EffectNew
Dust motes
Tiny motes hanging in still air and glinting in a lit patch, with a few soft out-of-focus ones drifting close to the lens.
- Version
- 1.0.0
- Added
- 23 October 2026
- Films
- Not used in a film yet
Parameters
| Name | Type | Default | Range | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| amount (Can change over time) | number | 0.5 | 0 to 1 | how many motes hang in the air: 0 none, 1 a thick beamCan change over time |
| size | number | 0.009 | 0.004 to 0.03 frames | how wide a mote is drawn, as a share of the frame height; 0.009 is about 2 px on a phone-size still |
| drift | number | 0.015 | 0 to 0.2 frames/s | how fast the motes wander, in frame heights a second |
| glint | number | 0.7 | 0 to 1 | how much each mote glints on and off as it turns |
| beam | vec2 | 0.55, 0.4 | 0 to 1 | the middle of the lit patch the motes gather in, as shares of the frame across and down |
| spread | number | 0.7 | 0.15 to 1.4 frames | how far the lit patch reaches across the frame; 1.4 fills it |
| bokeh | number | 0.4 | 0 to 1 | how many large soft out-of-focus motes float near the lens; 0 none |
| tint | color | #fff1d2 | – | the colour of the light the motes catch |
| strength (Can change over time) | number | 1 | 0.1 to 1.5 | how bright the motes are against the pictureCan change over time |
| seed | integer | 21 | 0 to 99 | which random pattern the particles fall in |
Use it in a film
film.js
elements: { 'dust-motes': { amount: 0.5, size: 0.009 } }Use it from your agent
Ask your agent to put it in a film. It finds the element by name.