# Distortion

## Overview

The Distortion effect distorts a distribution according to a procedural noise.

## Parameters

<table><thead><tr><th width="199.7999267578125">Properties</th><th>Description</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><strong>Distortion</strong></td><td>The strength of the distortion.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Distortion Scale</strong></td><td>Scales the distortion noise.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Distortion Octaves</strong></td><td>Controls the number of octaves of the noise. A higher number means more small-scale details.</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Seed</strong></td><td>The seed of the noise.</td></tr></tbody></table>

## Results

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