Will Floating Dust work on any photo?

Floating Dust is designed for Portrait, Food, Architecture, Artwork images. Results will vary outside those categories, so pick source images that match the effect's intent.

Can I control how Floating Dust moves?

Yes — the planned controls for this effect include Particle count, Light interaction, Drift speed, so you'll be able to tune the result rather than accept a single fixed look.

Will Floating Dust loop seamlessly?

Yes — Floating Dust is designed to loop seamlessly, so the animation can play on repeat without a visible seam or jump cut.

Floating Dust

Concept

Fine dust motes drift slowly through visible light, adding quiet atmosphere.

Concept effect — not yet available in the AniFX app.

About this effect

Floating Dust animates tiny, softly-lit particles that drift at a near-imperceptible pace, catching light where the image has a bright source or shaft of light. It is one of the most restrained effects in the library, intended to make a static scene feel like it has ambient air movement without drawing attention to itself.

Suitable image types

Portrait
Food
Architecture
Artwork

Best use cases

Small Business Marketing
Photography
Art Promotion

Styles

Dreamy
Atmospheric
Minimal

Motion characteristics

motion_intensity: subtle
loopable: true
affects_subject: false
affects_background: true
transparency_support: true

Planned controls

Particle count
Light interaction
Drift speed

Best practices

Most effective on images with a visible light source or beam, such as window light or spotlighting, where dust motes have something to catch.

Examples using this effect

Concept preview

Plated Dessert with Window Light

A close overhead shot of a plated dessert lit by soft natural window light. This concept demonstration shows how Floating Dust could animate fine particles catching the light above the plate, a treatment aimed at restaurant and food photography marketing.

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