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Light & lasers effect

Psychedelic Aura

Psychedelic Aura is a neon and laser effect in FRCTL, the browser VJ studio. Color cycling rings and soft radiant bloom.

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 washed in rainbow bands of green, blue, pink and orange radiating from the centre — Psychedelic Aura, default settings

What Psychedelic Aura does

Multiplies the picture by rainbow rings centred on the frame that travel steadily outward, with a soft radial blur under them, so the dark linework stays dark while every light area cycles through the spectrum. Bands sets how many rings fit across the frame, down to one flat colour pulsing in time at hard left. Rings adds a glow over the centre, and Tint rotates the palette.

Using Psychedelic Aura

Where it works: Psytrance covers and slow-intro loops where the whole frame should breathe colour around a centred subject, since the rings always radiate from the middle. A centred logo sits inside them like a target.
With the music: The rings drift outward on the clock. For a pulse on the kick, send B1 to Rings so the centre flares on each hit, and put a slow LFO on Tint to roll the palette over a phrase.
Starting point: Bloom at a quarter, Blend at centre, Rings at centre, Bands at a quarter for a few broad rings.

Controls

Bloom: Radial blur sample spread.
Blend: Aura tint vs original mix.
Rings: Center ring highlight strength.
Tint: Rotates the whole aura around the wheel.
Bands: How many colour rings the aura falls into. Hard left is one flat colour cycling in time instead of rings.
Speed: Rate of the effect motion. Centre is the authored speed, hard left a tenth of it.

Pairs well with Psychedelic Aura