Kinoe Studio · Guide

Know the tool. Keep the experiment moving.

Practical steps for current Studio workflows, plus a detailed reference for effects, controls, formats and recovery.

Quick tour: for a concise first edit, use the separate eight-step tour. This page keeps the deeper how-to and effect reference together.

Start here

Studio composes video, GIF, still-image, and generated layers into a timed loop. Resource navigation includes Layers, Effects, Looks, Sound, and Output. Timing tools use Animation, Frames, and Rails; on phones, open them through Time. The Composition preview shows the full composite. Select a layer before changing its properties or effects; the selected layer is the target for the Effects workspace and the Before/After comparison.

Typical first edit:

Choose Import media or drop media onto the canvas.
In Layers, select a layer, adjust its placement or timing, and use + Add layer if you need text, a generator, an adjustment layer, or another source.
In Effects, choose Add effect or open Looks & variation and try a Look. Play the loop, compare Before and After, then tune the effect controls.
Optionally animate a numeric effect property, add sound, or restrict an effect with Frame coverage · Rails.
In Output, choose a format and size, then press Download. Use Save project when you need an editable project file.

Opening the Output tab only reveals settings; it does not start a render. The header Download action begins rendering with the current Output settings.

Name, save, open, and recover a project

Project title

Rename from the header’s project-name control; the dialog action is Save name. Names are trimmed and Unicode-normalized. Empty names, path separators, control or bidirectional formatting characters, the names “.” and “..”, and names longer than 80 code points are rejected. If no title was saved, older projects may take their initial title from the first media filename.

The title is also available through Project → Rename project. Renaming changes project/export naming; it does not rename source files, layers, effects, tracks, or IDs.

Save an editable project

Choose Save project to download a .kinoe project. This is an editable archive containing the composition and its source media, frame timing, effect stacks and animation, tracking data, sound settings/recorded loop, Output choices, and project title. It is not a rendered GIF or MP4. Use Download for a finished result.

When the browser offers a native save picker, select the destination and confirm the save there. In browsers without that picker, Studio requests a normal download and gives the file a unique title-based name; check the browser’s download list and choose a location you can find. A browser’s download request is not proof the file reached a particular folder.

Open a project

Choose Open project and select a .kinoe file. If a project is already open, Studio first saves that work to this browser before replacing it. If the save fails—for example, because a live camera cannot be kept—it asks Keep my work or Open and lose it. Choose Keep my work, then use Save project to make a file copy. An incomplete archive may offer Open what's there or Cancel; read the missing-media list before continuing. Project archives above 4 GB are refused.

Automatic recovery

Studio autosaves to this browser on this device about every four seconds and again when the page is hidden. On return, Recover your work can list the latest saved sessions; choose Recover it or Not now. On phones and tablets the offer also appears at the top of the empty canvas; with more than one session, Choose a session opens the list. While space is available, sessions from the past 7 days and at least the five most recent are retained. If storage is full, Studio may remove older sessions while saving the current one, but a failed retry keeps those earlier sessions. If saving still fails, use Save project to make a file copy. After the first autosave, Studio asks the browser to keep this storage; some browsers, such as Firefox, may ask you to allow it. A refusal leaves autosave working, but browser storage may still be cleared under pressure. Separate tabs/sessions are kept separately. Browser storage is not a cloud backup and is not included in a .kinoe download unless you explicitly use Save project.

Live webcam media is not included in autosaves or project files. Record a loop before saving if you want camera frames in the project. If local storage is blocked or full, save a .kinoe file to disk. Do not clear site data until you have saved anything you want to keep.

Studio can also receive a frame sequence handed off by another Kinoe tool such as GIF Maker. It reads the handoff from this browser’s storage and keeps the sequence order and timing; adjust it in Frames. If the handoff cannot be opened, its frames stay on this device and Studio reports that you can reload and try again.

Import media and image sequences

Use Import media, Media files…, or drag files into the Composition. Video and GIF files become layers. Supported still-image extensions include PNG, JPEG, WebP, AVIF and BMP, subject to browser decoding. Video import recognizes common MP4, MOV, M4V, WebM, MKV and OGV extensions; actual codecs must still be decodable by the browser. A ProRes MOV may open in Safari; if a MOV fails elsewhere, export an H.264 MP4 and retry.

When importing multiple stills, choose one of these exact options:

One animated layer · each image is a frame — creates a sequence. Initially, names are placed in natural filename order; reorder them later in Frames.
Separate layers — creates one layer per file.

For a sequence, Each frame (s) sets the initial duration. Fit inside the largest, Fit inside the smallest, Crop all to the first image's size, and Keep each at its own size determine how mixed image dimensions are handled; the last option centres each image. These options preserve separate source frames; cropping/fit is part of the sequence import, not a destructive edit to the original files. Use Add to Studio or Cancel to finish the import dialog.

GIFs are decoded into source frames and timing. A still image remains a still. If an image is not displayed, confirm the file is a supported format and that the browser can decode it. If a video has sound, it can appear in Sound as a video-sound source.

Layers, placement, blend, and clip timing

The Layers list is labelled “top first”: higher layers appear in front. Select a row to edit it. The row actions show/hide, move Up (in front) or Down (behind), and Remove. Duplicate layer copies the layer, including its effects, frames, and timing.

+ Add layer offers:

Media files… — import video, GIF, or images.
Audio visualiser — spectrum-driven bars or a ring; add sound or microphone input to drive it.
Text — animated words in Kinoe’s included font choices; effects also work on text.
Camera — live webcam layer with Mirror (like a selfie view); the browser is asked for ideal 1920×1080 video, but the device/browser determines the actual resolution. Record a loop counts down for three seconds, then records one composition loop into saved frames.
Adjustment layer — applies its effects to the layers below it.
Gradient, Noise, Pattern, Particles, and Solid colour — generated visual layers.

The selected layer’s controls include X (px), Y (px), Scale (%), Rotation (°), Opacity (%), Blend, Show through, and Starts at (s). Scale accepts 1–1000%, Opacity 0–100%, and Starts at is nonnegative. Reset position returns it to fitted, centred, 100%. Repeat to fill the loop repeats a short source to fill the composition loop. Blend modes are Normal, Add, Screen, Multiply, Overlay, Difference, Lighten, and Darken. Show through options are None, Shape of layer above, Shape of layer above, inverted, Brightness of layer above, and Brightness of layer above, inverted. This uses another layer as a stencil; it is not a general-purpose clip mask editor.

For eligible media, use Split at playhead, Trim start to playhead, Trim end to playhead, In (s into the file), and Out (s into the file). A split makes two editable sections with their own effect copies; the source file is unchanged. Videos need at least one frame in each part; GIF/image sequences split on frame boundaries and need at least two frames in each part. Transition in offers None (cut), Crossfade, Dip to black, and Wipe. A transition is centred on the join, defaults to 0.5 seconds, and is limited to four seconds. Use Undo clip edit / Redo clip edit for recent clip edits. A single still, live camera feed, adjustment layer, or generated layer cannot be split; record a camera loop first. Repeating layers must have Repeat to fill the loop turned off before a split. A layer using Show through as a stencil cannot be split until its matte is set to None. If a video’s sound is still being read, wait and retry. Sequence timing is also edited in Frames.

Generated-layer controls

Each generator’s main controls are in its selected-layer properties. Audio visualiser provides Style (Bars, Mirrored bars, Ring, Line), Bars, Height, Colour 1–3, and advanced position, width, gap, end-softening, minimum-bar, ring-radius, or line-thickness controls as appropriate to the chosen style. Text provides Text, Font, Size (% of height), Colour, Animation (None, Typewriter, Glitch in, Flicker, Scroll, Wave, Pop in, Rise), and Repeats per loop, with advanced alignment, position, letter spacing, line height, outline, and background-box settings. Gradient has From, To, Angle (°), Shape (Linear or Radial), and Flow (cycles per loop). Noise has Size, Contrast, Evolution (cycles per loop), Dark, and Light. Pattern has Pattern (Stripes, Checks, Dots, Grid), Size (px), Angle (°), Drift (cycles per loop), and Colour A/B. Particles has Motion (Rise, Burst, Orbit, Fall), Count, Size (px), Spread, Speed (cycles per loop), Colour, and Variation. Solid colour has Colour. Exact generator controls, defaults, ranges, and choices appear in the generated-layer section of the effect reference.

Frames and source inspection

For a GIF or image-sequence layer, Frames lists frames in playback order. Select a frame to set its Duration (s), move it Earlier or Later, Copy it, or Remove it. On desktop layouts, Previous and Next step through source frames. On phones, use the compact frame strip and the selected-frame actions; those controls differ from the desktop panel. View selected frame large opens a larger view. For videos, inspect Source time (s) and nearby source samples; this source inspector is not an independent composition-time editor.

Sequence tools include Sequence settings, Every frame (s), Apply to all, Reverse, and Ping-pong. Reverse flips playback order. Ping-pong mirrors the sequence without duplicating the endpoints. When frames are reordered, copied, removed, or reversed, Studio tries to keep frame-specific effect coverage attached to the corresponding frame identity.

The source-frame duration editor accepts 0.02 to 60 seconds per frame. Use Every frame (s) to set a common duration, then select Apply to all. For video, use the clip In/Out and playhead controls instead of the image-sequence timing tools.

Effects, effect stacks, and parameter help

Select the target layer, open Effects, then choose Add effect. Search by name in Search effects. Each effect card offers its own enabled state, Key for the effect’s on/off state, stack ordering, Duplicate, and Remove. Effects are applied in displayed top-to-bottom stack order. Two copies of the same effect are separate instances with separate controls. Use Earlier and Later to change their order. In the compact phone layout, use Show stack to choose an effect instance and Selected controls to return to its inspector.

The effect library spans these families: Tracking, Glitch, Film and analogue, Time, Warp, Pixel and print, Stylise and print, Light and colour, Blur and glow, Lens and glass, Masks and keys, and Texture. The effect reference lists every effect with its exact parameter labels, default, numeric range and step, select choices, conditional controls, advanced disclosures, and available practical hints. It also indexes the seven generated-layer types and their 52 controls. Use it as the field guide alongside an effect card.

Parameter controls can be numeric ranges, select menus, colours, text, editable curves, LUT files, painted masks, or layer selectors. Open More settings to see advanced effect controls; tracking also has a Track Styles & text tags disclosure. Some controls only appear after choosing a relevant mode, so a missing control may be conditional rather than unavailable. Range parameters may expose Motion, Key, and Lock actions; Lock keeps supported settings unchanged during Shuffle. Discrete choices and text fields are not necessarily animatable. Enter numeric values only within the displayed control range.

Several control types have their own editing steps. For a painted mask, select Paint on the picture, draw on the composition preview, adjust Brush size (0.005–0.3; initial value 0.04), Soft edge (on by default), or Erase (off by default), then select Done painting. Use Clear to remove its strokes. A LUT parameter loads a .cube file with Load a .cube file; after one is loaded, the action becomes Change LUT. The file must be under 20 MB and contain a valid 3D LUT (LUT_3D_SIZE 2–65 with the matching number of colour rows); 1D LUTs are not supported. In Dither’s custom palette mode, Load palette file reads .hex, .gpl, or .txt text and uses the first 2–8 colours it finds (up to the first 100,000 characters); Copy colours copies the active palette as hex. A curve editor switches between RGB, Red, Green, and Blue; drag points, click to add one, or double-click an interior point to remove it. Each channel supports at most 16 points; endpoints keep their left/right position while their value can move vertically. Curve presets include S-curve (more contrast), Soft contrast, Faded film (lifted blacks), Cross-processed, Teal and orange, Moody blue shadows, and Invert; Reset [channel] restores the selected channel.

