OpenGL 4 Shading Language Cookbook - Third Edition

Creating a noise texture using GLM

To create a texture for use as a source of noise, we need some way to generate noise values. Implementing a proper noise generator from scratch can be a fairly daunting task. Luckily, GLM provides some functions for noise generation that are straightforward and easy to use.

In this recipe, we'll use GLM to generate a 2D texture of noise values created using a Perlin noise generator. GLM can generate 2D, 3D, and 4D Perlin noise via the glm::perlin function.

It is a common practice to use Perlin noise by summing the values of the noise function with increasing frequencies and decreasing amplitudes. Each frequency is commonly referred to as an octave (double the frequency). For example, in the following image, ...