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Methods for random gradients

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An overview of techniques I’ve used to generate random gradient images.

Tue, 19 Nov 2024 Over the years — including during my time at OpenAI — I’ve experimented with different methods for generating random gradient images. These include: Heightmap Layered radial AI-generated Heightmap Randomly generated gradients were an essential element of OpenAI’s early visual identity, designed by Ben Barry in 2017. His earliest generator randomly picked four corner colors and interpolated between them. After I joined Ben at OpenAI in 2018, I began exploring more ways to create gradients programmatically. An engineer friend suggested using heightmaps : grids of cells, each con

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