Some effects build up temporal history (for example trails or melt-style effects). Play the full loop to judge these. An effect may support selected-frame coverage through Rails while still using continuous history from earlier frames; coverage does not reset every effect’s internal history.

Looks and variation

Open Looks & variation to browse built-in Looks and Your Looks. A Look is a tuned stack of effects with animation values prepared for a looping composition. Applying a Look appends its effects to the selected layer’s existing stack; it does not replace that stack. Look previews are visual suggestions, not a guarantee of the animated result, so apply the Look and play the loop.

Choose Save as Look to save the current effect stack in this browser. Name this Look accepts up to 60 characters. Export Look file writes a portable JSON Look; Import Look file reads one and appends its effect stack to the selected layer. A Look contains effect settings, not source media or the complete project. Imported Look files are limited to 2 MB and 40 effects. Layer-target references are not portable, and tracking identifiers should be rechecked after reloading or changing the source.

Shuffle generates another variation. Edit Seed, then press Enter or activate Shuffle with this seed to reproduce that seeded variation. The Shuffle group's Undo returns to its previous snapshot while keeping later manual setting changes where possible. Shuffle respects locked settings where supported, but some effects (especially tracking) need review after shuffle. There is no project-wide named history or universal undo stack.

Undo on/off and Redo on/off only reverse recent effect enabled-state changes. The shuffle group's Undo only restores the previous shuffle snapshot; it keeps later manual edits where possible. Neither control is a general undo for parameter, layer, import, or project changes. Seed accepts 0–999,999,999; press Enter or activate Shuffle with this seed to rebuild that variation.

Built-in Looks include: Signal Bloom, Acid Tunnel, VHS Memory, Liquid Heat, Ghost Echo, Corrupt, Halftone Press, 1-bit Pulse, Kodak Gold 200, Portra 400, CineStill 800T, Tri-X 400, Infrared, Instant Film, Super 8, Old Film, VHS Home Video, CRT Arcade, Broadcast TV, Bad Signal, LED Billboard, Light Leak Dream, Miniature, Dream Mist, Anamorphic Night, Starburst, Bokeh Night, Handheld, Fisheye, Through the Glass, Smash, Warp Speed, Newsprint, CMYK Print, Riso Zine, Riso Trio, Photocopy, Topographic, Neon Topo, Sketchbook, Etching, Pointillism, Oil Painting, Comic, Ridgelines, Plotter, Linocut, Flow Mosh, Motion Colour, Stop Motion, Long Exposure, Echo Chamber, Motion Outlines, Speed Smear, and Glitch in Motion. Your Looks contains the stacks saved locally by the user.

Animation and keyframes

Open the Animation view in the time tools. The tabs are Animation, Frames, and Rails; Show timeline and Hide timeline expand or collapse the timing workspace. Choose an animatable numeric parameter, then click its Key control to set or remove a keyframe at the playhead. Change the value at another time to create a second key. Use Add keyframe or right-click the timeline to open At the playhead and add a key to a supported property. Drag or navigate the playhead to inspect the interpolated result. Only supported range parameters receive property keyframes; select menus, text, colours, curves, and other control types may have different or no animation support. The effect’s Key button is separate: it keys the effect’s enabled/disabled state.

Keyframe interpolation options are ease, linear, and hold. To modulate a supported value, select Motion and use Moved by to choose Sine wave, Triangle wave, Saw wave, Square wave, Smooth noise, Random steps, Sound: bass/mids/highs/loudness/beat, or MIDI knob. Loop-locked waves expose Cycles / loop (1–16); all modes expose Depth (0–1). MIDI knob mode offers Learn; turn a controller knob after selecting it to map that control. A whole-number cycle count is designed to return to its starting phase at the loop boundary. Check the effect-specific reference before applying Motion to a property. A keyframe or modulation is not the same as the selected-frame coverage in Rails.

The project timeline has a playhead and loop length. On phones, open the Time workspace first. The loop-length field accepts 0.1 to 120 seconds. A long render may be constrained by the device’s memory and processing capacity even when the time field accepts the value.

Frame coverage and Rails

Open Frame coverage · Rails in Effects or the Rails time view to control which eligible source frames an effect uses. All frames is the default. Rails apply to GIF and image-sequence layers with at least two frames; they are not offered for video, a still image, live camera, generated, adjustment, or other non-sequence layers. If the composition uses frame timing or order changes, Studio remaps rail selections by frame identity where possible. If a transfer cannot be made for a batch job, the interface warns and offers an all-frame application for that batch; it does not silently change the project’s own selected frames.

Motion tracking, tracking effects, and tags

For a video or sequence layer, choose Motion tracking, then Track a point on this layer. Pick a distinct, high-contrast detail in the source image and choose Detail size (Small, Medium, or Large). Studio follows the point through the source frames. This layer follows attaches another layer to the tracked point; Centre on the tracked point places the tracked detail at the canvas centre. The follower keeps its existing offset. Use Show path / Hide path, Re-anchor here, or Delete a track. Press Escape while choosing a point to cancel point selection.

Tracking uses local image matching, not identity recognition. Frames with confidence below 0.6 are marked for review; below 0.35, the tracker also tries a wider local search. Weak sections are shown, not concealed; a follower carries on along the last motion there. Occlusion, a crossing, a quick camera move, a changing shape, or a repetitive texture can make the tracker lose the point or follow the wrong feature. Inspect flagged frames and re-anchor. A follower may remain in place if the original layer is removed.

The Blob tracking effect is separate from point tracking. It detects bright shapes, dark shapes, or movement and can draw markers, labels, links, and per-ID interior treatments. Open Track Styles & text tags for rule and tag slots. To identify the number you want, choose Labels → ID only and read it in the preview; then enter that number in Tag 1 target ID and its caption in Tag 1 text. Use the numbers actually shown in your preview; 0 disables a slot. IDs can change when objects cross, overlap, disappear, or move quickly, and after resets, resize, shuffle, export, or reopen. Recheck each tag and target rule after those changes. Tags are text labels, not durable object identities.

Sound, microphone, and MIDI

Open Sound to add a soundtrack with + Add sound, use the audio from a video layer, or connect live inputs. Supported audio import includes common MP3, WAV, and M4A files, subject to browser decoding. The waveform lets you drag the loop start. Set Loop starts at (s), choose Loop length (1 beat, 2 beats, 1 bar, 2 bars, or 4 bars), and use Fit loop to the beat when useful. Set Sound volume (%) from 0 to 200%. Video sound follows its layer; duplicate video layers start muted to avoid doubling audio. GIF export is silent. Include the sound in MP4 exports controls MP4 audio.

Use microphone asks for browser permission and gives supported effects live microphone analysis. Live analysis alone is not stored. When you choose Record a loop of live input, Studio records analyzed levels and spectrum for the loop, not microphone audio. Connect MIDI depends on browser support, permission and a connected device. The meters show Bass, Mids, Highs, Loudness and Beat. Clear the recording removes the recorded control data. The Audio visualiser layer can respond to soundtrack or microphone spectrum. For exported motion from a mapped knob, choose Motion beside a supported setting, select MIDI knob, use Learn, and record a loop while the knob moves. A mapped MIDI pad switches a Look during preview; pad presses are not captured in the recorded loop.

If a soundtrack does not decode, try a supported audio format or a shorter file. Microphone and MIDI availability depend on browser permissions, secure-context rules, and device support.

Compare effects and view the canvas

The Composition preview shows the full layer composite. Before bypasses effects on the selected layer; After returns to its normal rendered state. It does not hide other layers or show the intermediate result after each effect. After is the state used for export.

Focus controls reduces the preview while editing; select Expand preview to restore it. The Preview control offers Auto, Full, Half, and Quarter. Auto can lower preview resolution when playback cannot keep up; exports render at full output resolution. The composition canvas begins from the first imported media’s dimensions. Open Canvas & utilities to reach Canvas size and frame rate: Width and Height accept even values from 16 to 4096; Frame rate offers 12, 15, 24, 25, 30, 50, or 60 fps. Background is Transparent or Colour; selecting Colour reveals the Colour picker. Transparency applies to GIF; MP4 uses Background for transparent areas. There is no aspect-ratio preset or crop tool in the canvas controls. Output sizing scales the long edge while preserving the composition’s existing shape unless you explicitly change dimensions.

Output settings and formats

Open Output to choose GIF or MP4, a Size preset, and format-specific options; then choose Download when ready. Custom exposes the Size (long edge) selector. Composition Width, Height, Frame rate, and Background are under Canvas & utilities → Canvas size and frame rate. The frame rates are 12, 15, 24, 25, 30, 50, or 60 fps. Canvas dimensions are even values from 16 to 4096 pixels. Changing width and height can change the exported shape; preview the result before rendering.

Size presets

The current preset menu offers Custom, Instagram · Reels, Stories, feed, X · video, X web · GIF (quality first), TikTok, and YouTube Shorts. They set dimension rules only: choose GIF or MP4 separately, and set frame rate under Canvas size and frame rate. Presets preserve the canvas shape; they do not crop or change aspect ratio. Treat platform presets as starting points, not upload or compliance guarantees.

Current dimension rules: Instagram sets width to 1080 px and derives an even height from the canvas shape. X video, TikTok, and YouTube Shorts set the short edge to 1080 px and cap the long edge at 1920 px (MP4 output dimensions are made even). X web GIF starts from the source canvas size without upscaling, reducing dimensions if they exceed 1280 × 1080; selecting it also enables Fit to X web automatically. For a controlled output scale, choose Custom; then Size (long edge) offers Canvas size, 480 px, 640 px, 800 px, 1080 px, or 1920 px. Other presets hide this long-edge selector and compute dimensions from their rule.

GIF

Choose GIF for an animated image. Set Colours to 256, 128, 64, or 32; Dither to None, Diffusion, or Ordered; and Play to Loop forever, Once, 2 times, or 3 times. GIF has no audio. Fit to X web automatically targets the X GIF target (15,000,000 bytes, 1280 × 1080, 350 stored frames, and 300 million stored pixels). It may resize the image and drop frames while retaining their elapsed time in longer holds. This is a compatibility attempt, not a guarantee about current platform requirements. Use it separately from Maximum target size. The optional Maximum target size (MB, optional) accepts 0.000001 to 100 MB (decimal megabytes), up to six decimal places. It is a maximum rather than a padded target; fitting may reduce dimensions and fine detail. It preserves the selected frame timing, Colours, and Dither settings. The bounded search stops after eight attempts or at 120 px wide (or the selected width if smaller); For target: keep selected output dimensions allows one attempt. If the target cannot be met, Output reports an error and the smallest tested size. Fitting does not guarantee a globally largest result because GIF size is not strictly monotonic with dimensions.

The optional Repair GIF loop changes finished GIF frames only; it does not edit the project. Enable Prepare an optional loop repair, set inclusive First retained frame and Last retained frame, then choose After trimming: Trim only, Ping-pong, or Crossfade end into start. Suggest endpoints and Preview repair compare endpoint thumbnails; preview supports up to 350 rendered frames. Input processing has a 1,000-frame ceiling, but interactive preview is unavailable above 350 frames. Crossfade overlap (s) accepts 0.06–60 seconds (default 0.20) and cannot exceed half the retained duration. Each input hold must be at least 0.02 seconds. Preview before choosing Use previewed repair; if the artwork or output settings change afterward, preview again. Suggestions do not judge motion. Ping-pong reverses motion and makes the loop longer; crossfade can ghost moving shapes, shift the start, and shorten the loop. It cannot repair tracker initialization or guarantee natural motion. The edited GIF remains silent and may no longer match the soundtrack’s phase or duration. Reset / turn off repair returns to the original loop.

