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Geometry effect

Laser Lattice

Laser Lattice is a kaleidoscope and geometry effect in FRCTL, the browser VJ studio. Animated diagonal laser grids that bend over image brightness.

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 under a fine diagonal mesh of pink and green laser lines — Laser Lattice, default settings

What Laser Lattice does

Draws two sets of diagonal laser beams across the picture, crossing at right angles and sliding in opposite directions, then bends them with a noise warp that's strongest over bright areas. The beams alternate between a colour and its opposite in bands that sweep across the frame. Grid sets beam spacing, Beam brightness, Warp the bend, Hue the colour pair, and Angle turns the lattice upright.

Using Laser Lattice

Where it works: Rave visuals and club-night flyers that want a laser show over a photo or logo. The beams are added on top, so the picture keeps its own colours underneath, which suits a DJ portrait or a logo reveal.
With the music: Beams scroll on their own and Speed sets their pace. B1 on Beam fires the lasers on the kick, and a free-running LFO on Angle rocks the whole lattice between diagonal and upright.
Starting point: Grid at centre, Beam at three-quarters, Warp at a quarter, Hue hard left for red and cyan, Angle hard left for the diagonal.

Controls

Warp: fBm bend strength on the sampling UV.
Grid: Diagonal beam frequency vs intensity.
Beam: Laser beam and glow add strength.
Hue: Alternating laser grid colors.
Angle: Turns both beam grids together, from the authored diagonal to upright and back.
Speed: Rate of the effect motion. Centre is the authored speed, hard left a tenth of it.

Pairs well with Laser Lattice