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Liquid effect

Jellyfish Bloom

Jellyfish Bloom is a liquid video effect in FRCTL, the browser VJ studio. Soft expanding rings invert colors with watery distorted edges.

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 illustration with a violet glowing halo around the triangle and cyan glow in the corners — Jellyfish Bloom, default settings

What Jellyfish Bloom does

Soft rings expand outward from the centre on a loop, and inside each ring the colours invert, a rainbow rim glows, and the picture bulges outward with a watery wobble. Between rings the image shows through with only a slight ripple. Rings sets how many are in frame, Water the bulge and wobble, and Bloom the inversion and rim.

Using Jellyfish Bloom

Where it works: Centred compositions like a logo, an eye or a DJ portrait in the middle of the frame, where outward pulses frame the subject. It suits downtempo sets and intros.
With the music: B3 (bass body) on Bloom flares the inversion with the bassline while the rings keep their own pace. An Envelope from the beat on Water gives every kick a watery shove.
Starting point: Rings a quarter, Water centre, Bloom a quarter, then raise Bloom until each passing ring flips the colours clearly.

Controls

Rings: Radial ring spatial frequency.
Water: FBM displacement on the sampled UV.
Bloom: Spectrum rim and invert mix strength.
Speed: Rate of the effect motion. Centre is the authored speed, hard left a tenth of it.

Pairs well with Jellyfish Bloom