MP4

Choose MP4 for H.264 video. Quality offers Standard, High, or Maximum. Plays offers once, 2, 3, or 5 repetitions. Choose Background for transparent areas, and enable Include the sound in MP4 exports if the soundtrack should be in the file. MP4 needs browser WebCodecs support and an H.264 encoder configuration supported at the requested size. MP4 export depends on browser WebCodecs support and an H.264 encoder configuration that works at the requested size. A smaller output size may work if encoding fails.

Other output actions

Export this frame as SVG exports the current frame as vector shapes. It works best with flat-colour looks such as dither, halftone, posterize, or pixel art, and the frame can contain at most 64 opaque colours; source pixels with alpha below 128 are ignored and exported paths are opaque. If there are too many colours, add Posterize or Dither and retry. Batch: apply to many files… applies the effects from a base media layer and everything above it to each selected video or image, using the current output settings. Each input gets its own output; multiple successful outputs can also be downloaded together with Download all … (.zip). Batch does not support clip sections or transitions, nor a one-GIF Repair GIF loop; turn the repair off first. A media layer is required. If frame Rails cannot be matched to each input, Studio asks whether to Apply to all frames for this batch or Cancel. That changes only the batch copy; the project keeps its selected frames.

When an export finishes, the result panel reports File size, Dimensions, Frames (GIF), Colours (GIF), and Made in time. Output progress reports render status and gives Download file, Save or share file (when the browser offers it), Cancel, and Return to edit where applicable. Cancel stops the active job and does not make a new partial output. The project and settings remain available. Temporary storage used by large GIF rendering is cleaned after completion or cancellation when the browser permits it.

If a Strobe effect’s flashes or artwork gaps cannot be represented at the chosen loop length and frame rate, Output warns that frames may miss flashes. It may offer Lengthen loop to [duration] s, keeping the flash count or let you select Export these sampled flashes anyway. Changing loop duration or raising frame rate can improve the sampled cadence. Keyed or modulated Strobe timing is explicitly not certified by this static check. For GIF, holds shorter than 20 ms may be slowed or skipped by GIF players; use MP4 for more reliable cadence.

Keyboard and accessibility

Space plays or pauses the composition when focus is not in a text field, select, button, or dialog.
Escape hides an active help hint and cancels point-picking mode.
Cmd/Ctrl+S uses Save project when focus is outside text fields, selects and open dialogs.
Use Tab to move through controls and Enter or Space to activate them. Resource and timing tabs support left/right arrow navigation plus Home/End; the At the playhead menu supports up/down plus Home/End and Escape to close. Escape also cancels point-picking mode. Keyboard details depend on which control has focus.
Hover or focus a control to see its hint. On touch, hold a control briefly for the hint; an ordinary tap activates it. Hints are not substitutes for the detailed parameter reference.
Open Help & preferences for the guided tour, explainers, and display preferences. Use Show the Studio tour again to restart the short tour; Show explainers I've dismissed again re-enables one-time effect explainers. Hint dismissal is separate from explainers.

Studio provides keyboard-operable controls and reduced-motion styling. Browser and device behavior can vary; this guide is not a certification of screen-reader or physical-device accessibility.

Troubleshooting

What you see	What to try
A video or MOV import fails	Browser codec support varies. Try H.264 MP4. Studio reports the reason in its status or output area.
The webcam is unavailable	Check that the browser allows camera access for the site, then retry Record a loop. The browser may grant a resolution below the requested ideal 1920×1080.
A still sequence is out of order	Use Frames to move a frame Earlier or Later; imported filenames are initially sorted naturally.
A layer is behind the wrong element	In Layers, move it Up to bring it in front or Down to send it behind.
A parameter is missing	Open More settings or Track Styles & text tags and check whether its controlling mode enables it.
Motion or keys are unavailable	Select an animatable numeric range parameter. Text, discrete choices, and other parameter types may not support them.
The animation does not loop cleanly	Use whole cycles per loop for a modulator; inspect whether the effect accumulates frame history; play the entire loop.
Tracking drifts or loses a point	Pick a more distinct feature, use Re-anchor here, and inspect every low-confidence section. Point tracking does not identify people or objects.
A blob tag labels the wrong shape	Recheck its displayed ID after movement, crossing, resize, shuffle, reset, export, or reopen. IDs are not stable identities.
Microphone or MIDI is unavailable	Check browser permission, secure context, Web MIDI support, and device connection.
Autosave or recovery fails	Use Save project to create a .kinoe file. Browser storage may be blocked or full; keep a separate project file.
The GIF target size is not reached	Allow dimensions to fit; unlock dimensions if safe; reduce the canvas size or simplify the artwork. The fitter has a finite attempt count and minimum dimension.
The GIF looks softer after fitting	Size fitting can reduce dimensions; adjust Canvas size or Colours / Dither settings and preview again.
MP4 cannot start or encode	Confirm WebCodecs and H.264 support in this browser, then try a smaller output size.
Preview stutters or export runs out of resources	Reduce output dimensions, duration, layers, or source frames. Close other memory-heavy tabs and retry. The project is not altered by a failed render.
A job is taking too long	Use Cancel to stop it, then reduce frame count, loop length, layers, or output size before retrying.
A project will not open	Confirm it is a .kinoe archive below 4 GB. If offered, review the missing item list before choosing Open what's there.
The canvas looks different from the export	Preview resolution may be Half/Quarter or Auto. Exports render at full output resolution; compare settings and check the Background.

Worked examples

These examples use current Studio labels. Features that depend on a browser capability or source file can behave differently across devices.

Still images to GIF

Choose Import media and select several still images.
In the sequence dialog choose One animated layer · each image is a frame, set Each frame (s) if needed, then choose Add to Studio.
Open Output, select GIF, review the playback and size settings, and choose Download.

To keep one frame sequence, use the animated-layer option; Separate layers creates a composite instead. GIF does not include audio.

MP4 with sound

Import an MP4 with sound, or open Sound and choose + Add sound for a separate soundtrack.
Use the soundtrack controls to choose the loop start and length. Check that the preview plays the sound you expect.
Open Output, choose MP4, enable Include the sound in MP4 exports, and choose Download.

GIF exports are silent. Live microphone input is not a soundtrack; a recorded live-input loop stores analyzed values for effects, not microphone audio.

Two-layer effect composition

Import your first image or video. Select + Add layer → Media files… and add a second source.
In Layers, select the top layer and adjust its Opacity (%) or Blend if you want it to combine differently with the layer below.
With that layer selected, open Effects → Add effect. Add another effect if useful; the displayed order determines the stack order.
Choose Before and After to compare the selected layer’s effects. The other layer remains visible in both states.

Two keyframes on a numeric effect setting

Add an effect with a supported numeric range, such as Waves, then open Animation.
Move the playhead to the first time, set the value and use Key beside that property.
Move the playhead to a second time, change the value and set a second key. Play the loop and adjust the two values or their interpolation.

Only supported range controls can receive property keys. Effect on/off keys use the effect’s separate Key control.

Different labels for two tracked shapes

Add Blob tracking. Choose Labels → ID only so the preview shows the detected IDs.
Open Track Styles & text tags. Enter the first displayed ID in Tag 1 target ID (0 = off), then enter its caption in Tag 1 text.
Use a different displayed ID in Tag 2 target ID (0 = off) and its caption in Tag 2 text. Check the preview again.

Use IDs shown by your own preview. Crossings, overlap, occlusion, fast motion or tracking resets can change which shape an ID describes. Tags label detected IDs; they do not lock onto people or objects.

Save, reopen and recover

Use Save project on desktop; the compact phone control is labelled Save. The result is an editable .kinoe project file, separate from a GIF or MP4 export.
Later, choose Open project and select that file. If the browser offers a missing-media list, review it before choosing whether to continue.
If Studio offers local recovery, review the listed session and choose Recover it or Not now. For a durable copy, save the project file separately; browser recovery is not a backup.

Effect and parameter reference

Search by effect name or parameter. Each entry lists the controls and choices available in Studio. Controls marked conditional appear only when the selected mode or related field enables them. More settings or Track Styles & text tags identifies a disclosure in the effect card.

Tracking

Blob tracking

Finds bright, dark or moving shapes and marks them with boxes, IDs, data and links.

Parameters

Track — choices: Bright shapes / Dark shapes / Movement; default "Bright shapes"
Sensitivity — 0.05–0.95; default 0.6; step 0.01
Smallest shape (%) — 0.05–10; default 0.4; step 0.05
Most shapes — 1–16; default 8; step 1
Marker — choices: Corners / Boxes / Crosshairs; default "Corners"
Labels — choices: ID + position / ID only / None; default "ID + position"
Links — choices: Nearest / Web / None; default "Nearest"
Inside boxes — choices: Clear / Invert / Tint / Pixelate / Dither / Soft blur / Colour; default "Clear"
Markers / links / Tint colour — colour; default "#f2f0eb"
Line width (px) — 1–6; default 1.5; step 0.5
Custom label — text; default ""; maximum 120 characters, one line. Supports {id}, {x}, {y}, {width}, {height}, and {area} tokens; custom text replaces ID labels.
Pixel size (composition pixels) — 1–128; default 16; step 1; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (conditional)
Pixelate / Dither / Blur / Colour strength — 0–1; default 1; step 0.01; Shared by Pixelate, Dither, Soft blur and Colour across all boxes. Does not change Clear, Invert or Tint.; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (conditional)
Dither levels — 2–16; default 4; step 1; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (Track Styles & text tags; conditional)
Blur radius (composition pixels) — 0–24; default 4; step 1; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (Track Styles & text tags; conditional)
Global Colour fill — colour; default "#00d9ff"; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (Track Styles & text tags; conditional)
Rule 1 target ID (0 = off) — 0–99999; default 0; step 1; Keys hold IDs; modulation is ignored. Start with an ID 0 key to stay off until a later key. Shuffle keeps entered numbers, but Shuffle and undoing a shuffle reset tracking; recheck the subjects. Enter a displayed numeric ID; 0 disables this slot. Later matching slots win. Reset, resize, export or reopen can assign that number to a different subject. Recheck the target after those actions. (Track Styles & text tags)
Rule 1 interior — choices: Clear / Invert / Tint / Pixelate / Dither / Soft blur / Colour; default "Clear"; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (Track Styles & text tags; conditional)
Rule 1 colour — colour; default "#00d9ff"; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (Track Styles & text tags; conditional)
Rule 2 target ID (0 = off) — 0–99999; default 0; step 1; Keys hold IDs; modulation is ignored. Start with an ID 0 key to stay off until a later key. Shuffle keeps entered numbers, but Shuffle and undoing a shuffle reset tracking; recheck the subjects. Enter a displayed numeric ID; 0 disables this slot. Later matching slots win. Reset, resize, export or reopen can assign that number to a different subject. Recheck the target after those actions. (Track Styles & text tags)
Rule 2 interior — choices: Clear / Invert / Tint / Pixelate / Dither / Soft blur / Colour; default "Clear"; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (Track Styles & text tags; conditional)
Rule 2 colour — colour; default "#66ff66"; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (Track Styles & text tags; conditional)
Rule 3 target ID (0 = off) — 0–99999; default 0; step 1; Keys hold IDs; modulation is ignored. Start with an ID 0 key to stay off until a later key. Shuffle keeps entered numbers, but Shuffle and undoing a shuffle reset tracking; recheck the subjects. Enter a displayed numeric ID; 0 disables this slot. Later matching slots win. Reset, resize, export or reopen can assign that number to a different subject. Recheck the target after those actions. (Track Styles & text tags)
Rule 3 interior — choices: Clear / Invert / Tint / Pixelate / Dither / Soft blur / Colour; default "Clear"; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (Track Styles & text tags; conditional)
Rule 3 colour — colour; default "#ff5555"; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (Track Styles & text tags; conditional)
Label size (px, 0 = auto) — 0–120; default 0; step 1; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (conditional)
Label colour — choices: Match markers / Custom; default "Match markers"; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (conditional)
Custom label colour — colour; default "#f2f0eb"; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (conditional)
Label offset X (px) — -256–256; default 0; step 1; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (conditional)
Label offset Y (px) — -256–256; default 0; step 1; Positive X moves right; positive Y moves down. Labels stay within the canvas.; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (conditional)
Tag 1 target ID (0 = off) — 0–99999; default 0; step 1; Enter the displayed box ID, then write its text in the field that appears. For different boxes, use a different ID in each Tag slot; 0 is off. Text only; interior rules are separate. IDs can change during crossings, overlap, occlusion or fast motion, and after reset, resize, Shuffle, undoing a shuffle, export or reopen. A tag may disappear or attach to another detection. Recheck assignments. Keys hold IDs; modulation is ignored. (Track Styles & text tags)
Tag 1 text — text; default ""; maximum 120 characters, one line; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (Track Styles & text tags; conditional)
Tag 2 target ID (0 = off) — 0–99999; default 0; step 1; Enter the displayed box ID, then write its text in the field that appears. For different boxes, use a different ID in each Tag slot; 0 is off. Text only; interior rules are separate. IDs can change during crossings, overlap, occlusion or fast motion, and after reset, resize, Shuffle, undoing a shuffle, export or reopen. A tag may disappear or attach to another detection. Recheck assignments. Keys hold IDs; modulation is ignored. (Track Styles & text tags)
Tag 2 text — text; default ""; maximum 120 characters, one line; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (Track Styles & text tags; conditional)
Tag 3 target ID (0 = off) — 0–99999; default 0; step 1; Enter the displayed box ID, then write its text in the field that appears. For different boxes, use a different ID in each Tag slot; 0 is off. Text only; interior rules are separate. IDs can change during crossings, overlap, occlusion or fast motion, and after reset, resize, Shuffle, undoing a shuffle, export or reopen. A tag may disappear or attach to another detection. Recheck assignments. Keys hold IDs; modulation is ignored. (Track Styles & text tags)
Tag 3 text — text; default ""; maximum 120 characters, one line; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (Track Styles & text tags; conditional).

