What is Particle effects?
Also called: Particles
The short answer
Particle effects animate many small points, such as sparks, dust, stars or confetti, to create atmosphere, motion trails or bursts of celebration.
Particle effects, explained
Thousands of particles are cheap on the GPU and expensive on the main thread, so large systems run in shaders.
Questions people ask about Particle effects
What is Particle effects?
Particle effects animate many small points, such as sparks, dust, stars or confetti, to create atmosphere, motion trails or bursts of celebration.
Related terms
WebGL is the browser technology that draws hardware-accelerated 2D and 3D graphics inside a web page using the device's GPU, with no plugin.
ShaderA shader is a small program that runs on the GPU for every pixel or vertex, calculating colour and shape; shaders create effects like liquid metal, glow, ripples and gradients.
Micro-interactionsMicro-interactions are small, single-purpose animations that respond to what a visitor does, like a button that presses in, a heart that fills or a field that shakes on an error.
Parallax scrollingParallax scrolling moves background and foreground layers at different speeds as you scroll, creating an illusion of depth.
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