shimmer effect for canvas

Interactive shimmer-type effect based on monochrome image input.

See Live Demo Here via GitHub Pages

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How to Use

Reference shimmer.js in your html file. Use SHIMMER.init( dom, file, options ) in window.onload. The function takes 3 parameters:

Parameter	Example
wrapper DOM element	document.getElementById("wrapper")
reference image file for particles locations	'img/myImage.jpg'
optional parameters object for changing the shimmer	{ particleSize: 20, shimmerRate: 0.3 }

Options

Option	Type	Default
color	rgba string	'rgba(255,150,50,0.05)'
particleSize	integer	25
particleSizeRandomness	integer	5
particleDensity	integer	30
particleLocationRandomness	integer	15
shimmerRate	float	0.1
returnSpeed	float	0.25