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The Procedural Effects texture node provides numerous procedural texture types typically used to construct effects-based materials (figure 1). 

Figure 1: The Procedural Effects texture applied to a Diffuse material on the Octane logo 

Procedural Effects Parameters

Type - Determines the effect type to be used (figure 2).

Figure 2: A few examples of the procedural effect types available (from left to right) - Combustible Voronoi, Fractal, Kaleidoscope, Neon Strips, Paint Colors, Particles, Star Scroller, Wavey Colors 

Time - The animation time stamp used to pan the textures across a surface.

Transform Pin- Positions, scales, and rotates the surface texture. 

Projection Pin- Sets how the texture projects onto the surface.