Effects

Effects are post-processing filters applied to an instance. They can be declared at the scene root, on blueprints, creates, and parametric define bodies. Root effects process the composed scene, so a root grain or lens effect applies to all its content. They're order-sensitive and merge by type or explicit name during instance resolution.

imagine card
  shape: rectangle
  fill: "#ffffff"
  effect blur as softBlur
    radius: 8
  effect glow
    intensity: 0.6
    tint: "#ff6b35"

create card

A single parameter can use the short form:

imagine card
  effect blur: 8

create card

The parser accepts any identifier after effect, but only the effects backed by a renderer are listed, with all their parameters, in the effect reference. Parsed names outside that reference, including shadow, outline, displacement, and custom, have no renderer implementation yet.

Name an effect with as before animating or overriding that effect instance.

Colors

Color parameters such as a vignette color, a glow tint or halftone dotColor take a hex string or an RGBA tuple. Hex is a display color, read exactly like a fill: color: "#050507". Tuples are linear RGB from 0 to 1, as in expressions, so (0.5, 0.5, 0.5, 1) shows lighter than "#808080" and (0.02, 0.02, 0.03, 1) shows as about "#282829", not near black. Prefer hex when matching a palette.