Turn images into flowing particle animations! Upload an image, then use the controls to adjust the colors, particle speed, attraction strength, edge detection threshold, flow field movement, 2D vs. 3D noise, etc.
Click the 🎲 button underneath the canvas to randomize all input parameters, this can give interesting colour / movement styles. You can then open the controls at the top right of the screen to fine-tune the parameters one-by-one.
Increasing the attraction strength will make the particles stick to the edges, while increasing the particle speed will cause the particles to become unstuck and flow around the canvas freely.
You can export your creation as an image or video afterwards.
A few hotkeys for the pros:
[r]: randomize all inputs (useful to find interesting parameters for a new image)
[c]: choose random color palette
[space]: pause/play the animation
[enter]: restart the animation
[v]: start and stop video export
[s]: save a screenshot image
[u]: upload new image
This tool is completely free, open source (MIT license), without any paywalls or premium options. You are welcome to use it for personal or commercial purposes.
Github repo: https://github.com/collidingScopes/particular-drift
