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The Harmonograph path effect applied to a sample shape
Curves

Harmonograph

Two damped pendulums drawing against each other leave a decaying moiré ribbon, the Victorian parlour trick that still makes a striking gig poster.

Open in the editor More curves path effects
FamilyCurves
Parameters5 adjustable
On canvas handlesno, adjust it in the panel
Destructiveno, the original path is kept
LicenceFree for commercial use

The 5 controls

Nothing here is baked in. Every value stays live on the object for as long as the file exists, so you can come back and retune it, reorder it against other effects, or take it off and get your original path back exactly as you drew it.

  1. Freq 10.5 to 8, default 2
  2. Freq 20.5 to 8, default 3
  3. Damping0 to 0.05, default 0.004
  4. Seed0 to 9999, default 1
  5. Points200 to 6000, default 4000

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