Geometry

Particles

The picture breaks into chips and flies apart — the phase is a knob, not a clock.

Particles: a geometry effect on the built-in sample photograph. Computed on your machine right now.
Open Particles in the studio

Controls

grid
How many particles across the frame. The only knob here that costs anything
phase
How far the burst has got. A knob rather than a clock, so it works on a photograph too: zero is intact, one is dust
burst
How far the particles fly by the end
gravity
How heavy the particles are. At zero they fly straight and never fall; higher, the cloud bends down into a jet
spin
How many turns a particle makes on the way. At zero they fly flat and the cloud reads as a layer
order
Who leaves first: the dark parts, the light parts, or everything at once
tilt
A number from 5 to 89, 68 by default.
turn
A number from -180 to 180, 0 by default.
light
A number from -180 to 180, -50 by default.

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