So besides spending time with loved ones, I also experimented a bit with the perlinNoise() method, and the displacementMapFilter() class. Many thanks goes to betaruce for his great gradient technique tutorial which you can find here. Despite it being a Flash 8/AS2 tutorial, it is extremely easy to port over to AS3 (90% of the code is the same, with the rest being Migratory changes).

So now I can work on combining these effects with the computeSpectrum() method, and if I succeed, rest assured a tutorial will be in the works.

While we’re on that note, I have to design my tutorial site too… too much work, not enough motivation. Someone motivate me!!!