks for the update!
Let me know if you get a chance, I've built some pretty cool looking stuff in Blender using this technique and would love to do the same in Arnold/port it over.
"Building all of this into a shader that ships with Arnold would of course be nice."
100% gets my vote, for what it's worth.
amwilkins
Hi,
I've been playing around and trying to do some testing with blender set up in maya and found that aiRange is a good node to use to control the fall off of aiCellNoise.
Cool!
Unfortunately, still doesn't smooth the edges of the voronoi pattern.
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