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Dancing Ferrofluid applied to FRCTL's test image: Magnetic dipoles and surface tension pull the image into oily spikes that dance with the field.

Liquid effect

Dancing Ferrofluid

Magnetic dipoles and surface tension pull the image into oily spikes that dance with the field.

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.

Controls

Field
Magnetic pole strength and Rosensweig ripple density.
Spike
Spike height along field gradients and ridge sharpness.
Dance
Orbiting poles and field oscillation speed.
Gloss
Oily specular sheen on spike tips.
Speed
Rate of the effect motion. Centre is the authored speed, hard left a tenth of it.