Kaleidoscope Video Effect

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Turn any clip into a moving kaleidoscope. One wedge of each frame is mirrored and repeated around the center, and everything that moves inside that wedge moves in every segment at once.

Segments, rotation, and zoom

Segments sets the symmetry, from 2 to 24. Rotation chooses which part of the frame feeds the wedge, and Zoom scales the source before the slice is taken: above 100% samples a smaller, more detailed area, below 100% a wider one.

Footage that works

Motion inside the wedge produces the most movement in the pattern. Flowers, water, crowds, city lights, and slow camera moves give smooth, blooming patterns; fast cuts make the whole pattern jump at once. For VJ loops, start from a clip with continuous motion and 6 or 8 segments.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does the segment count change?

How many mirrored slices make up the circle. Two segments give a single mirror line, four give quadrants, and six or eight give the hexagonal and octagonal symmetry of an optical kaleidoscope.

Why does a small rotation change the pattern so much?

Rotation turns the source slice before it is mirrored. A few degrees bring completely different pixels across the segment boundaries, so the whole pattern rearranges.

Does the pattern animate?

Yes, through the footage itself: every frame's slice is mirrored again, so motion in the source becomes symmetrical motion in the pattern. Rotation and zoom stay fixed for the clip.

What happens to the audio?

It is copied into the export unchanged when the container can hold its codec, and re-encoded when it cannot. A note under the export button says which happened.

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