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Luma Swarm applied to FRCTL's test image: A swarm of particles running along the contours of the picture it is given.

Light & lasers effect

Luma Swarm

A swarm of particles running along the contours of the picture it is given.

Runs live on video, images, a camera or generated art. Stack it with any other effect, and route LFOs, envelopes or any of ten audio bands to its controls so it moves with the music.

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Controls

Flow
How hard the picture pulls the swarm along its contours.
Cycle
How long before the swarm is handed over to a fresh population.
Settle
How quickly a particle gives up its momentum.
Size
Size of one particle.
Hue
Swarm colour.
Tint
Pulls each particle towards the colour of the picture beneath it.
Recede
How far the picture drops back behind the swarm.
Speed
Rate of the effect motion. Centre is the authored speed, hard left a tenth of it.