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Create flowing particle animations out of any image (FOSS)
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Alan Ang
Particular Drift β€” Create flowing particle animations out of any image (FOSS)
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Turn images into flowing particle animations! Renders real-time in the browser. Free and open source software. Github repo: https://github.com/collidingScopes/particular-drift
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Alan Ang
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Turn images into flowing particle animations! Upload an image, then use the controls to adjust the colors, particle speed, attraction strength, edge detection threshold, flow field movement, 2D vs. 3D noise, etc. Click the 🎲 button underneath the canvas to randomize all input parameters, this can give interesting colour / movement styles. You can then open the controls at the top right of the screen to fine-tune the parameters one-by-one. Increasing the attraction strength will make the particles stick to the edges, while increasing the particle speed will cause the particles to become unstuck and flow around the canvas freely. You can export your creation as an image or video afterwards. A few hotkeys for the pros: [r]: randomize all inputs (useful to find interesting parameters for a new image) [c]: choose random color palette [space]: pause/play the animation [enter]: restart the animation [v]: start and stop video export [s]: save a screenshot image [u]: upload new image This tool is completely free, open source (MIT license), without any paywalls or premium options. You are welcome to use it for personal or commercial purposes. Github repo: https://github.com/collidingScop... I'd love to hear any feedback or suggestions. Cheers and happy animating πŸŒ€
KurachiWeb ε€‰εœ° δΏŠθΌ”
Genius! I've bookmarked.
Alan Ang
Maker
@kurachiweb Much appreciated Kurachi -- thank you for the feedback :)
Saite Y.
Looks interesting. Feel like the art style can be used in some horror game scenes lol
Alan Ang
Maker
@saite_yuan Haha I think I see what you mean. Slow movement with patterns emerging out of randomness -- can be a bit creepy at times πŸ•ΈοΈ. Thank you for the feedback Saite! By the way, if you're working on any projects and want to use this to create art or other assets for it -- please go ahead! This is completely free and open source. I'd love to see what people can come up with
Daniel Milstein
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Lims Edward
Congratulations on the launch of Particular Drift! This tool effectively addresses the challenge of creating dynamic visual content without extensive technical knowledge. What methods does Particular Drift use to ensure real-time performance while handling complex particle animations in the browser?
Christopher Dean
This is cool! What use cases do you see this being used?
Alan Ang
Maker
@christopher_dean thank you! A few ideas: - for builders: animated logos, stylish images / gif to supplement landing pages - for artists: remix and reimagine your art, giving you fresh ideas - for consumers: bring life to your old photos, making art for your profile picture / header
Savilia Lastero
So you're telling me I can turn any random image into a trippy particle animation?
Alan Ang
Maker
@savilia_lastero yes, and it's completely free and runs real-time in the browser. No sign-up or download required :)
PotatoHead
Amazing work on that. I’m spamming that 🎲 button over and over again and getting bangers each time. Very cool project
Alan Ang
Maker
@mrpotatohead Haha I'm doing the exact same thing -- hitting 'r' does the trick as well to randomize all the inputs. Cheers and thank you :)
Almira Zahira
Congratulations on launching Particular Drift! Your tool addresses the need for dynamic visual content creation in a user-friendly manner. How do you plan to support users in customizing the particle animations to align with their specific creative needs?
Launching soon!
Hey, does it support transparent backgrounds for layering animations onto other visuals? btw amazing work :)
Alan Ang
Maker
@hamza_afzal_butt Thanks Hamza for the comment. Unfortunately you can't export with transparent background at the moment. I'm using mp4 muxer to export the video as mp4 file, and as far as I know it's not possible to use a transparent background on mp4 files. I'll dig into it and see if I could make it work with another file format like webm. Thank you for the suggestion!
Ikenna dialoke
It is an appropriate app