Preset

Color looks. Your other settings stay as they are.

Background

Arms

Highlight

Center

0.5

Where the spiral sits. Fixed — the cursor bends the arms instead of moving the whole figure.

Arms6

Rounded to a whole number: atan2 jumps by 2π on the negative x axis, and only a whole multiplier lands on a full period of the sine. A fraction tears a seam.

Tightness2.4

Arm sharpness3

Core clearance0.16

Keeps the middle from collapsing into a solid disc where every arm meets.

Edge falloff0.35

Pupil0.075

Arm drag1.8

How far the cursor drags the arms it passes.

Drag reach0.28

Spin speed1

Opacity1

Opacity of the complete effect, including its background.

Palette

Structure

Motion

Compositing

Spiral