Glitch

Datamosh

Real compression breakdown: tracks motion with optical flow and drags old pixels along it.

Parameters

Motion strength — 0–3; default 1; step 0.05
Motion blocks (px) — 1–48; default 16; step 1
Clean frames per loop — 0–8; default 1; step 1
Bleed-through — 0–0.3; default 0.02; step 0.005 (More settings).

Motion glitch

Glitches only what moves: fast areas tear into blocks and colour splits along their motion.

Parameters

Ignore motion under (px) — 0–10; default 1.5; step 0.1
Amount — 0–4; default 1.5; step 0.05
Block size (px) — 2–64; default 16; step 1.

Datamosh (fast)

Old pixels melt along new motion, like broken video compression.

Parameters

Melt — 0–4; default 1.4; step 0.05
Block size (px) — 4–64; default 16; step 1
Clean frames per loop — 0–8; default 1; step 1
Bleed-through — 0–0.3; default 0.02; step 0.005.

Pixel sort

Real sorting: runs of pixels rearranged by brightness, hue or colour, at any angle. Melt lets it build up over time.

Parameters

From brightness — 0–1; default 0.25; step 0.01
To brightness — 0–1; default 0.85; step 0.01
Direction (°) — 0–360; default 90; step 1
Sort — choices: Within the brightness range / Between edges / Random lengths / Whole lines; default "Within the brightness range"
Sort by — choices: Brightness / Hue / Saturation / Red / Green / Blue; default "Brightness" (More settings)
Longest run — 0.02–1; default 1; step 0.01 (More settings)
Edge sensitivity — 0.02–0.6; default 0.15; step 0.01; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (More settings; conditional)
Order — choices: Dark to light / Light to dark; default "Dark to light" (More settings)
Melt (builds up over time) — 0–0.98; default 0; step 0.01; Builds from earlier frames. Play to judge it; export warms one loop. This does not guarantee a seamless loop. (More settings)
Reshuffle random runs (per loop) — 0–16; default 0; step 1; Whole cycles per loop keep it seamless; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (More settings; conditional).

RGB split

Colour channels pulled apart: in a line, outwards from a point, each its own way, or jittering.

Parameters

Distance (px) — 0–80; default 8; step 0.5
Angle (°) — 0–360; default 0; step 1
Wobble (cycles per loop) — 0–8; default 0; step 1; Whole cycles per loop keep it seamless
Split — choices: In a line / Outwards from the centre / Each channel its own angle / Jitter; default "In a line"
Blue angle (°) — 0–360; default 120; step 1; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (More settings; conditional)
Prism smear — 0–1; default 0; step 0.01 (More settings)
Centre X — 0–1; default 0.5; step 0.01; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (More settings; conditional)
Centre Y — 0–1; default 0.5; step 0.01; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (More settings; conditional).

Anaglyph 3D

Red/cyan 3D-glasses look.

Parameters

Offset (px) — 0–40; default 6; step 0.5.

Block glitch

Blocks jump and smear, changing with the beat of the loop.

Parameters

Amount — 0–1; default 0.35; step 0.01
Block size (px) — 4–160; default 32; step 1
Changes per loop — 1–48; default 8; step 1.

Scanline shift

Rows slip sideways like bad tracking.

Parameters

Amount (px) — 0–120; default 20; step 0.5
Line height (px) — 1–40; default 4; step 1
Changes per loop — 1–48; default 12; step 1.

Pixel smear

Bright pixels stretch into streaks.

Parameters

From brightness — 0–1; default 0.55; step 0.01
Length (px) — 2–200; default 60; step 1
Direction — choices: Down / Up / Right / Left; default "Down".

JPEG crunch

Blocky, over-compressed colour.

Parameters

Block (px) — 4–48; default 8; step 1
Colour steps — 2–32; default 6; step 1.

Slices

Cut the frame into bands that slide out of line, smoothly or in jumps.

Parameters

Bands — 2–80; default 14; step 1
Slide (px) — 0–400; default 60; step 1
Speed (cycles per loop) — 0–8; default 1; step 1; Whole cycles per loop keep it seamless
Cut angle (°) — -90–90; default 0; step 1 (More settings)
Motion — choices: Smooth slide / Jumps; default "Smooth slide" (More settings).

Splitter

Ordered strips, each shifted and scaled a step further: architectural glitch.

Parameters

Strips — 2–32; default 6; step 1
Shift (px) — -300–300; default 40; step 1
Alternate direction — 0–1; default 0; step 0.01 (More settings)
Scale step — 0.5–2; default 1; step 0.01 (More settings)
Angle (°) — -90–90; default 0; step 1 (More settings).

Hard glitch

Aggressive: chunky blocks at several sizes jump out of place with colour splitting.

Parameters

Amount — 0–1; default 0.4; step 0.01
Block size (px) — 4–200; default 48; step 1
Colour split (px) — 0–60; default 10; step 0.5
Changes per loop — 0–32; default 1; step 1; Whole cycles per loop keep it seamless.

Soft glitch

Gentle chroma tearing: colour pulls apart in soft drifting bands.

Parameters

Amount (px) — 0–80; default 14; step 0.5
Band size (px) — 4–400; default 60; step 1
Speed (cycles per loop) — 0–8; default 1; step 1; Whole cycles per loop keep it seamless.

Jitter

Small fast random jumps: an unstable signal, locked to the loop.

Parameters

Amount (px) — 0–60; default 4; step 0.1
Jumps per loop — 2–120; default 24; step 1
Direction (°, 0 = any) — 0–180; default 0; step 1 (More settings).

Film and analogue

Film colour

Colour science of classic film stocks: curves, crossover and split toning.

Parameters

Stock — choices: Kodak Gold 200 / Portra 400 / Ektachrome / Fuji Superia / CineStill 800T / Tri-X (black and white) / Infrared / Instant film / Cross-processed / Bleach bypass; default "Kodak Gold 200"
Amount — 0–1; default 1; step 0.01
Faded blacks — 0–0.3; default 0.04; step 0.005 (More settings).

Film grain

Organic film grain that follows the tones: size, softness, colour clouds and how it sits in shadows and highlights.

Parameters

Amount — 0–1; default 0.35; step 0.01
Grain size — 0.5–4; default 1.4; step 0.05
Grain — choices: Monochrome / Colour (dye clouds); default "Monochrome"
Grain in shadows — 0–1; default 0.5; step 0.01 (More settings)
Grain in highlights — 0–1; default 0.3; step 0.01 (More settings)
Softness — 0–1; default 0; step 0.01 (More settings)
Grain stretch — 0.5–2; default 1; step 0.01 (More settings)
New grain every (frames) — 1–8; default 1; step 1 (More settings).

Halation

Highlights bleed a red-orange glow, like film without an anti-halation layer.

Parameters

From brightness — 0.3–1; default 0.72; step 0.01
Radius (px) — 2–60; default 16; step 0.5
Amount — 0–2; default 0.8; step 0.01
Glow colour — colour; default "#ff3a14" (More settings).

Light leaks

Warm leaks drifting in from the edges, looping seamlessly.

Parameters

Amount — 0–1.5; default 0.7; step 0.01
Colour A — colour; default "#ff5a1f"
Colour B — colour; default "#ffd166"
Drift (cycles per loop) — 0–4; default 1; step 1; Whole cycles per loop keep it seamless.

Gate weave and flicker

Projector wobble and exposure flicker, frame by frame.

Parameters

Weave (px) — 0–8; default 1.5; step 0.1
Flicker — 0–0.3; default 0.06; step 0.005.

Dust and scratches

Specks, hairs and scratches that change every frame.

Parameters

Dust — 0–1; default 0.4; step 0.01
Scratches — 0–1; default 0.3; step 0.01
Dust colour — choices: Dark (print) / Light (negative); default "Dark (print)".

VHS

Tape for real: chroma bleed, wobble, tracking bands, head-switch noise and dropouts.

Parameters

Colour bleed — 0–1; default 0.6; step 0.01
Tape wobble — 0–1; default 0.35; step 0.01
Tracking noise — 0–1; default 0.3; step 0.01
Snow — 0–1; default 0.25; step 0.01 (More settings)
Head-switch band — 0–1; default 0.6; step 0.01 (More settings)
Dropouts — 0–1; default 0.2; step 0.01 (More settings).

CRT screen

Curved glass, scanlines and a real phosphor mask: aperture grille, slot or shadow mask.

Parameters

Phosphor mask — choices: Aperture grille / Slot mask / Shadow mask / None; default "Aperture grille"
Mask size (px) — 2–10; default 3; step 1
Curvature — 0–0.5; default 0.15; step 0.005
Scanlines — 0–1; default 0.45; step 0.01 (More settings)
Phosphor glow — 0–1.5; default 0.5; step 0.01 (More settings)
Vignette — 0–1; default 0.45; step 0.01 (More settings).

NTSC composite

Analogue broadcast artefacts: dot crawl, colour fringing and rainbows.

