The only real pain is that Collections turned into Assets don’t get images generated for them. I set my default file to show the asset browser and have it set to LINK so I don’t have to worry about remembering to do that.
The idea is to multiply the normal vector with the factor of the noise texture, and add the result to the position.
#geometry nodes
This isn’t what I need in the flower basket scene though
If each flower’s z axis is the normal of the point it originates from, i want the flowers to rotate around that z axis and also translate up and down along that z axis…
New Nodes!
Using a single rose the .blend file is only 4.18 MB. The original file was like 40 MB or larger.
Roses Basket N291017.blend (4.2 MB)
Original mr elephant demo scene in eevee and cycles versus an updated version that looks ok in cycles
Candles Melted N070411.blend (3.2 MB)
Due to file size limits on BlenderArtists.org I’ve had to save these files with the new compression settings in Blender version 3.0. They probably won’t open in older versions of Blender.
Figurine N060613 Angel.blend (2.6 MB)
Figurine Cat N150920.blend (3.0 MB)
Figurine Boar N060820.blend (2.6 MB)
Basket N060710.blend (2.8 MB)
https://archive3d.net/?a=download&id=5907328a![render|500x500](upload://pRJ8aJRgRelzKD7lGYgXSORzXRX.png)
Candlestick Lamp N090818.blend (2.8 MB)
Antler Candlestick N041213.blend (2.7 MB)
Candle decor christmas N221218.blend (1.3 MB)
Christmas sleigh N221218.blend (2.5 MB)
Candles Christmas N101219.blend (870.1 KB)
Panel 3d N240419.blend (2.3 MB)
Blackboard N030913.blend (969.0 KB)
Decor plaster elephant N130411.blend (1.5 MB)
Using collections as assets is no longer supported in 3.0 beta
Canopy N230416.blend (563.0 KB)