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2026-09-07

ToolSets/filter/quickDistort.nk

filter

distort

noise

idistort

warp

utility

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Noise-driven UV distortion for Nuke comps, with separate U/V controls, blur, mix, and a Check UVs preview.

Quick Distort warps an image with procedural noise fed into IDistort. Two Noise generators drive U and V displacement (red and green), then a blur softens the vectors before they are packed into motion and applied.

Use it for heat haze, subtle organic warps, or fast texture breakup without building a full noise-to-IDistort chain. Exposed controls cover U/V size and offset, shared lacunarity/gain/gamma, UV scale and offset, vector blur, and a mix back to the clean input.

Check UVs switches the output to the displacement preview so you can judge the warp field before committing. Mix blends distorted and original plates in the same node.

Script code

set cut_paste_input [stack 0]
version 9.0 v7
push $cut_paste_input
Group {
 name quickDistort
 tile_color 0x421010ff
 selected true
 xpos -574
 ypos 201
 addUserKnob {20 user l quickDistort}
 addUserKnob {41 size l "U Size" T Noise2.size}
 addUserKnob {41 zoffset l "U Offset" T Noise2.zoffset}
 addUserKnob {41 size_1 l "V Size" T Noise1.size}
 addUserKnob {41 zoffset_1 l "V Offset" T Noise1.zoffset}
 addUserKnob {41 uv_scale l "UV scale" T IDistort1.uv_scale}
 addUserKnob {41 uv_offset l "UV offset" T IDistort1.uv_offset}
 addUserKnob {41 lacunarity l Lacunarity T Noise1.lacunarity}
 addUserKnob {41 gain l Gain T Noise1.gain}
 addUserKnob {41 gamma l Gamma T Noise1.gamma}
 addUserKnob {41 size_2 l Blur T Blur1.size}
 addUserKnob {6 checkDist l "Check UVs" -STARTLINE}
 addUserKnob {26 space l "  " T " "}
 addUserKnob {41 which l mix T Dissolve1.which}
 addUserKnob {26 ""}
 addUserKnob {26 label_1 l "" +STARTLINE T "Quick Distort v1.2 derekvfx.ca"}
}
 Input {
  inputs 0
  name Input1
  xpos -405
  ypos -708
 }
set Nb0263c00 [stack 0]
 Remove {
  name Remove2
  xpos -646
  ypos -714
 }
 Noise {
  output {rgba.red -rgba.green -rgba.blue -rgba.alpha}
  replace true
  size {{parent.Noise2.size}}
  zoffset 3.04
  lacunarity 2.38
  gain 0.2
  gamma 0.29
  center {960 540}
  name Noise1
  xpos -646
  ypos -607
 }
 Noise {
  output {-rgba.red rgba.green -rgba.blue -rgba.alpha}
  size 51
  zoffset 1.52
  lacunarity {{parent.Noise1.lacunarity}}
  gain {{parent.Noise1.gain}}
  gamma {{parent.Noise1.gamma}}
  center {960 540}
  name Noise2
  xpos -646
  ypos -546
 }
 Blur {
  channels {rgba.red rgba.green -rgba.blue none}
  name Blur1
  xpos -646
  ypos -471
 }
set N79c05400 [stack 0]
push $N79c05400
push $Nb0263c00
 ShuffleCopy {
  inputs 2
  alpha alpha2
  black red
  white green
  red2 red
  green2 green
  out2 motion
  name ShuffleCopy1
  xpos -500
  ypos -434
 }
 IDistort {
  channels rgba
  uv motion
  uv_offset 0.152
  uv_scale 1000
  name IDistort1
  xpos -500
  ypos -384
 }
 Remove {
  operation keep
  channels rgba
  name Remove1
  xpos -500
  ypos -338
 }
push $Nb0263c00
 Dissolve {
  inputs 2
  which 1
  name Dissolve1
  xpos -405
  ypos -226
 }
 Switch {
  inputs 2
  which {{parent.checkDist i}}
  name Switch1
  xpos -405
  ypos -101
 }
 Output {
  name Output1
  xpos -405
  ypos -30
 }
push $N79c05400
 Viewer {
  frame_range 1-650
  name Viewer1
  selected true
  xpos -909
  ypos -570
 }
end_group