Parameters

Amount — 0–1; default 0.6; step 0.01
Dot crawl — 0–1; default 0.5; step 0.01.

Interlacing

Every other line comes from the previous frame: combing on motion.

Parameters

Line height (px) — 1–8; default 2; step 1.

LED screen

A giant LED billboard: round pixels with dark gaps.

Parameters

LED size (px) — 3–40; default 10; step 1
Gap — 0–0.6; default 0.25; step 0.01
Glow — 0–1; default 0.4; step 0.01.

TV static

Snow and rolling interference, mixed over your image.

Parameters

Amount — 0–1; default 0.35; step 0.01
Rolling bars — 0–1; default 0.4; step 0.01
Roll speed (cycles per loop) — 0–6; default 1; step 1; Whole cycles per loop keep it seamless.

Scanlines

The raster of an old monitor: line width, darkness, angle and a slow roll.

Parameters

Line spacing (px) — 1–16; default 3; step 0.1
Darkness — 0–1; default 0.5; step 0.01
Roll (cycles per loop) — 0–8; default 0; step 1; Whole cycles per loop keep it seamless
Angle (°) — -90–90; default 0; step 1 (More settings)
Lines — choices: Darken / Glow between lines; default "Darken" (More settings).

Film gate and burns

The projector gate: rounded frame edges, sprocket holes, frame roll and film burning through.

Parameters

Gate edges — 0–1; default 0.5; step 0.01
Film burn — 0–1; default 0; step 0.01
Burns per loop — 0–8; default 1; step 1; Whole cycles per loop keep it seamless
Sprocket holes — choices: None / One side / Both sides; default "None" (More settings)
Frame roll — 0–1; default 0; step 0.01 (More settings)
Corner roundness — 0–1; default 0.5; step 0.01 (More settings).

VHS screen text

The camcorder overlay: PLAY, a running clock and your own date line, bleeding like tape.

Parameters

Top line — text; default "PLAY ▶"
Bottom line — text; default "OCT. 17 2026"
Clock — choices: Running clock / No clock; default "Running clock"
Text size (% of height) — 2–12; default 5.5; step 0.1 (More settings)
Tape bleed — 0–1; default 0.5; step 0.01 (More settings)
Top line — choices: Steady / Blinking; default "Steady" (More settings).

Time

Trails

Every frame leaves a fading echo: tunnels, smears, ghosts.

Parameters

Length — 0–0.98; default 0.85; step 0.01
Zoom — 0.9–1.1; default 1.02; step 0.001
Rotate (°) — -6–6; default 0; step 0.1
Colour drift (°) — 0–30; default 0; step 0.5
Blend — choices: Lighten (bright trails) / Darken (dark trails) / Ghost (long exposure) / Behind (transparent layers); default "Lighten (bright trails)"
Warp each echo — 0–1; default 0; step 0.01 (More settings)
Warp evolution (cycles per loop) — 0–6; default 1; step 1; Whole cycles per loop keep it seamless; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (More settings; conditional)
Drift X (px per frame) — -20–20; default 0; step 0.1 (More settings)
Drift Y (px per frame) — -20–20; default 0; step 0.1 (More settings).

Strobe

Flashes locked to the loop: steady like a metronome, or random.

Parameters

Flashes per loop — 1–32; default 4; step 1
Flash length — 0.05–0.9; default 0.25; step 0.01
Colour — colour; default "#ffffff"
Mode — choices: Flash colour / Blank (transparent); default "Flash colour"
Randomness — 0–1; default 0; step 0.01 (More settings).

Time warp

Each line of the image shows a different moment: melting, stretching time, in any direction.

Parameters

Direction — choices: Top to bottom / Left to right / Centre outwards / At an angle; default "Top to bottom"
Delay (frames) — 2–60; default 24; step 1
Angle (°) — 0–360; default 45; step 1; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (More settings; conditional)
Slices (0 = smooth) — 0–64; default 0; step 1 (More settings).

Real motion blur

Tracks how every pixel moves (optical flow) and blurs along that path, like a slow shutter.

Parameters

Shutter length — 0–6; default 2; step 0.1.

Motion colour

Colours every pixel by the direction it moves: the optical-flow look.

Parameters

Sensitivity — 0.1–10; default 2; step 0.1
Show — choices: Motion colour only / Added to the image / Image only where it moves; default "Motion colour only".

Echo

Copies of earlier frames trail behind the motion, mixed with the operator you choose.

Parameters

Copies — 1–8; default 4; step 1
Frames between copies — 1–12; default 3; step 1
Fade — 0.1–1; default 0.7; step 0.01
Mix — choices: Blend / Lighten / Difference (motion outlines) / Add / Darken / Screen / Stack: newest in front / Stack: oldest in front; default "Blend"
Current frame strength — 0–1; default 1; step 0.01 (More settings).

Frame hold

Animate on twos or threes: holds each frame for a beat, like stop motion or anime.

Parameters

Hold each frame for — 2–12; default 2; step 1.

Long exposure

Averages the last few frames: moving things smear into light trails.

Parameters

Exposure (frames) — 2–32; default 8; step 1
Mix — choices: Average / Brightest; default "Average".

Time offset

Shows the image a few frames late. Animate the delay for speed ramps, or mix with now for motion outlines.

Parameters

Delay (frames) — 0–59; default 6; step 1
Mix — choices: Delayed only / Difference with now / Average with now; default "Delayed only".

Decimate

Blocks of the picture freeze and jump forward in steps, optionally tinted: broken-codec stutter.

Parameters

Held blocks — 0–1; default 0.5; step 0.01
Hold for (frames) — 2–30; default 8; step 1
Block size (px) — 8–2000; default 80; step 1
Tint held blocks — 0–1; default 0; step 0.01 (More settings).

Warp

Particle Field

The layer becomes particles carrying its colours and transparency. Flow neighbouring samples together to retain the image, or break them into independent scatter, then return in step with the loop.

Parameters

Density (across) — 8–256; default 160; step 1; At most 65,536 particles; tall frames may use fewer across.
Minimum particle size (px) — 0.5–32; default 3; step 0.1
Fill sampling gaps — 0–1; default 1; step 0.01; 1 sizes particles to cover the sampling grid; 0 uses the minimum pixel size alone.
Displacement (% of short edge) — 0–100; default 5; step 0.5
Move neighbours together — 0–1; default 1; step 0.01; 1 retains the image through a smooth flow field; 0 scatters each sample independently.
Evolution (cycles per loop) — 0–8; default 1; step 1; Whole cycles repeat the motion; 0 holds it still.
Return to image — 0–1; default 1; step 0.01; 1 brings particles home at each cycle boundary; 0 keeps the scattered field moving.
Seed — 0–999; default 0; step 1 (More settings).

Waves

Waves rolling through the image: sine, square, triangle, saw, circles or noise.

Parameters

Height (px) — 0–120; default 12; step 0.5
Wavelength (px) — 4–800; default 120; step 1
Direction (°) — 0–360; default 90; step 1
Speed (cycles per loop) — 0–8; default 1; step 1; Whole cycles per loop keep it seamless
Wave shape — choices: Sine / Square / Triangle / Sawtooth / Circle / Semicircle / Uncircle / Noise / Smooth noise; default "Sine"
Phase — 0–1; default 0; step 0.01 (More settings)
Pin edges — choices: None / All edges / Left and right / Top and bottom; default "None" (More settings).

Turbulence

Organic, liquid displacement: turbulent, bulging, twisting or one-directional, evolving in a perfect loop.

Parameters

Amount (px) — 0–200; default 24; step 0.5
Size — 0.5–40; default 4; step 0.1
Evolution (cycles per loop) — 0–6; default 1; step 1; Whole cycles per loop keep it seamless
Type — choices: Turbulent / Turbulent, smoother / Bulge / Bulge, smoother / Twist / Twist, smoother / Horizontal / Vertical / Cross; default "Turbulent"
Complexity — 1–8; default 4; step 1 (More settings)
Variation — 0–100; default 0; step 1 (More settings)
Pin edges — choices: None / All edges / Left and right / Top and bottom; default "None" (More settings)
Offset X — -4–4; default 0; step 0.01 (More settings)
Offset Y — -4–4; default 0; step 0.01 (More settings).

Twirl

Spin the centre into a whirlpool.

Parameters

Angle (°) — -720–720; default 180; step 1
Radius — 0.05–1; default 0.5; step 0.01
Spin (cycles per loop) — 0–4; default 0; step 1; Whole cycles per loop keep it seamless.

Polar

Wrap the image into a circle (or unwrap one), with a hole and repeats.

Parameters

Mode — choices: Rectangle → circle / Circle → rectangle; default "Rectangle → circle"
Rotate (cycles per loop) — 0–4; default 0; step 1; Whole cycles per loop keep it seamless
Centre hole — 0–0.9; default 0; step 0.01 (More settings)
Repeats around — 1–12; default 1; step 1 (More settings).

Kaleidoscope

Radial symmetry: mirrored or repeated wedges around any centre.

Parameters

Segments — 2–24; default 6; step 1
Rotation (°) — 0–360; default 0; step 1
Spin (cycles per loop) — 0–4; default 0; step 1; Whole cycles per loop keep it seamless
Wedges — choices: Mirrored / Repeated; default "Mirrored" (More settings)
Zoom — 0.3–4; default 1; step 0.01 (More settings)
Centre X — 0–1; default 0.5; step 0.01 (More settings)
Centre Y — 0–1; default 0.5; step 0.01 (More settings).

Mirror

Reflect one side onto the other, with the mirror line anywhere.

Parameters

Mirror — choices: Left onto right / Top onto bottom / Both / Right onto left / Bottom onto top; default "Left onto right"
Mirror line — 0–1; default 0.5; step 0.01 (More settings).

Tile

Repeat the image in a grid: mirrored seams, brick stagger, any angle, drifting in a loop.

Parameters

Tiles across — 1–12; default 2; step 1
Edges — choices: Repeat / Mirror; default "Repeat"
Drift (cycles per loop) — 0–4; default 0; step 1; Whole cycles per loop keep it seamless
Row stagger — 0–1; default 0; step 0.01 (More settings)
Angle (°) — -180–180; default 0; step 1 (More settings).

Displace by layer

Warp this layer using another layer: choose which channel pushes each direction, how far, and what happens at the edges.

Parameters

Using layer — choose a layer; default 0
Amount (px) — 0–400; default 30; step 0.5
Direction — choices: Both / Sideways / Up and down; default "Both"
Sideways from — choices: Brightness / Red / Green / Blue / Alpha; default "Brightness" (More settings)
Up and down from — choices: Brightness (offset) / Red / Green / Blue / Alpha; default "Brightness (offset)" (More settings)
Up and down amount (× sideways) — 0–3; default 1; step 0.01 (More settings)
At the edges — choices: Repeat edge pixels / Wrap around / Mirror / Transparent; default "Repeat edge pixels" (More settings).

Transform 3D

Tilt and spin the frame in 3D with real perspective; empty space can repeat or mirror.

Parameters

Tilt (X, °) — -89–89; default 25; step 0.5
Turn (Y, °) — -89–89; default 0; step 0.5
Spin (Z, °) — -180–180; default 0; step 0.5
Perspective — 0–1; default 0.5; step 0.01 (More settings)
Scale — 0.1–4; default 1; step 0.01 (More settings)
Move X (px) — -2000–2000; default 0; step 1 (More settings)
Move Y (px) — -2000–2000; default 0; step 1 (More settings)
Outside the frame — choices: Transparent / Repeat / Mirror; default "Transparent" (More settings).

