# Is stainless possible in perlin?

**URL:** https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-stainless-possible-in-perlin/189983
**Category:** flash
**Created:** [June 7, 2006, 6:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-stainless-possible-in-perlin/189983 "2006-06-07T18:58:01Z")
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### Author: ![JoshuaJonah](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/joshuajonah/32/1775_2.png) [@JoshuaJonah](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/JoshuaJonah)
#### Post date: [June 7, 2006, 6:58pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/is-stainless-possible-in-perlin/189983/1 "2006-06-07T18:58:01Z")

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Does anybody here know the formula to make a stainless steel texture in the perlin distortion method of the BitmapData API? I can make wood grain all day long but theres gotta be a formula to make stainless work, i’ve been toying with it for hours:)