Perlin noise algorithm

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Johnny picture Johnny · Jul 21, 2010 · Viewed 36.2k times · Source

I'm having difficulty understanding a lot of the highly mathematical papers available online describing how Perlin noise generation works, and I'm wondering if anyone could point me in the direction of a more accessible introduction. I am looking to use Perlin noise in an application to create 2D textures.

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i_grok picture i_grok · Feb 19, 2012

It's worth noting that the original Perlin noise algorithm has been deprecated by the author. Ken Perlin designed a new version: Simplex Noise

There is a good explanation of Simplex Noise with Java implementation here.

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