Melt

The image slides down in uneven drips, breathing in a loop.

Parameters

Amount (px) — 0–400; default 80; step 1
Drip width (px) — 2–200; default 24; step 1
Speed (cycles per loop) — 0–8; default 1; step 1; Whole cycles per loop keep it seamless.

Stretch

Grab a line and pull it across the frame, smearing everything it passes.

Parameters

Pull (px) — 0–2000; default 300; step 1
Direction (°) — 0–360; default 0; step 1
From X — 0–1; default 0.5; step 0.01
From Y — 0–1; default 0.5; step 0.01 (More settings)
Wavy edge — 0–1; default 0; step 0.01 (More settings)
Jagged edge — 0–1; default 0; step 0.01 (More settings).

Wobble

Smooth rolling distortion, like looking through moving water.

Parameters

Amount (px) — 0–80; default 12; step 0.5
Wave size (px) — 20–1200; default 260; step 1
Speed (cycles per loop) — 0–8; default 1; step 1; Whole cycles per loop keep it seamless.

Luma Mesh

Brightness becomes height: the frame turns into a 3D terrain, drawn as a lit surface, scanline ribbons or a point cloud.

Parameters

Draw as — choices: Surface / Lines (scanline ribbons) / Points; default "Surface"
Height — 0–1.5; default 0.35; step 0.01
Tilt (°) — 0–80; default 50; step 0.5
Detail (across) — 16–400; default 120; step 1
Turn (°) — -60–60; default 0; step 0.5 (More settings)
Camera sway (°) — 0–45; default 0; step 0.5 (More settings)
Sway speed (cycles per loop) — 0–4; default 1; step 1; Whole cycles per loop keep it seamless; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (More settings; conditional)
Perspective — 0–1; default 0.5; step 0.01 (More settings)
Zoom — 0.3–3; default 1.25; step 0.01 (More settings)
Terraces (0 = smooth) — 0–24; default 0; step 1 (More settings)
Height from — choices: Bright = high / Dark = high; default "Bright = high" (More settings)
Line thickness (px) — 0.5–12; default 1.5; step 0.1; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (More settings; conditional)
Point size (px) — 1–24; default 3; step 0.1; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (More settings; conditional)
Point glow — 0–1; default 0.6; step 0.01; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (More settings; conditional)
Colour — choices: From the image / One colour; default "From the image" (More settings)
Colour — colour; default "#39ff14"; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (More settings; conditional)
Opacity — 0–1; default 1; step 0.01 (More settings)
Blend — choices: Normal / Add (glowing) / Screen; default "Normal" (More settings)
Behind the mesh — choices: Black / The image / Transparent; default "Black" (More settings)
Wireframe — 0–1; default 0; step 0.01 (More settings)
Wireframe colour — colour; default "#f4f4f2"; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (More settings; conditional).

Push draw

Paint strokes onto the picture and the pixels get pushed the way you dragged. Can split colours and drift in a loop.

Parameters

Painting — paint directly on the preview (push mask)
Push (px) — 0–400; default 80; step 1
Split colours — 0–1; default 0; step 0.01 (More settings)
Drift — 0–1; default 0; step 0.01 (More settings)
Drift speed (cycles per loop) — 0–6; default 1; step 1; Whole cycles per loop keep it seamless; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (More settings; conditional)
Show — choices: Result / The push map; default "Result" (More settings).

Pixel and print

ASCII

Rebuild the image from characters: classic, 70-tone dense, blocks, katakana rain or your own, with outlines traced in slashes.

Parameters

Character size (px) — 4–64; default 12; step 1
Characters — choices: Classic .:-=+#%@ / Binary 01 / Blocks ░▒▓█ / Dense (70 tones) / Dots ·•● / Lines -=≡ / Katakana rain / Your own; default "Classic .:-=+#%@"
Colour — choices: Ink on paper / Image colour on black / Glow on black / Image colour on paper; default "Ink on paper"
Ink — colour; default "#39ff14"
Paper — colour; default "#050505"
Your characters (darkest first) — text; default " .:oO@"; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (conditional)
Trace outlines with / \| \ - — 0–1; default 0; step 0.01 (More settings)
Character width — 0.3–1.2; default 0.6; step 0.01 (More settings)
Brightness — choices: Bright = dense characters / Dark = dense characters; default "Bright = dense characters" (More settings).

Pixelate

Big blocks: square or stretched, averaged cleanly.

Parameters

Pixel size — 1–120; default 12; step 1
Block shape (wide ↔ tall) — 0.25–4; default 1; step 0.05 (More settings)
Block colour — choices: Average of the block / Centre sample (crunchier); default "Average of the block" (More settings).

Dither

33 dithering methods, 30+ palettes, colour depth and animated patterns.

Parameters

Method — choices: Floyd–Steinberg / Atkinson / Jarvis, Judice & Ninke / Stucki / Burkes / Sierra / Sierra two-row / Sierra lite / False Floyd–Steinberg / Fan / Shiau–Fan / Shiau–Fan 2 / Stevenson–Arce / Two-pixel / One-way (streaky) / Riemersma (Hilbert curve) / Bayer 2×2 / Bayer 4×4 / Bayer 8×8 / Bayer 16×16 / Clustered dots 4×4 / Clustered dots 8×8 / Blue noise / Horizontal lines / Vertical lines / Diagonal lines / Crosshatch / Diamond dots / Interleaved gradient / Random (white noise) / Threshold (bitmap) / Wave line modulation / Line thickness modulation; default "Floyd–Steinberg"
Palette — choices: Ink and paper (your colours) / From the image / 1-bit black and white / Game Boy / Game Boy Pocket / Virtual Boy / CGA cyan/magenta / CGA green/red / Teletext / ZX Spectrum / Commodore 64 / PICO-8 / Apple II / Windows 16 / EGA / Riso: fluoro pink + blue / Riso: yellow + teal / Cyanotype / Sepia / Thermal / Ember / Acid / Ultraviolet / Ice / Chrome / Gold on black / Neon night / Vaporwave / Blue ink on paper / Red ink on paper / Amber monitor / Green phosphor / Custom (edit your own colours); default "Ink and paper (your colours)"
Dot size — 1–16; default 2; step 1
Colours (0 = palette's own) — 0–32; default 0; step 1; More steps blend smoothly between the palette colours
Strength — 0–1.5; default 1; step 0.01 (More settings)
Match colours by — choices: Nearest colour / Brightness (colour glitches); default "Nearest colour" (More settings)
Contrast — 0.3–3; default 1.15; step 0.01 (More settings)
Brightness — -0.5–0.5; default 0; step 0.01 (More settings)
Scan — choices: Back and forth (cleaner) / Left to right (streakier); default "Back and forth (cleaner)" (More settings)
Animate — choices: Still / Shimmer / Crawl sideways / Crawl down / Drift diagonally / Pulse / Flicker / Rolling band / Static; default "Still" (More settings)
Animation speed (cycles per loop) — 0–8; default 1; step 1; Whole cycles per loop keep it seamless (More settings)
Ink — colour; default "#050505"; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (conditional)
Paper — colour; default "#f2f0eb"; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (conditional)
Colours in your palette — 2–8; default 4; step 1; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (conditional)
Colour 1 — colour; default "#0b0a12"; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (conditional)
Colour 2 — colour; default "#2b1b4a"; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (conditional)
Colour 3 — colour; default "#b83b5e"; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (conditional)
Colour 4 — colour; default "#f9ed69"; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (conditional)
Colour 5 — colour; default "#6a2c70"; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (conditional)
Colour 6 — colour; default "#f08a5d"; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (conditional)
Colour 7 — colour; default "#e8f6ef"; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (conditional)
Colour 8 — colour; default "#ffffff"; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (conditional).

Halftone

Print screens: dots, lines, squares, diamonds, crosses or ellipses, in one ink, full CMYK or image colour.

Parameters

Dot spacing (px) — 3–40; default 10; step 0.5
Shape — choices: Dot / Line / Square / Diamond / Cross / Ellipse; default "Dot"
Colour — choices: Ink on paper / CMYK print / Image colour; default "Ink on paper"
Angle (°) — 0–90; default 45; step 1
Ink — colour; default "#0a0a0a"
Paper — colour; default "#f2f0eb".

Edges

Find the outlines: glowing neon, ink drawing, or coloured lines over the image.

Parameters

Strength — 0.5–8; default 2; step 0.1
Style — choices: Glowing lines on black / Ink lines on paper / Coloured lines over the image; default "Glowing lines on black"
Line thickness (px) — 1–6; default 1; step 0.1 (More settings)
Show the image behind — 0–1; default 0; step 0.01 (More settings)
Line colour — colour; default "#39ff14"; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (More settings; conditional)
Ink — colour; default "#111111"; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (More settings; conditional)
Paper — colour; default "#f3efe6"; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (More settings; conditional).

Stylise and print

Cross-hatch

Engraving-style ink lines: more directions stack up as the image gets darker.

Parameters

Line spacing (px) — 3–30; default 7; step 0.5
Directions — 1–4; default 4; step 1
Ink — colour; default "#111111"
Paper — colour; default "#f3efe6"
Angle (°) — 0–180; default 45; step 1 (More settings)
Hand-drawn wobble — 0–1; default 0.3; step 0.01 (More settings).

Stipple

Pointillist ink dots: darker areas get more of them. Can boil like hand-drawn animation.

Parameters

Dot spacing (px) — 2–24; default 5; step 0.5
Dot size — 0.2–1.4; default 0.7; step 0.01
Ink — colour; default "#111111"
Paper — colour; default "#f3efe6"
Motion — choices: Still / Boil (redraw every other frame); default "Still" (More settings).

Pencil sketch

Graphite outlines and shading strokes on textured paper.

Parameters

Outlines — 0–2; default 1; step 0.01
Shading strokes — 0–1; default 0.8; step 0.01
Pencil — colour; default "#2b2b2e"
Paper — colour; default "#f4f1ea"
Stroke spacing (px) — 2–12; default 4; step 0.5 (More settings)
Stroke angle (°) — 0–180; default 40; step 1 (More settings).

Risograph

Separates the image into two or three riso inks with grainy texture and misregistration.

Parameters

Inks — choices: Two inks / Three inks; default "Two inks"
Ink 1 — colour; default "#0078bf"
Ink 2 — colour; default "#ff48b0"
Ink 3 — colour; default "#ffe800"
Misregistration (px) — 0–16; default 3; step 0.5
Grain — 0–1; default 0.6; step 0.01 (More settings)
Grain size (px) — 1–4; default 1.5; step 0.1 (More settings)
Ink density — 0.5–2; default 1.1; step 0.01 (More settings)
Paper — colour; default "#f4f1e8" (More settings).

Photocopy

Harsh black and white copier look: crushed contrast, toner specks, drum streaks, shifting frames.

Parameters

Contrast — 1–6; default 3; step 0.01
Toner noise — 0–1; default 0.5; step 0.01
Streaks — 0–1; default 0.3; step 0.01
Frame shift — 0–1; default 0.4; step 0.01 (More settings)
Toner — colour; default "#0c0c0c" (More settings)
Paper — colour; default "#f1efe8" (More settings).

Contour lines

Topographic map lines traced through the brightness of the image. Can flow through the loop.

Parameters

Lines — 2–60; default 14; step 1
Line width (px) — 0.5–6; default 1.4; step 0.1
Style — choices: Lines on paper / Neon on black / Over the image / Filled bands; default "Lines on paper"
Flow (cycles per loop) — 0–4; default 0; step 1; Whole cycles per loop keep it seamless
Smoothing (px) — 0–12; default 3; step 0.5 (More settings)
Ink — colour; default "#1a1a1a" (More settings)
Paper — colour; default "#efe9dc" (More settings).

