NAME

       noise - generate values with a pseudo-random noise function

DECLARATION

       float noise1(genType x);

       vec2 noise2(genType x);

       vec3 noise3(genType x);

       vec4 noise4(genType x);

PARAMETERS

       x
           Specifies the value to be used to seed the noise function.

DESCRIPTION

       noise1, noise2, noise3 and noise4 return noise values (vector or scalar) based on the
       input value x. The noise function is a stochastic function that can be used to increase
       visual complexity. Values returned by the noise functions give the appearance of
       randomness, but are not truly random. They are defined to have the following
       characteristics:

       ·   The return value(s) are always in the range [-1.0,1.0], and cover at least the range
           [-0.6, 0.6], with a Gaussian-like distribution.

       ·   The return value(s) have an overall average of 0.0.

       ·   They are repeatable, in that a particular input value will always produce the same
           return value.

       ·   They are statistically invariant under rotation (i.e., no matter how the domain is
           rotated, it has the same statistical character).

       ·   They have a statistical invariance under translation (i.e., no matter how the domain
           is translated, it has the same statistical character).

       ·   They typically give different results under translation.

       ·   The spatial frequency is narrowly concentrated, centered somewhere between 0.5 to 1.0.

       ·   They are C1 continuous everywhere (i.e., the first derivative is continuous).

VERSION SUPPORT

       ┌─────────┬───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
       │         │        OpenGL Shading Language Version                                            │
       ├─────────┼──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┬──────┤
       │Function │ 1.10 │ 1.20 │ 1.30 │ 1.40 │ 1.50 │ 3.30 │ 4.00 │ 4.10 │ 4.20 │ 4.30 │ 4.40 │ 4.50 │
       │Name     │      │      │      │      │      │      │      │      │      │      │      │      │
       ├─────────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┤
       │noise1   │  ✔   │  ✔   │  ✔   │  ✔   │  ✔   │  ✔   │  ✔   │  ✔   │  ✔   │  ✔   │  ✔   │  ✔   │
       ├─────────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┤
       │noise2   │  ✔   │  ✔   │  ✔   │  ✔   │  ✔   │  ✔   │  ✔   │  ✔   │  ✔   │  ✔   │  ✔   │  ✔   │
       ├─────────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┤
       │noise3   │  ✔   │  ✔   │  ✔   │  ✔   │  ✔   │  ✔   │  ✔   │  ✔   │  ✔   │  ✔   │  ✔   │  ✔   │
       ├─────────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┼──────┤
       │noise4   │  ✔   │  ✔   │  ✔   │  ✔   │  ✔   │  ✔   │  ✔   │  ✔   │  ✔   │  ✔   │  ✔   │  ✔   │
       └─────────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┴──────┘

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 2011-2014 Khronos Group. This material may be distributed subject to the terms
       and conditions set forth in the Open Publication License, v 1.0, 8 June 1999.
       http://opencontent.org/openpub/.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 2011-2014 Khronos Group

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