Fluid Smoke
AmbientDescription
Slow volumetric smoke and ink curls via domain-warped noise.
What is the smoke background effect?
Fluid Smoke is a free smoke background effect that renders in real time with WebGL, so it stays sharp on any screen without shipping a heavy video file or GIF — and it pauses while off-screen to keep pages fast.
Use it as visual inspiration for a hero or section background on a landing page, portfolio, SaaS site or app. Every parameter — colors, speed and intensity — is adjustable in the remix playground. No account is needed to preview it.
Make it yours
Every knob below is tuned by the AI to match your design — or ask for changes in plain language, like “slower and more blue.”
colorsPalette1-4 smoke colors; first = dense core, second = wisps
bgPalettebackground behind the smoke
bg-alpha0–10 = smoke over the section's own background
speed0.05–2evolution speed; keep low for realism
scale0.5–4plume size; lower = huge slow billows
warp0–2fluid distortion; higher = stringy marbled curls
rise-1–1vertical drift; positive = rising, negative = sinking
swirl0–1rotational vortex motion
contrast0.5–2.5density separation; higher = defined plumes
softness0.2–1how much area the smoke fills
mouse0–1cursor stir strength; the pointer curls the smoke around itself in a soft vortex, like a hand waved through incense — 0 = off
Frequently asked questions
Yes. You can preview the smoke background effect for free in the AIDesigner effects library — no watermark and no sign-up required to try it.
Use "Remix this effect" to tune the colors, speed, and parameters, then use the preview as a reference for your website background implementation.
It renders on the GPU through WebGL at a capped frame rate, so it is far lighter than a background video and automatically stops drawing when it scrolls out of view — keeping load and battery impact low.
Yes. Every knob in the "Make it yours" section is adjustable, and you can also just ask the AI in plain language — for example "slower and more blue" — and it retunes the smoke background effect to match.
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