Stardust

Scatters sparkling star particles in the Overlay color around the tracked landmarks, or a ring around the subject; Speed sets the drift.

Group: Tracking & Overlays · How to add an effect

Stardust on the dancer on a dark stage: the whole frame twice, the original on the left, Stardust at its default settings on the right — Left: the original. Right: Stardust at its default settings, one frame of its movement.

A short page made from the editor’s effect catalog: what the effect does and its controls. Tips and its node setup will follow.

Controls

Control	Range	Default
Mix
Amount	0 to 1	0.8
Color
Overlay	a colour	`#36f59a`
Motion
Speed	0 to 5	1

Styles: the Style menu in the effect card switches to another look of the same engine. Controls you changed keep their values and keyframes when the new look has the same control, also under another name; the others start at the new look’s defaults. Looks of Tracking & Overlays: CCTV, HUD Tracker, Rain Reveal, Tracked Scene.

Technical details

Stardust is one look of the tracking overlay engine; its looks share one node setup. It keeps moving while the playhead stands still. How effects are stored, rendered and exported: Effect system. Its building blocks: Node Catalog.

Go deeper: Effect system: landmark tracking effects