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Dense star field

A star field far richer than the real sky: thousands of stars of every colour, a few bright ones among many faint, in clumps.

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

Parameters

NameTypeDefaultRangeWhat it does
density (Can change over time)number0.80.05 to 2.5 stars/deg2how many stars on the sky, per square degree; the naked-eye sky has about 0.15Can change over time
brightness (Can change over time)number10 to 100how bright the stars are; 1 reads a typical star as a faint dot on a night sky, a daylight sky needs 40 to 100Can change over time
clumpingnumber0.50 to 1how much the stars gather into clouds and lanes: 0 even, 1 patchy
colournumber0.70 to 1how strongly the stars show their temperature colours: 0 all white, 1 full
seedinteger110 to 999which stars: another seed is another sky

Use it in a film

film.js
elements: { 'star-field-dense': { density: 0.8, brightness: 1 } }

Use it from your agent

Ask your agent to put it in a film. It finds the element by name.