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Quadtree

Subdivide the frame into squares that get smaller where the picture is busy.

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Family
PATTERNS
Availability
Free — no signup
Controls with options
5

Split where there is more going on

The effect starts with one square and splits it into four wherever the picture has more going on, then repeats, so the squares end up fine in busy areas and large in flat ones. Stroke draws the square edges, and a new layer opens that way. Fill paints each square.

What decides a split

Adapt sets what drives the subdivision, and it opens on Depth, using the depth the app infers for your image. Tone and Detail drive it from brightness or fine structure instead. Follow pulls the squares toward the picture's tone or depth, and Interpolation sets whether the colour ramp blends in RGB or OKLCH.

Every option, from the app

Generated from the registry the app publishes, so this list is whatever the current build actually ships — not a copy of it.

Render
FillStroke
Adapt
OffToneDepthDetail
Adapt Mode
DensitySize
Follow
OffToneDepth
Interpolation
RGBOKLCH
  • CellsStained-glass cells grown around the picture.
  • LatticeA lattice of lines or marks that bends to the picture.
  • PixelateBlocky, low-resolution pixels, with the block shape you choose.

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