Life

Overview

The Life effect is a random particle growth type effect. It is designed to imitate colonies of microbes as they replicate and grow. When set to a high cell start count, it resembles old fashioned TV snow. When set to a low Cell Start count, it can be made to somewhat resemble confetti.

String Setup

• Orientation - Controls the orientation of the display area (matrix).

Configuration

• Speed - The speed at which the particles progress.

• Cells to Start - The number of pixels or “colonies” at the beginning of the effect.

• Type - This applies different variations to the growth pattern.

Color

• Gradients - One or more colors/gradients used randomly for each particle.

Brightness

• Intensity - This is an overall brightness intensity curve over the duration of the effect. This is a legacy parameter, consider using intensity overlay layers instead.

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