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# Plasma

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The Plasma effect generates cycles of changing color to give an illusion of a liquid organic movement effect.

| Option/Settings         | Description                                                                                                                                      |
| ----------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |
| **Color Choice**        | Normal or 4 other preset values. if Normal is selected, then one or more colors from the palette can be used to define the colors of the effect. |
| **Add Twist to Effect** | Defines how much the components of the movement i.e the ripple, twists.                                                                          |
| **Line Density**        | Controls the thickness of each line of the ripples within the effect.                                                                            |
| **Speed**               | <p>Controls the rate of change of the ripple movement within the effect.</p><p>Can be adjusted via the Value Curves options.</p>                 |
