Fluid

Smears or bends the image with a flow. Movement pushes the fluid, while edges stir it even in a still image.

Parameter	Control	Range	Notes
Look	Selector	Smear, Warp	Smear carries and mixes the image’s colors. Warp bends the live image. Changing the look restarts the fluid. Cannot be modulated.
Motion	Trough	0 to 4	How strongly movement in the image pushes the fluid. A still image gives no push.
Swirl	Trough	0 to 2	How strongly edges stir the fluid. A flat image with no edges gives no swirl.
Eddies	Trough	0 to 4	Keeps small whirls spinning. 0 gives broader flow.
Speed	Trough	0 to 3	0 freezes the fluid.
Settle	Trough	0 to 1	How quickly the flow comes to rest.
Recover	Trough	0 to 1	How quickly the live image returns. Low values leave long smears in Smear and longer distortion in Warp.
Reset	Button and Lamp		Clears the flow and restarts from the current image. See Reset with modulation.

For a blocky, digital smear instead of liquid, see Datamosh.

Fluid runs at a quarter of the output resolution. Below 20 frames per second, the flow slows down.

Perfect loop does not reset the fluid at the join. Use Video crossfade to blend the end into the start.