# Perlin noise detail

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**Category:** Coding Questions\
**Created:** [May 23, 2020, 11:07pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/perlin-noise-detail/21223 "2020-05-23T23:07:23Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 23, 2020, 11:16pm UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/perlin-noise-detail/21223/2 "2020-05-23T23:16:23Z")

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Hi,

As you mentioned in your title, using the [`noiseDetail()`](https://processing.org/reference/noiseDetail_.html) function with a low value for the `lod` helps smoothing the perlin noise function.

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