Geometry

Point cloud

Tone becomes depth: bright points come forward, dark ones sink away.

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

Controls

grid
How many points across the frame. The only knob here that costs anything
depth
How deep the cloud is. Tone is carried by where a point stands, not by its size: light comes towards you, dark goes back
dot
Size of one point against the grid step. At one they close into a solid field; smaller, the gaps let the depth read
scatter
How far points stray sideways from their grid node. At zero it is a strict lattice, and lattices give themselves away with moiré
tilt
A number from 0 to 90, 22 by default.
turn
A number from -180 to 180, 18 by default.

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