diff --git a/Support/Plugins/GPUGain/GPUGain.cpp b/Support/Plugins/GPUGain/GPUGain.cpp
index 10a6d057..0c2832fe 100644
--- a/Support/Plugins/GPUGain/GPUGain.cpp
+++ b/Support/Plugins/GPUGain/GPUGain.cpp
@@ -414,7 +414,6 @@ void GPUGainFactory::describeInContext(OFX::ImageEffectDescriptor& p_Desc, OFX::
     // Create the mandated output clip
     ClipDescriptor* dstClip = p_Desc.defineClip(kOfxImageEffectOutputClipName);
     dstClip->addSupportedComponent(ePixelComponentRGBA);
-    dstClip->addSupportedComponent(ePixelComponentAlpha);
     dstClip->setSupportsTiles(kSupportsTiles);
 
     // Make some pages and to things in
diff --git a/Support/Plugins/Generator/noise.cpp b/Support/Plugins/Generator/noise.cpp
index 249d1839..e4592395 100644
--- a/Support/Plugins/Generator/noise.cpp
+++ b/Support/Plugins/Generator/noise.cpp
@@ -8,7 +8,16 @@
 
 #include "../include/ofxsProcessing.H"
 
-#include <random>
+#include <cstdint>
+
+/** @brief mix the bits of v thoroughly (the splitmix64 finaliser) */
+static inline uint64_t hash64(uint64_t v)
+{
+  v += 0x9e3779b97f4a7c15ULL;
+  v = (v ^ (v >> 30)) * 0xbf58476d1ce4e5b9ULL;
+  v = (v ^ (v >> 27)) * 0x94d049bb133111ebULL;
+  return v ^ (v >> 31);
+}
 
 ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
 // base class for the noise
@@ -46,24 +55,25 @@ public :
   // and do some processing
   void multiThreadProcessImages(OfxRectI procWindow)
   {
-    float noiseLevel = _noiseLevel;
-
-    // set up a random number generator
     // Distribution is from 0 to pixel max level times noise level
-    std::random_device rd;
-    std::mt19937_64 mt(rd());
-    mt.seed(_seed + procWindow.y1);
-    std::uniform_real_distribution<double> dist(0.0, max * noiseLevel);
+    double scale = max * _noiseLevel;
+
+    // Each pixel's noise is a hash of the seed and its position, so a frame
+    // comes out the same however it is split into tiles and threads
+    uint64_t seedHash = hash64(_seed);
 
     // push pixels
     for(int y = procWindow.y1; y < procWindow.y2; y++) {
       if(_effect.abort()) break;
 
       PIX *dstPix = (PIX *) _dstImg->getPixelAddress(procWindow.x1, y);
+      uint64_t rowHash = hash64(seedHash ^ uint32_t(y));
 
       for(int x = procWindow.x1; x < procWindow.x2; x++) {
+        uint64_t pixelHash = hash64(rowHash ^ uint32_t(x));
         for(int c = 0; c < nComponents; c++) {
-          double randValue = dist(mt);
+          // the top 32 bits of the hash, as a uniform random number in [0, 1)
+          double randValue = scale * (double(hash64(pixelHash + c) >> 32) / 4294967296.0);
 
           if(max == 1) // implies floating point, so don't clamp
             dstPix[c] = PIX(randValue);
diff --git a/Support/Plugins/MultiBundle/multibundle1.cpp b/Support/Plugins/MultiBundle/multibundle1.cpp
index bc1e9444..dddf355c 100755
--- a/Support/Plugins/MultiBundle/multibundle1.cpp
+++ b/Support/Plugins/MultiBundle/multibundle1.cpp
@@ -120,7 +120,9 @@ public :
         {
           for(int c = 0; c < nComponents; c++) 
           {
-            float v = (float)(pow((double)srcPix[c], (double)scales[c])) * maskScale + (1.0f - maskScale) * srcPix[c];
+            // apply the gamma to the magnitude and keep the sign, since pow of a negative value is NaN for a fractional exponent
+            double s = srcPix[c];
+            float v = (float)(copysign(pow(fabs(s), (double)scales[c]), s)) * maskScale + (1.0f - maskScale) * srcPix[c];
             if(max == 1)
               dstPix[c] = PIX(v);
             else
diff --git a/Support/Plugins/Retimer/retimer.cpp b/Support/Plugins/Retimer/retimer.cpp
index 59f113dd..7b3a502f 100644
--- a/Support/Plugins/Retimer/retimer.cpp
+++ b/Support/Plugins/Retimer/retimer.cpp
@@ -61,6 +61,9 @@ public :
     /* override the time domain action, only for the general context */
     virtual bool getTimeDomain(OfxRangeD &range);
     
