Edges

Flow lines

Lines that run along the image, following its gradient field.

Flow lines: a edges effect on the built-in sample photograph. Computed on your machine right now.
Open Flow lines in the studio

Controls

along
Edges send lines around the shapes like an engraving; slope sends them across the shapes, like ink hatching towards the light
lines
How many lines are set going. A count, not a length: it stays the same at any output size
length
The longest a line may run. It stops early wherever the picture goes flat and there is nothing left to follow
threshold
How strong an edge has to be before a line will follow it. The main density knob of the drawing
width
A number from 0.2 to 6, 0.8 by default.
opacity
Opacity of a single line. Lines are laid one by one, so ink piles up where many of them meet
contrast
A number from -1 to 1, 0 by default.
ink
A colour, #101418 by default.
paper
A colour, #f4f1e8 by default.

Starting points

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