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Light streaks

A long-exposure road: head and tail lights of passing traffic smeared into bright lines along two lanes of the street.

Version
1.0.0
Added
23 October 2026
Films
Not used in a film yet

Parameters

NameTypeDefaultRangeWhat it does
traffic (Can change over time)number600 to 200how many lights are on the road at once, split between the two lanesCan change over time
speed (Can change over time)number223 to 80 m/show fast the traffic goes: the streaks lengthen with itCan change over time
exposurenumber0.60.1 to 1 show long the camera's shutter stays open: longer smears the lights into longer lines
strength (Can change over time)number0.90 to 1how bright the lights areCan change over time
widthnumber0.10.05 to 1.5 mhow wide each light's line is on the road; it looks thinner the farther it is
bloomnumber0.60 to 1the soft glow round each light; 0 leaves clean lines
heightnumber0.70.2 to 3 mhow high the lights are above the road (a car's lamps are about 0.7 m)
lanesvec2-13.2, -9.2-2000 to 2000 mhow far inland of home's door the two lanes are: the first runs along the shore, the second back
centrenumber3-2000 to 2000 mwhere along the shore the stretch of road is centred, from home's door
reachnumber6040 to 1000 mhow far the road runs either side of its centre
headColourcolor#fff0d2–the colour of the lights coming toward the right (headlights)
tailColourcolor#ff3b2a–the colour of the lights going toward the left (tail lights)

Use it in a film

film.js
elements: { 'light-streaks': { traffic: 60, speed: 22 } }

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