Paper texture

Print your image onto paper, newsprint, cardboard or crumpled paper.

Parameters

Paper — choices: Fine paper / Newsprint / Cardboard / Crumpled; default "Fine paper"
Amount — 0–1; default 0.7; step 0.01
Texture scale — 0.5–4; default 1; step 0.05 (More settings)
Paper colour — colour; default "#f4efe4" (More settings).

Emboss

Raised relief, like stamped metal or embossed paper.

Parameters

Depth — 0–4; default 1.5; step 0.01
Keep colour — 0–1; default 0; step 0.01
Light angle (°) — 0–360; default 135; step 1 (More settings).

Oil paint

Painterly brushwork: flattens detail into strokes while keeping edges crisp.

Parameters

Brush size (px) — 2–20; default 6; step 0.5
Edge sharpness — 0–1; default 0.6; step 0.01 (More settings).

Cel shading

Comic and anime look: flat colour bands with bold ink outlines.

Parameters

Colour bands — 2–10; default 4; step 1
Outlines — 0–1; default 0.8; step 0.01
Outline thickness (px) — 0.5–4; default 1.2; step 0.1 (More settings)
Saturation — 0–2; default 1.3; step 0.01 (More settings)
Outline colour — colour; default "#0b0b0b" (More settings).

Ink bleed

Lino and woodcut prints: ink spreads into the paper with rough edges.

Parameters

Ink level — 0–1; default 0.45; step 0.01
Bleed (px) — 0–12; default 3; step 0.5
Roughness — 0–1; default 0.6; step 0.01
Ink — colour; default "#141414"
Paper — colour; default "#efe8da".

Line modulation

Plotter-style lines: thickness, waves or mountain ridgelines driven by brightness.

Parameters

Style — choices: Thickness / Waves / Ridgelines; default "Thickness"
Lines — 10–200; default 60; step 1
Strength — 0–4; default 1.2; step 0.01
Wave motion (cycles per loop) — 0–6; default 0; step 1; Whole cycles per loop keep it seamless
Line width (px) — 0.5–4; default 1.3; step 0.1 (More settings)
Ink — colour; default "#f4f4f2" (More settings)
Background — colour; default "#070707" (More settings).

Watercolour

Colour pools into soft washes with darker edges and paper texture; can flow in one direction.

Parameters

Wash size (px) — 1–40; default 8; step 0.5
Darker edges — 0–1; default 0.5; step 0.01
Paper texture — 0–1; default 0.5; step 0.01
Flow — 0–1; default 0; step 0.01 (More settings)
Flow direction (°) — 0–360; default 270; step 1 (More settings)
Transparency — 0–1; default 0.35; step 0.01 (More settings).

Light and colour

Colour and light

Brightness, contrast and saturation, plus exposure, levels, white balance and vibrance.

Parameters

Brightness — -1–1; default 0; step 0.01
Contrast — 0–3; default 1; step 0.01
Saturation — 0–3; default 1; step 0.01
Exposure (stops) — -4–4; default 0; step 0.05 (More settings)
Temperature (cool ↔ warm) — -1–1; default 0; step 0.01 (More settings)
Tint (green ↔ magenta) — -1–1; default 0; step 0.01 (More settings)
Vibrance — -1–1; default 0; step 0.01 (More settings)
Gamma — 0.2–3; default 1; step 0.01 (More settings)
Levels: input black — 0–1; default 0; step 0.01 (More settings)
Levels: input white — 0–1; default 1; step 0.01 (More settings)
Levels: output black — 0–1; default 0; step 0.01 (More settings)
Levels: output white — 0–1; default 1; step 0.01 (More settings).

Hue shift

Rotate every colour round the wheel; animate it to cycle.

Parameters

Shift (°) — -180–180; default 0; step 1
Cycle (turns per loop) — 0–4; default 0; step 1; Whole cycles per loop keep it seamless.

Duotone

Map shadows and highlights to two colours.

Parameters

Shadows — colour; default "#120458"
Highlights — colour; default "#ffb347"
Mix — 0–1; default 1; step 0.01.

Gradient map

Brightness becomes colour: your own three colours or a thermal, spectral or plasma ramp, optionally cycling.

Parameters

Dark — colour; default "#120458"
Mid — colour; default "#ff3b00"
Light — colour; default "#ffd166"
Cycle (turns per loop) — 0–4; default 0; step 1; Whole cycles per loop keep it seamless
Mix — 0–1; default 1; step 0.01
Ramp — choices: Your colours / Thermal / Spectral / Infrared / Plasma / Ocean / Gold; default "Your colours" (More settings)
Offset — 0–1; default 0; step 0.01 (More settings).

Invert

Negative colours.

Parameters

Amount — 0–1; default 1; step 0.01.

Posterize

Fewer tones: smooth gradients become flat bands.

Parameters

Levels — 2–32; default 4; step 1
Band spacing (darks ↔ lights) — 0.3–3; default 1; step 0.01 (More settings).

Threshold

Pure black and white at a cut-off.

Parameters

Cut-off — 0–1; default 0.5; step 0.01
Softness — 0–0.5; default 0.02; step 0.01.

Curves

Shape the tones precisely: an RGB curve plus red, green and blue curves, with presets.

Parameters

Curve — editable tone curve
Amount — 0–1; default 1; step 0.01.

Colour grade (LUT)

Grade with a .cube LUT from your editor or a colourist.

Parameters

LUT file (.cube) — load a .cube LUT
Amount — 0–1; default 1; step 0.01.

Solarize

Darkroom solarisation: the brightest tones flip negative, optionally tinted.

Parameters

Flip above — 0–1; default 0.5; step 0.01
Amount — 0–1; default 1; step 0.01
Softness — 0.01–0.5; default 0.08; step 0.01 (More settings)
Lift before flipping — -0.5–0.5; default 0; step 0.01 (More settings)
Tint the flipped tones — 0–1; default 0; step 0.01 (More settings)
Tint — colour; default "#ff4dd8" (More settings).

Channel mixer

Rebuild each colour channel from the others: swaps, false colour, infrared or custom.

Parameters

Mix — choices: Custom / Swap red and blue / Swap red and green / Rotate channels / False infrared / Monochrome (red filter) / Monochrome (green filter); default "Custom"
Red from red — -2–2; default 1; step 0.01; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (More settings; conditional)
Red from green — -2–2; default 0; step 0.01; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (More settings; conditional)
Red from blue — -2–2; default 0; step 0.01; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (More settings; conditional)
Green from red — -2–2; default 0; step 0.01; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (More settings; conditional)
Green from green — -2–2; default 1; step 0.01; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (More settings; conditional)
Green from blue — -2–2; default 0; step 0.01; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (More settings; conditional)
Blue from red — -2–2; default 0; step 0.01; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (More settings; conditional)
Blue from green — -2–2; default 0; step 0.01; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (More settings; conditional)
Blue from blue — -2–2; default 1; step 0.01; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (More settings; conditional).

Bleach bypass

Silver kept in the print: harsh contrast, muted colour, metallic highlights.

Parameters

Amount — 0–1; default 0.7; step 0.01.

Blur and glow

Blur

True Gaussian soft focus, in both directions or just one.

Parameters

Radius (px) — 0–120; default 6; step 0.5
Direction — choices: Both / Horizontal only / Vertical only; default "Both" (More settings)
Edges — choices: Repeat edge pixels / Fade to transparent; default "Repeat edge pixels" (More settings).

Bloom

Light that spreads like a real lens: a tight core with a wide soft tail. Pro-mist softens the whole frame.

Parameters

From brightness — 0–1; default 0.55; step 0.01
Size (px) — 4–300; default 48; step 1
Intensity — 0–3; default 1.3; step 0.01
Style — choices: Bloom / Soft (screen) / Pro-mist filter; default "Bloom" (More settings)
Softness of the threshold — 0.01–0.5; default 0.15; step 0.01 (More settings)
Tint — colour; default "#ffffff" (More settings).

Glow

Bright areas (or a shape's edges) glow outwards, in the image's colours or your own two-colour gradient.

Parameters

From brightness — 0–1; default 0.6; step 0.01
Radius (px) — 1–300; default 30; step 0.5
Intensity — 0–4; default 1; step 0.01
Glow colours — choices: From the image / A and B colours; default "From the image" (More settings)
Colour A (inner) — colour; default "#ffd166"; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (More settings; conditional)
Colour B (outer) — colour; default "#ff3b00"; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (More settings; conditional)
Colour looping — choices: A → B / B → A / A → B → A / B → A → B; default "A → B"; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (More settings; conditional)
Colour loops — 1–8; default 1; step 1; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (More settings; conditional)
A/B midpoint — 0.05–0.95; default 0.5; step 0.01; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (More settings; conditional)
Colour cycling (cycles per loop) — 0–8; default 0; step 1; Whole cycles per loop keep it seamless; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (More settings; conditional)
Glow sits — choices: Over the image / Behind the image / Glow only; default "Over the image" (More settings)
Glow operation — choices: Add / Screen / Lighten / Soft; default "Add" (More settings)
Glow from — choices: Brightness / Shape (alpha); default "Brightness" (More settings)
Direction — choices: Both / Horizontal / Vertical; default "Both" (More settings)
Threshold softness — 0.01–0.5; default 0.1; step 0.01 (More settings).

Zoom blur

Streaks rushing out from a point.

Parameters

Amount — 0–0.5; default 0.12; step 0.01
Centre X — 0–1; default 0.5; step 0.01
Centre Y — 0–1; default 0.5; step 0.01.

Motion blur

Directional streaking, as if the camera or subject moved fast.

Parameters

Length (px) — 0–200; default 30; step 1
Angle (°) — -180–180; default 0; step 1.

Spin blur

Circular blur that swirls around a centre point.

Parameters

Spin (°) — 0–90; default 12; step 0.5
Centre X — 0–1; default 0.5; step 0.01 (More settings)
Centre Y — 0–1; default 0.5; step 0.01 (More settings).

Tilt-shift

Miniature-world look: one sharp band, everything else melts away.

Parameters

Focus position — 0–1; default 0.5; step 0.01
Sharp band size — 0–1; default 0.2; step 0.01
Blur (px) — 0–60; default 18; step 0.5
Angle (°) — -90–90; default 0; step 1 (More settings)
Saturation — 0–2; default 1.25; step 0.01 (More settings).

Lens blur (bokeh)

Real out-of-focus blur: highlights become iris-shaped discs. Can follow a depth layer to keep one plane sharp.

Parameters

Radius (px) — 0–80; default 14; step 0.5
Bright bokeh — 0–1; default 0.6; step 0.01
Aperture — choices: Round / Hexagon / Iris blades; default "Round"
Blades — 3–10; default 7; step 1; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (More settings; conditional)
Blade curvature — 0–1; default 0.2; step 0.01; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (More settings; conditional)
Aperture rotation (°) — 0–180; default 0; step 1 (More settings)
Bokeh from brightness — 0–1; default 0.6; step 0.01 (More settings)
Bokeh colour — 0–2; default 1; step 0.01 (More settings)
Depth from layer (optional) — choose a layer; default 0 (More settings)
Sharp at depth — 0–1; default 0.5; step 0.01 (More settings)
Depth of field — 0.01–1; default 0.15; step 0.01 (More settings).

Star glow

Star-filter streaks shoot out of every highlight.