+    /* the time on the source clip that the output at time comes from */
+    double getSourceTime(double time);
+
     /* set up and run a processor */
     void
     setupAndProcess(OFX::ImageBlenderBase &, const OFX::RenderArguments &args);
@@ -120,6 +123,20 @@ static void framesNeeded(double sourceTime, OFX::FieldEnum fieldToRender, double
     *blendp = blend;
 }
 
+/* figure the frame we should be retiming from */
+double
+RetimerPlugin::getSourceTime(double time)
+{
+    if(getContext() == OFX::eContextRetimer) {
+        // the host is specifying it, so fetch it from the kOfxImageEffectRetimerParamName pseudo-param
+        return sourceTime_->getValueAtTime(time);
+    }
+    else {
+        // we have our own param, which is a speed, so we integrate it to get the time we want
+        return speed_->integrate(0, time);
+    }
+}
+
 /* set up and run a processor */
 void
 RetimerPlugin::setupAndProcess(OFX::ImageBlenderBase &processor, const OFX::RenderArguments &args)
@@ -129,22 +146,10 @@ RetimerPlugin::setupAndProcess(OFX::ImageBlenderBase &processor, const OFX::Rend
     OFX::BitDepthEnum          dstBitDepth    = dst->getPixelDepth();
     OFX::PixelComponentEnum    dstComponents  = dst->getPixelComponents();
   
-    // figure the frame we should be retiming from
-    double sourceTime;
-    
-    if(getContext() == OFX::eContextRetimer) {
-        // the host is specifying it, so fetch it from the kOfxImageEffectRetimerParamName pseudo-param
-        sourceTime = sourceTime_->getValueAtTime(args.time);
-    }
-    else {
-        // we have our own param, which is a speed, so we integrate it to get the time we want
-        sourceTime = speed_->integrate(0, args.time);
-    }
-
     // figure the two images we are blending between
     double fromTime, toTime;
     double blend;
-    framesNeeded(sourceTime, args.fieldToRender, &fromTime, &toTime, &blend);
+    framesNeeded(getSourceTime(args.time), args.fieldToRender, &fromTime, &toTime, &blend);
 
     // fetch the two source images
     std::unique_ptr<OFX::Image> fromImg(srcClip_->fetchImage(fromTime));
@@ -177,7 +182,7 @@ RetimerPlugin::getFramesNeeded(const OFX::FramesNeededArguments &args,
     double fromTime, toTime;
     double blend;
     // whatever the rendered field is, the frames are the same
-    framesNeeded(args.time, OFX::eFieldNone, &fromTime, &toTime, &blend);
+    framesNeeded(getSourceTime(args.time), OFX::eFieldNone, &fromTime, &toTime, &blend);
     OfxRangeD range;
     range.min = fromTime;
     range.max = toTime;
diff --git a/release-notes-next.md b/release-notes-next.md
index 4b8ceac3..8abb5011 100644
--- a/release-notes-next.md
+++ b/release-notes-next.md
@@ -27,6 +27,10 @@ This is version NEXT of the OpenFX API.
 - Fixed the ColourSpace example's `OfxSetHost` to have the proper signature so it actually gets called.
 - Fixed the `@propdef` metadata of `kOfxParamPropChoiceEnum` (a string array, not a bool) and `kOfxParamPropDimensionLabel` (one label per dimension, not one).
 - Fixed the Invert example never releasing its output image (a shadowed handle variable).
+- Fixed the Support Noise example giving a different image when a frame is rendered in tiles: it seeded its noise per render call, and now each pixel's noise depends only on its position, the time and the noise level.
+- Fixed the Support GPUGain example failing to render when the host chose Alpha for its output: it declared Alpha output but processes only RGBA, so its output clip now supports only RGBA.
+- Fixed the Support Gamma example producing NaNs from negative float input: it now applies the gamma to a value's magnitude and keeps its sign.
+- Fixed the Support Retimer example asking for source frames around the output time rather than the retimed source time it then fetches.
 
 ## Deprecations