Plasma

Overlapping sine waves that flow into each other.

Preview

Installation

pnpm add astro-dither

Or copy the source into your project: npx astro-dither add effect

Usage

---
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.

Two-tone

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

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, 1 to 8.
matrix2 | 4 | 8 | "noise"8The Bayer threshold size, or noise for a random look.
speednumber1Playback speed. 0 draws one still frame.
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.