Updates
What's new in FX Labs
March 2026
Grain Generator Overhaul
- •Complete grain shader rewrite with Gustavson 3D simplex noise — no more tiling artifacts
- •New film damage layer: dust specks with size and blur controls
- •New film scratches layer — realistic thin vertical lines
- •Film emulation mode with Worley noise clumping
- •Color grain mode with independent per-channel noise
- •Vignette control for grain overlay
March 2026
Smoke Isolation Improvements
- •All shape sliders now work in isolation mode (length, direction, curve, taper, expansion)
- •Soft edge fade replaces hard boundary clipping — no more flat lines at canvas edges
- •Directional rotation for the isolation cloud
March 2026
Pro Tier & Accounts
- •Pro subscriptions with high-resolution export (up to 6K) and transparent backgrounds
- •Email/password authentication alongside Google and Discord OAuth
- •Preset saving and loading for Pro users
- •Custom Pro badge dropdowns for resolution and background selection
March 2026
Community Library
- •Every export auto-saves a low-res preview to the community library
- •Browse and download effects from other users
- •Library accessible to all users — no account required to browse
February 2026
Initial Launch
- •Smoke generator with isolation, plume, and atmosphere modes
- •Fog generator with density, turbulence, and warp controls
- •Fire generator with smoke, flicker, and temperature controls
- •Lightning generator with branching, glow, and color controls
- •Dust/ember particle system
- •Sparks generator with trail physics
- •Grain texture generator
- •Zoom and pan controls for all generators
- •SEO-optimized pages for each effect type