SkyNew
Horizon glow
A glow low on the horizon at one compass bearing: a city, a distant fire, a lava field, a dawn that is not the Sun.
- Version
- 1.0.0
- Added
- 23 October 2026
- Films
- Not used in a film yet
Parameters
| Name | Type | Default | Range | What it does |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| towards | number | 180 | 0 to 360 deg | compass direction of the glow's middle: 0 north, 90 east, 180 south |
| width (Can change over time) | number | 30 | 2 to 120 deg | how far the glow reaches to either side of its middle (its half-width)Can change over time |
| height (Can change over time) | number | 9 | 1 to 60 deg | how high the glow climbs above the horizon before it has fadedCan change over time |
| strength (Can change over time) | number | 1 | 0 to 60 | how bright; 1 is a mid-grey at any exposure, a daylight sky needs 30 to 60Can change over time |
| color (Can change over time) | color | #ff7a2e | – | the colour of the glow: fire orange, city sodium, lava redCan change over time |
| core | number | 0.5 | 0 to 1 | how much brighter and whiter the middle is than the edges |
| flicker | number | 0 | 0 to 1 | a slow wavering of the glow's brightness, as fire throws; 0 steady |
| seed | integer | 6 | 0 to 999 | which patchy shape the glow's edge has |
Use it in a film
film.js
elements: { 'horizon-glow': { towards: 180, width: 30 } }Use it from your agent
Ask your agent to put it in a film. It finds the element by name.