What It Does
Potok generates animated noise and applies gradient colorization. The noise generator includes four noise types with seamless looping. Gradients can be controlled through the plugin’s UI or driven by any layer in your composition, opening up complex animation possibilities based on alpha channels or layer motion.
The plugin uses GPU acceleration and supports precise noise masking. Layers can multiply with noise for masking effects or add to noise for pixel-level control.
Key Features
Four colorize modes. Gradient mode uses standard ramp colorization. Gradient from Layer maps gradients over noise using any composition layer. Reflection from Layer converts noise brightness to normal maps and projects colors from a spherical map. Refraction from Layer displaces pixels from a map using noise brightness as displacement distance. Displaced maps can be looped.
Gradient control. Set custom color control points with three interpolation modes: Linear, Sine, and Hard. Gradients can be offset, scaled, and looped. When driven by layers, gradients respond to animation and transparency in the source.
Isoline drawing. The plugin draws isolines over generated noise as contours with adjustable steps. Noise threshold creates open contours. Width, offset, and gradient can be randomized. Alpha noise creates height-based variations.
Layer-based noise modification. Two layer inputs affect base noise. The first layer multiplies with noise per pixel. The second layer adds to noise per pixel. This allows for masking and precise height map control.
Gradient and line cutting. Cut both gradients and lines based on noise height, useful for creating islands or partial reveals.
Who It’s For
Motion designers creating abstract backgrounds or fluid animations. VFX artists needing procedural textures with animation control. Anyone building gradient-based effects where standard After Effects gradients are too limited.
Pricing
Potok is available for $49 as a one-time purchase. Trial version available. Upgrade pricing offered to users of previous versions (login required to check eligibility).