Parameters

From brightness — 0–1; default 0.8; step 0.01
Ray length (px) — 4–300; default 70; step 1
Points — choices: 4 / 6 / 8; default "4"
Intensity — 0–3; default 1; step 0.01
Rotation (°) — 0–90; default 45; step 0.5 (More settings).

Anamorphic streaks

Long lens flares from bright lights, at any angle, with optional colour separation along the streak.

Parameters

From brightness — 0–1; default 0.7; step 0.01
Length — 0.05–1; default 0.4; step 0.01
Intensity — 0–3; default 1; step 0.01
Colour — colour; default "#4d8cff"
Angle (°) — -90–90; default 0; step 1 (More settings)
Colour separation — 0–1; default 0; step 0.01 (More settings).

Vignette

Darken (or tint) the edges: round or frame-shaped, soft or hard.

Parameters

Amount — 0–1; default 0.5; step 0.01
Size — 0.2–1.5; default 0.8; step 0.01
Softness — 0.02–1; default 0.65; step 0.01 (More settings)
Roundness — 0–1; default 1; step 0.01 (More settings)
Colour — colour; default "#000000" (More settings)
Centre X — 0–1; default 0.5; step 0.01 (More settings)
Centre Y — 0–1; default 0.5; step 0.01 (More settings).

Sharpen

Unsharp mask: crisper edges and detail, from subtle to deliberately over-processed.

Parameters

Amount — 0–4; default 0.8; step 0.01
Radius (px) — 0.5–12; default 1.5; step 0.1
Ignore tiny differences — 0–0.3; default 0; step 0.01 (More settings).

Lens and glass

Lens distortion

Fisheye bulge or pincushion pinch, with optional colour fringing at the edges.

Parameters

Pinch ↔ bulge — -1–1; default 0.35; step 0.01
Edge fringing — 0–1; default 0.2; step 0.01
Edges — choices: Zoom to fill / Show the whole frame; default "Zoom to fill" (More settings).

Chromatic aberration

Rainbow lens fringing that grows towards the edges, sampled across the spectrum.

Parameters

Amount — 0–3; default 0.8; step 0.01
Edge falloff — 0.5–4; default 2; step 0.01 (More settings)
Centre X — 0–1; default 0.5; step 0.01 (More settings)
Centre Y — 0–1; default 0.5; step 0.01 (More settings).

Camera shake

Handheld wobble that loops seamlessly. Zooms in just enough to hide the edges.

Parameters

Shake (px) — 0–60; default 10; step 0.5
Twist (°) — 0–8; default 1; step 0.1
Speed (cycles per loop) — 0–16; default 3; step 1; Whole cycles per loop keep it seamless.

Reeded glass

Looking through fluted glass: every rib bends and flips the image behind it.

Parameters

Ribs — 4–120; default 24; step 1
Refraction — 0–2; default 0.8; step 0.01
Angle (°) — -90–90; default 0; step 1 (More settings)
Frosting — 0–1; default 0.15; step 0.01 (More settings)
Rib shading — 0–1; default 0.5; step 0.01 (More settings).

Glass panes

A grid of glass tiles, each showing a slightly shifted and zoomed view.

Parameters

Panes across — 1–24; default 4; step 1
Shift — 0–1; default 0.35; step 0.01
Zoom variety — 0–1; default 0.3; step 0.01
Drift (cycles per loop) — 0–4; default 0; step 1; Whole cycles per loop keep it seamless
Edges — 0–1; default 0.6; step 0.01 (More settings)
Variation — 0–100; default 1; step 1 (More settings).

Shattered glass

The frame cracks into shards that slide and tilt. Animate Spread to smash it.

Parameters

Shards — 2–30; default 8; step 1
Spread — 0–1; default 0.3; step 0.01
Crack lines — 0–1; default 0.6; step 0.01
Tilt — 0–1; default 0.3; step 0.01 (More settings)
Impact X — 0–1; default 0.5; step 0.01 (More settings)
Impact Y — 0–1; default 0.5; step 0.01 (More settings)
Variation — 0–100; default 1; step 1 (More settings).

Barrel blur

Cheap glass: softness and colour fringing that grow towards the edges (or the centre).

Parameters

Softness — 0–1; default 0.4; step 0.01
Colour fringing — 0–1; default 0.4; step 0.01
Blur — choices: At the edges / In the centre; default "At the edges" (More settings)
Bend — choices: Outwards / Inwards; default "Outwards" (More settings).

Masks and keys

Luma key

Make dark (or bright) parts transparent, with a soft edge.

Parameters

Remove below brightness — 0–1; default 0.15; step 0.01
Edge softness — 0–0.5; default 0.05; step 0.01
Remove — choices: Darks / Brights; default "Darks".

Chroma key

Remove a colour (green screen or any other) with soft edges and spill clean-up.

Parameters

Colour to remove — colour; default "#00b140"
Tolerance — 0–0.6; default 0.18; step 0.01
Edge softness — 0–0.4; default 0.08; step 0.01
Remove colour spill — 0–1; default 0.6; step 0.01 (More settings)
Show — choices: Result / Matte (black and white); default "Result" (More settings).

Shape mask

Show the layer only inside (or outside) a rectangle, rounded box or ellipse, with a feathered edge. Animate it with keyframes.

Parameters

Shape — choices: Ellipse / Rectangle / Rounded rectangle; default "Ellipse"
Width — 0–1.5; default 0.6; step 0.01
Height — 0–1.5; default 0.6; step 0.01
Centre X — 0–1; default 0.5; step 0.01 (More settings)
Centre Y — 0–1; default 0.5; step 0.01 (More settings)
Feather (px) — 0–300; default 20; step 0.5 (More settings)
Rotation (°) — -180–180; default 0; step 0.5 (More settings)
Corner roundness — 0–1; default 0.3; step 0.01; shown when its dependent mode/choice is active (More settings; conditional)
Keep — choices: Inside / Outside; default "Inside" (More settings).

Block mask

The layer shows through in shifting rectangles: a generated, animated mask.

Parameters

Block size (px) — 4–300; default 60; step 1
Visible — 0–1; default 0.5; step 0.01
Changes per loop — 0–32; default 0; step 1; Whole cycles per loop keep it seamless
Keep — choices: Blocks / Gaps; default "Blocks" (More settings).

Painted mask

Paint where this layer shows, straight onto the picture. Soft or hard brush, with an eraser.

Parameters

Painting — paint directly on the preview (mask)
Keep — choices: Painted areas / Everything except painted areas; default "Painted areas"
Show — choices: Result / The mask; default "Result" (More settings).

Texture

Grain

Film grain that moves with every frame.

Parameters

Amount — 0–1; default 0.25; step 0.01
Size (px) — 1–6; default 1.5; step 0.1
Colour — choices: Monochrome / Colour; default "Monochrome".

Generated layers

Audio visualiser

Bars or a ring that responds to soundtrack or microphone spectrum. Add a sound source in Sound. Style — choices: Bars / Mirrored bars / Ring / Line; default Bars. Bars — 4–96; default 32; step 1. Height — 0.05–1; default 0.45; step 0.01. Colour 1 — colour; default #7b2cff. Colour 2 — colour; default #ff4dd8. Colour 3 — colour; default #ffd166. Position (bottom to top) — 0–1; default 0.12; step 0.01 (More settings). Width — 0.1–1; default 0.9; step 0.01 (More settings). Gap between bars — 0–0.9; default 0.3; step 0.01 (More settings). Soften the ends — 0–0.5; default 0.1; step 0.01 (More settings). Ring radius — 0.05–0.6; default 0.22; step 0.01; appears for Ring (More settings; conditional). Line thickness (px) — 1–20; default 4; step 0.5; appears for Line (More settings; conditional). Minimum bar — 0–0.2; default 0.01; step 0.01 (More settings).

Text

Words in included fonts; every effect can be applied to the text layer. Text — text; default KINOE. Font — choices: Anton (poster) / Instrument Sans / JetBrains Mono / Serif (system); default Anton (poster). Size (% of height) — 2–60; default 16; step 0.5. Colour — colour; default #f4f4f2. Animation — choices: None / Typewriter / Glitch in / Flicker / Scroll / Wave / Pop in / Rise; default Glitch in. Repeats per loop — 1–8; default 1; step 1. Align — choices: Left / Centre / Right; default Centre (More settings). Horizontal position — 0–1; default 0.5; step 0.01 (More settings). Vertical position (top to bottom) — 0–1; default 0.5; step 0.01 (More settings). Letter spacing — -0.1–1; default 0.02; step 0.01 (More settings). Line height — 0.6–2; default 1.05; step 0.01 (More settings). Outline (px) — 0–20; default 0; step 0.5 (More settings). Outline colour — colour; default #070707 (More settings). Background box — choices: None / Box; default None (More settings). Box colour — colour; default #070707 (More settings).

Solid colour

Colour — colour; default #ff3b00.

Gradient

Two colours blended across the canvas, optionally moving with the loop. From — colour; default #05010f. To — colour; default #7b2cff. Angle (°) — 0–360; default 90; step 1. Shape — choices: Linear / Radial; default Radial. Flow (cycles per loop) — 0–4; default 1; step 1. Whole-number cycles return to the starting phase at the loop boundary; 0 leaves the gradient static.

Noise

Size — 0.5–30; default 4; step 0.1. Contrast — 0.2–4; default 1.8; step 0.05. Evolution (cycles per loop) — 0–6; default 1; step 1. Dark — colour; default #05010f. Light — colour; default #ff4dd8.

Pattern

Pattern — choices: Stripes / Checks / Dots / Grid; default Stripes. Size (px) — 4–300; default 40; step 1. Angle (°) — 0–180; default 0; step 1. Drift (cycles per loop) — 0–8; default 1; step 1. Colour A — colour; default #050505. Colour B — colour; default #39ff14.

Particles

Hundreds of looped particles in one of four motion modes. Motion — choices: Rise / Burst / Orbit / Fall; default Rise. Count — 50–6000; default 1200; step 10. Size (px) — 1–40; default 9; step 0.5. Spread — 0.1–2; default 1; step 0.01. Speed (cycles per loop) — 0–8; default 1; step 1. Colour — colour; default #ff8a3d. Variation — 0–100; default 1; step 1.

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Matching sections

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Name, save, open, and recover a project

Project title

Save an editable project

Open a project

Automatic recovery

Import media and image sequences

Layers, placement, blend, and clip timing

Generated-layer controls

Frames and source inspection

Effects, effect stacks, and parameter help

Looks and variation

Animation and keyframes

Frame coverage and Rails

Motion tracking, tracking effects, and tags

Sound, microphone, and MIDI

Compare effects and view the canvas

Output settings and formats

Size presets

GIF

MP4

Other output actions

Keyboard and accessibility

Troubleshooting

Worked examples

Still images to GIF

MP4 with sound

Two-layer effect composition

Two keyframes on a numeric effect setting

Different labels for two tracked shapes

Save, reopen and recover

Effect and parameter reference

Tracking

Blob tracking

Parameters

Glitch

Datamosh

Parameters

Motion glitch

Parameters

Datamosh (fast)

Parameters

Pixel sort

Parameters

RGB split

Parameters

Anaglyph 3D

Parameters

Block glitch

Parameters

Scanline shift

Parameters

Pixel smear

Parameters

JPEG crunch

Parameters

Slices

Parameters

Splitter

Parameters

Hard glitch

Parameters

Soft glitch

Parameters

Jitter

Parameters

Film and analogue

Film colour

Parameters

Film grain

Parameters

Halation

Parameters

Light leaks

Parameters

Gate weave and flicker

Parameters

Dust and scratches