Procedural Flowmap

"Revitalize static texture with the magic of Flowmap"

Features (New v3.0):

• Effortlessly generate procedural flowmap for any texture, whether it's an image or a procedural texture.
• Take complete control over the flow direction with curve(s) manipulation.
• Experience the power of real-time, fully procedural flowmap generation with extensive artist controls.
• Easy to export the flowmap for use in other software.
• Interaction and collisions with external objects (New).
• Multiple types of masks for mixing materials (New).

Free updates forever

• Flowmap v3.0 (New)

Use

You can use this as an asset by assigning the Flowmap folder as an Asset Library in the Blender Preferences.

Documentation

A video demo is also available on my YouTube channel: 3D Singh VFX

Flowmap v2.0 Demo:

Demo, Settings, How to Append or Use as an Asset:

How to export Flowmap as an image:

About

This is a Flowmap modifier made with geometry nodes for Blender 3.6, 4.0, 4.1, and 4.2.

License

You can use this tool in any of your projects (non-commercial or commercial).

You may not redistribute the geometry node group itself, for free or commercially.

Happy Noding... :)

Kuldeep Singh (3D Singh VFX)

Query / Support

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Updates

29/07/2024:

Released the Procedural Flowmap v3.0 for Blender 4.2.

21/03/2024:

Released the Procedural Flowmap v3.0 for Blender 4.1.

24/11/2023:

Released of Procedural Flowmap v3.0:

• Added a new method for 3D Mesh that makes the Flowmap faster x1.85.
• Flowmap is more accurate with the new method.
• Removed the XY-XYZ option, now it will be handled automatically.
• Added Flowmap Info node to the material.

31/08/2023:

Released of Procedural Flowmap v2.0:

• Added interaction and collision with external objects.
• Multiple types of masks for mixing materials
• Added trim curve option to animate the flow.
• Added Curve radius based mask width for more control.
• Improved the node-tree, faster and realtime.
  

19/07/2023:

• Fixed the default settings of Flowmap Material. By default, It uses only the "Mask" option.
  

17/07/2023:

• Released the Procedural Flowmap v1.1 that allows exporting the flowmap with "Export Flowmap" option.