Six material languages
Move from restrained cotton stock and woven linen to live film grain, archive dust, ordered dither, and rough toner speckle.
Texture & surface
Noise & Grain
Give clean digital layouts a believable surface. Shape paper fibre, film grain, dust, dither, linen, and imperfect print without uploading a file.
Digital material
Texture with intention, not a stock overlay.
Build a surface that belongs to the palette and scale of your interface. Every texture is generated locally, stays deterministic through its seed, and can be exported without an image dependency.
Art-directed finish
Tune grain scale, contrast, opacity, softness, edge falloff, motion, and a three-color palette while viewing the result in context.
Useful production output
Copy a self-contained canvas snippet, download a standalone HTML page, or capture the exact current frame as a PNG.
Three-step workflow
How to use the Noise & Grain studio
- Choose a material
Start from the surface closest to the role it needs to play: paper, film, dust, dither, linen, or print.
- Balance the finish
Match its scale to the layout, then control contrast, opacity, softness, vignette, and drift until it supports the content.
- Export the layer
Use the canvas code for a responsive procedural surface or download a still frame when an image asset is the better fit.
Questions, answered.
Are the textures generated locally?
Yes. The texture is rendered in your browser from a deterministic seed; no image or project data is uploaded.
Does the export need a library or hosted asset?
No. The copied snippet and HTML download contain the complete canvas renderer and have no external dependency.
Can I use a still texture instead of animation?
Yes. Set drift speed to Still and download the current PNG frame, or export a canvas that renders once and remains static.
What happens for reduced-motion visitors?
Animated grain resolves to a stable generated frame while preserving the same material, palette, and composition.