Overview
What M3D Noise does
M3D Noise looks and works like Max's own Noise map, with Color 1 and 2, Map 1 and 2, Coordinates and Output, but gives you 34 noise patterns in the style of the Cinema 4D set: from Buya, Luka and Cranal to Electric, Fire, Gaseous and three Voronois.
Animate it with Speed and a keyable Phase, and set a Loop Period so the animation repeats seamlessly. A vector output mode lets it drive displacement and direction too.
- What it is
- 3D texture map (Material/Map Browser > Machine3D)
- 3ds Max
- 3ds Max 2025 and 2027
- Works with
- Renders in Scanline and V-Ray 7, and shows in the viewport.
- License
- One seat per workstation. Render nodes free.
Features
Features
34 noise types
Noise, Box Noise, Buya, Cranal, Dents, Hama, Luka, Naki, Nutous, Ober, Pezo, Poxo, Sema, Stupl, Zada, Fire, Electric, Gaseous, Voronoi 1-3 and more.
Familiar controls
Size, Seed, Octaves, Lacunarity, Gain, Exponent and Absolute.
Looping animation
Speed, keyable Phase, Speed Mult, Loop Period and Cycles.
Shape the result
Low and High Clip, Brightness and Contrast.
Vector output
XYZ output from 0 to 1, signed or centered, with per-axis bias.
Presets
User and Studio Settings presets.
In the viewport
See it working
Captures straight from the 3ds Max viewport. Full renders and demo videos are coming soon.
M3D Noise is coming soon
Want to know when it launches? Drop us a line.
Plugins and tools for 3ds Max, built and used in production.
Free tools
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