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Maxon Noise
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2 January 2023
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Maxon Noise is a procedural texture node in Cinema 4D's Redshift renderer that creates high-quality, resolution-independent noise patterns. It offers a wide variety of noise types and parameters, enabling artists to generate organic surface details, patterns, and animated effects without relying on bitmap textures.
What It Is
- Procedural noise generator providing multiple noise types such as Perlin, Voronoi, FBM, and more.
- Resolution-independent and fully GPU accelerated for fast, detailed rendering.
- Can be used to drive textures, displacement, bump maps, and color variations.
How It Works
- Select Noise Type: Choose from Perlin, Voronoi, FBM, and others based on desired texture style.
- Adjust Parameters: Customize scale, roughness, octaves, lacunarity, and animation speed to control pattern complexity and movement.
- Apply to Material: Connect the noise output to material inputs like Base Color, Roughness, Bump, or Displacement for detailed shading effects.
Use Cases
- Organic surface details: Add natural-looking variation such as dirt, scratches, or weathering effects.
- Procedural displacement: Generate complex terrain or surface bumps without extra UV maps.
- Motion graphics animation: Create looping animated noise for dynamic materials and effects.
- Texture variation: Break up uniformity across clones or instances when combined with MoGraph and other nodes.
Benefits
- Eliminates need for bitmap textures, saving memory and improving scalability.
- Fully procedural, allowing non-destructive and easily adjustable textures.
- Integrates seamlessly with other Redshift nodes for versatile shading setups.
- Supports animation and looping for dynamic material effects.
Alternative Workflow – Node Combinations
- Combine Maxon Noise with Ramp nodes to control contrast and color mapping of noise outputs.
- Use with Triplanar mapping to apply noise seamlessly on objects without UVs.
- Drive material variation in MoGraph clones using noise patterns for organic randomness.
Video Credit: renderbaron.
Description: This video demonstrates how to enhance Maxon Noise Shaders using Redshift for Cinema 4D.
