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Geometry effect

Chaos Grid

Chaos Grid is a kaleidoscope and geometry effect in FRCTL, the browser VJ studio. Randomly rotated, flipped tiles in a shuffling grid (respects reduce motion).

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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The untouched demo art: an eye inside a triangle over wavy teal, blue and peach lines — Source

The eye-in-triangle art cut into a grid of tiles, each flipped or tilted so the triangle repeats in fragments — Chaos Grid, default settings

What Chaos Grid does

Chops the frame into a grid of tiles and gives each its own flip, tilt, scale and nudge, then re-rolls the tilts every couple of seconds so the grid shuffles in steps. The picture stays readable through the jumble. Density sets how many tiles, Motion how far each one turns and shifts, and Blend how much of the tiled version covers the original.

Using Chaos Grid

Where it works: Glitchy cuts for a Reel, logo stings and collage-style cover art. The tiles re-roll in jumps rather than drifting, so the change lands like an edit and holds still in between.
With the music: Tiles re-roll on a timer, and Speed sets how often. B1 on Motion knocks every tile further off true on the kick, and a bar-synced LFO on Density changes the grid size across a phrase.
Starting point: Density at centre, Motion at a quarter, Blend at three-quarters, and Speed towards three-quarters so the tiles re-roll more often.

Controls

Density: Tile grid density vs intensity.
Motion: Rotation and cell offset strength (reduce-motion aware).
Blend: Blend toward the tiled sample.
Speed: Rate of the effect motion. Centre is the authored speed, hard left a tenth of it.

Pairs well with Chaos Grid