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Aurora Ash

Aurora Ash is a colour grade in FRCTL, the browser VJ studio. Pale slate under aurora green and violet, finished in mint.

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.

Try Aurora Ash freeAll effects
The untouched demo art: an eye inside a triangle over wavy teal, blue and peach lines
Source
The eye-in-triangle illustration in slate lines over violet-blue and mint green swirls
Aurora Ash, default settings

What Aurora Ash does

Slate shadows open into an aurora glow that splits by hue, not brightness: cool areas go violet, warm ones go green and neutrals land between, then a mint mist settles on the top. On the demo art the teal turns violet-blue and the peach turns green. Aurora sets how far violet claims the cooler pixels, Ash how quickly slate gives way to glow.

Using Aurora Ash

Where it works
Northern-lights night shoots, ambient intros and cold electronic covers. Skin swings green, so it suits landscapes and abstract art more than faces, and it's cooler and more split than Ghost Orchid's soft pastels.
With the music
The grade itself stays static. Map a slow bar-synced LFO to Aurora so green and violet trade ground like moving curtains, and B9 air to Mist for a mint shimmer on hats and cymbals.
Starting point
Ash at centre, Aurora three-quarters, Mist a quarter, then lower Aurora until warm areas hold green.

Controls

Ash
Slate base into the aurora glow.
Aurora
Green-violet aurora split from cool bias.
Mist
Mint mist on the top end.

Pairs well with Aurora Ash