Shake had a random generator with a density slider that made this kind of
thing easy. I used it lots.
Any idea what kind of thing was used to create that?


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On 23 August 2012 11:45, Howard Jones <[email protected]> wrote:

> From memory, I use a constant into a dither, desaturated a bit, then use
> several noise nodes to matte out the dots.
>
> Also I've taken actual star field photos blurred and keyed, to gamma up
> sections of the above, which can get around the lack of resolution in the
> star plate.
>
>
>
> Howard
>
> On 23 Aug 2012, at 04:31, Frank Rueter <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> one of many ways of doing this:
> play with a Noise node set to size of 1. Follow up with a Grade node and
> use it's black and white point as well as gamma to adjust how many dots you
> get, follow with a Glint node for star shapes.
>
> You can then use a larger, animated noise pattern to slightly multiply the
> original one by to get some atmospheric pulsing.
>
> quick and dirty:
>
> Noise {
>  inputs 0
>  zoffset {{frame/300 i}}
>  center {1024 778}
>  name Noise2
>  selected true
>  xpos -272
>  ypos -222
> }
> push $cut_paste_input
> Noise {
>  size 1
>  gain 1
>  gamma 0.1
>  center {1024 778}
>  name Noise1
>  selected true
>  xpos -162
>  ypos -246
> }
> Merge2 {
>  inputs 2
>  operation multiply
>  mix 0.79
>  name Merge1
>  selected true
>  xpos -162
>  ypos -222
> }
> Grade {
>  blackpoint 0.1
>  whitepoint 0.2
>  name Grade1
>  selected true
>  xpos -162
>  ypos -173
> }
> Glint {
>  repeat 5
>  length 7
>  tolerance 0.1
>  name Glint1
>  selected true
>  xpos -162
>  ypos -119
> }
>
>
>
> On 23/08/12 3:15 PM, gridwarped wrote:
>
> I'm not sure where to start on creating a gizmo that generates random dots
> that can be used as a star field. Being able to generate the dots and the
> density (how many) is beyond my knowledge and creative understanding at the
> moment.
>
> is this a python scripting only scenario? or is there a way that I may be
> overlooking using a few nodes? Any help is appreciated.
>
>
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