All effects and presets

Effect

Particle Grid

Rebuild the image as a grid of particles that follow brightness.

Particle grids rebuild an image from discrete samples that follow brightness or other attributes. They sit between print halftone and generative art: the subject remains, the surface becomes a field of points.

Spacing and size control whether you read a soft screen or a constellation.

Particle Grid example
Example

Properties

  • Resolution

    particles across frame width

    Range
    8 to 256
    Default
    183

  • Point size

    core diameter in pixels at mid depth

    Range
    0.4 to 12
    Default
    4.5

  • Displacement

    Z parallax dark↔light (sign flips)

    Range
    -2 to 2
    Default
    0.8

  • Rotation

    tilt the point cloud in 3D

    Range
    -80, -80, -80 to 80, 80, 80
    Default
    0, 0, 0

  • Bloom

    Range
    0 to 1
    Default
    1

  • Bloom intensity

    Range
    0 to 3
    Default
    1.25

  • Bloom radius

    glow size vs core

    Range
    1 to 6
    Default
    2.2

  • Bloom threshold

    only lightest returns bloom

    Range
    0.5 to 1
    Default
    0.82

Command line

Requires Rethings Pro. Install the tool from Rethings → Install Command Line Tool… 

rethings apply --effect particle-grid --set resolution=183 --set pointSize=4.5 -i input.jpg -o output.png

Gallery

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