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Looks
Built-in looks, My Looks, palette, invert, and shape.
A look is a procedural shader plus its structure knobs and palette. The library sits in the left rail. The Look inspector edits the active look.
Pick a look
- Open the Looks tab in the library.
- Type in Filter Looks, or click a mood chip: All, Pattern, Organic, Moving, Electric.
- Click a card in Built-in or My Looks.
[ steps to the previous look. ] steps to the next look. Hover previews a look on the stage.
My Looks holds custom and imported looks. Maximum: 64. Delete a custom card with the delete control on that card.
Look inspector
The header shows the active look name and description.
Intensity sets brightness and saturation of the procedural look. It does not grade the media plate.
Vignette darkens the edges.
Pin the slider to add it to the perform strip. The modulation badge and MIDI learn sit on the same row.
Palette
Open Palette.
- Colors are four swatches. Click a swatch to edit.
- Randomize picks a new set.
- Reset restores the look default.
- Limit is
1to4stops in use.
The palette feeds the procedural glow. Media has its own color group.
Invert
Open Invert. Shader invert remaps procedural glow.
Modes:
- Structure — flip glow energy. Hot cores go dark.
- Luminosity — invert brightness. Keep hue and chroma.
- Colors — invert hue and chroma. Keep brightness.
- Everything — full RGB negative.
Shape
Shape appears when the look has structure controls. These are per-look knobs (u_ctrl_*).
- Structure sliders
- Randomize
- Reset
Each control can toggle Absolute / Forward, take modulation, and take MIDI.
AI Look Studio
If an AI button is visible, the ai-look-studio flag and the product policy both allow it. Public beta hides this UI.
When it is visible:
- AI opens create-look
- Vary current varies the active look
- Import shader pastes GLSL
- Edit scene returns a patch you can Apply or Undo
Generate, Retry, Cancel / Done, and Save to My Looks sit in the studio footer. Saved looks land in My Looks.
The tables below list built-in looks, moods, and invert modes from the product registries.
Built-in looks
| Look | Mood |
|---|---|
| Drift | Pattern |
| Bloom | Pattern |
| Tide | Organic |
| Lattice | Moving |
| Nebula | Organic |
| Pulsar | Electric |
| Aurora | Electric |
| Vortex | Moving |
| Scope | Electric |
| Prism | Pattern |
| Strata | Electric |
| Filament | Organic |
| Fracture | Pattern |
| Grain | Moving |
Mood chips
| Mood | What it selects |
|---|---|
| Pattern | Geometric structure. Folds, blooms, breaks, and facets. |
| Organic | Soft fields and layered forms. The shapes look grown, not drawn. |
| Moving | Looks that lead with motion. Spin, mesh flow, and grain drift. |
| Electric | Signal energy. Aurora, scopes, and pulsed light. |
Invert modes
| Mode | What it does |
|---|---|
| Structure | Flip glow energy. Hot cores go dark. Falloff becomes the light. |
| Luminosity | Photographic brightness invert (1 minus Y). Keep hue and chroma. |
| Colors | Invert hue and chroma only. Keep brightness. |
| Everything | Full RGB negative. |