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Plasma

Overlapping sine waves that flow into each other.

Preview

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Installation

Terminal window
pnpm add astro-dither

Or copy the source into your project:

Terminal window
npx astro-dither add effect

Usage

src/pages/index.astro
---
import { DitherEffect } from "astro-dither";
---
<DitherEffect effect="plasma" />

The classic demo-scene plasma: four sine fields summed and smoothed through the palette. scale controls the density of the pattern.

The props group like this:

Texture: scale.

Examples

Fine grain

Double the scale for a denser, cellular pattern.

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Two-tone

A two-colour palette snaps the plasma into a duotone print.

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Props

PropTypeDefaultDescription
scalenumber2Pattern density. 0.5 to 6.
palettestring[]the effect's2 to 8 colours, paper first, brightest last. transparent works.
cellnumber2Size of one dither cell in CSS pixels. Rounded to whole device pixels so cells stay even.
matrix2 | 4 | 8 | "noise"8The Bayer threshold size, or noise for a random look.
speednumber1Playback speed. 0 draws one still frame.
stillTimenumberthe effect'sThe moment drawn when motion is off or reduced, in seconds.
levelsnumber0 (all)Tones the field snaps to before dithering. Low values give hard, posterised steps.
bloomnumber0Bloom around lit cells, 0 to 1. Set a positive prop to create the overlay before overriding it with CSS --dither-bloom.
bloomRadiusnumber10Bloom blur in CSS pixels. CSS --dither-bloom-radius overrides it.
classstringundefinedClasses on the surface element, for size and position.

Notes

  • Decorative and aria-hidden. Put real text on top of it, not inside it.
  • With reduced motion it draws one still frame at 5s and stops.
  • It pauses when scrolled out of view or when the tab is hidden.
  • It shares one WebGL context with every other ordered effect on the page.