Preset
Pattern
Colors

Tweak
Swirls

Press “Add swirl” (or Shift-click), then tap the plate. Drag a swirl to move it, scroll over it to wind it, long-press or right-click to remove it.

Ink dish

Click to drop ink. Hold longer for a bigger drop. Drag across the dish to comb it.

Coral
Grain

Click and drag to plant new growth. It spreads on its own and curls around your words and images.

Music

Drop a song anywhere on the plate, or let it listen to the room.

Nothing playing

Feel
Leave it alone for a bit and it drifts into new looks, or follows the music.
Caps how hard swirls can wind and melt so the plate always holds together.
On a phone, tilt it and the pattern sloshes like liquid in a dish.
Lettering
Liquid Light Machine
Letter color

Wrap: the letters sit in the flow and the pattern bends around them. Echo: rings trace the letters. Knockout: the letters are cut out and filled with the next colors over.

Images 0 of 4
Selected image
Outline color · all images

Drop, paste or upload up to four pictures. Transparent PNGs keep their exact outline. For a headshot, a photo with the background already removed works best; “Lift” clears plain walls. Click an image to select it, drag to move, scroll over it to resize.

Fine tune

Tap or point at a control to see what it does.

Drag the plate to smear it. Shift-click drops a swirl. Drop a picture or a song anywhere. Keys · N nudge · ⌘Z undo · ←→ pattern · ↑↓ colors · , . presets · Space pause · R trip · H hide · F fullscreen · S still

Liquid
Light
Machine
Drag to smear it · ← → patterns · Trip! to shake it up
Drop a picture or a song
Liquid Light Machine