System: shape_collage

Structural

Parameter	Default	Range	What it does	Group
layout	0	0 – 8	Picks which arrangement the elements are placed by.	shape, main
roster	0	0 – 8	Picks which set of shapes the elements are drawn from.	shape

Modal

Parameter	Default	Range	What it does	Group
count	0	0 – 64	How many elements are placed; 0 lets the layout decide. Truncated, so a rise admits its next element on arrival.	shape, main
seed	0		Chooses one arrangement out of the family; the same seed always composes the same way. Truncated, like count.	shape
size_hierarchy	0.5	0 – 1	How much larger the leading elements are than the rest; 0 makes them equal.	shape
angle_bias	-22		Degrees the elements lean by, which is what gives the composition its tilt.	shape
density	1	0 – 2	How much of the frame the arrangement fills.	shape, main
drift	0	0 – 2	How far the elements wander from their placed positions.	motion, main
spin	0	-2 – 2	Turns per second the elements rotate by.	motion
recompose	0	0 – 1	Crossing zero lays the composition out again from a new arrangement.	motion
recompose_blend	0	0 – 1	How long the change between two arrangements takes, rather than cutting.	motion
pump_size	0	0 – 2	Scales every element together, for a beat to make the whole composition breathe.	motion
pump_alpha	0	0 – 2	Fades every element together, the opacity twin of pump_size.	light
scale	1	0.1 – 4	Size of the whole composition within the frame.	shape
pan_x	0		Slides the whole scene sideways, in the scene’s own units rather than pixels.	shape
pan_y	0		Slides the whole scene vertically, in the scene’s own units rather than pixels.	shape
paper	1	0 – 1	How opaque the ground behind the elements is; 0 leaves the backdrop showing.	colour
color_span	1	0 – 1	How much of the palette the elements are coloured across.	colour
palette_shift	0	0 – 1	Rotates every element’s colour along the palette together.	colour
saturation	1	0 – 1	Pulls the scene’s colour toward grey; 0 is fully desaturated, 1 is the palette’s own.	colour
palette_mix	0	0 – 1	Crossfades from the preset’s palette to its second one; 0 is the first, 1 the second.	colour
opacity	1	0 – 1	How opaque each element is, so overlaps can show through.	light
edge_softness	0	0 – 1	How far each element’s edge fades; 0 is a hard cut.	shape