Glow Orbs
AmbientDescription
Large luminous soft-light fields that drift on slow lissajous paths, blooming brighter and shifting hue where they overlap — Vercel/Linear-grade hero glow.
What is the animated glow background?
Glow Orbs is a free animated glow background 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.”
colorsPaletteOrb light colors (1-5); each orb cycles through the palette, overlaps additively bloom toward brighter hue-shifted blends
bgPaletteBackdrop color behind the glows; dark navy/charcoal tones give the most luminous contrast
bg-alpha0–1Backdrop opacity; 0 renders only the glows transparently over the host section
orbs1–7Number of light fields; 3-4 is minimal and airy, 6-7 is dense and nebular
size0.1–1Overall scale of the light fields relative to the section
blur0.2–1Falloff softness; low values tighten cores and reveal faint halo rings, high values melt everything into ambient haze
drift0.05–1Amplitude of the slow lissajous wander; keep low for calm hero backdrops
speed0.05–2Global animation rate; defaults are deliberately slow for an expensive feel
pulse0–1Breathing intensity of each orb's radius, like slow inhale/exhale
mouse0–1Cursor-glow strength. At its default a soft extra luminous orb — same falloff family and palette as the ambient field — blooms in under the pointer while it moves and dissolves over a couple seconds of rest, with nearby orbs leaning very subtly toward it; 0 disables all pointer response for a purely ambient background.
Frequently asked questions
Yes. You can preview the animated glow background 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 animated glow background to match.
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