Notch Reference Manual

Dot Matrix

Method

This node Breaks up the image in a matrix of dots, and colours or scales them based on the colours below.

Raw texture Processed texture
Example Nodegraph

Attributes

Name Description
Active Turn the effect on or off. Values < 0.1 will turn the effect off, and deferred rendering must be on.
Blend Amount Changes the opacity of the new effect over the original image.
Blend Mode (RGB) Change how the generated effect blends with the parent image RGB.
Blend Mode (Alpha) Change how the generated effect blends with the parent image alpha.
Resolution Resolution of the grid, specifically controlling the number of cubes along the Y axis.
Image Select an image be tiled across the image.
Mode Change how the Tiles are affected by the Image.
  • Flat, No effect.
  • Colour, Each tile is recoloured based on the colour beneath it.
  • Scale, Each tile is scaled based on the luminance of the colour beneath it.
  • Colour And Scale, Each tile is coloured and scaled based on the colour beneath it.

Affect Channels

Select which of the RGBA colour channels are affected by the effect.

Tile Sheet

Name Description
Use Tile Sheet Enable use of an input Tile sheet.
Num Tiles X Number of tiles along the X axis.
Num Tiles Y Number of tiles along the Y axis.
Tile Layout How the tiles are laid out and arranged onto the grid.
Random, Each tile is randomly placed around the grid.
By Colour, Each tile is placed based its average luminance and the luminance of the colour below.
Like Sheet, Each tile is arranged in a sequence matching that of the tilesheet.

Inputs

Name Description Typical Node Input
Tile Source Add a tile sheet to control each dots Alpha Map. Tile Sheet

Outputs

There are no outputs from this node.