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The live preview loops in your browser. The PNG download captures one still frame of the animation (a moving/video export isn't offered by this free tool).
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About These Overlays
- Rain — 3-layer parallax rain streaks, seamless loop.
- Fireflies — 40 softly glowing fireflies drifting and twinkling.
- Twinkling Stars — a field of 200 stars with individual twinkle phases.
- Falling Leaves — autumn-colored leaves falling and spinning.
- Fog — 3-layer drifting mist.
- Magic Circle — a rotating ornate summoning circle, white glow.
- Sparkle — scattered white sparkle particles twinkling in place.
- Snowfall — 2-layer falling snow, seamless loop.
- Fire — 3-layer rising flame particles with glow.
- Hit Flash — a pulsing impact flash burst.
- Ripple — an expanding water ripple wave.
These are free samples from our full Animated Anime/Manga FX series (36 transparent looping APNG effects across 3 volumes: magic & atmosphere, action & battle, nature & environment) sold separately for video/animation work.
How It Works
Each overlay is a small looping animated WebP that your browser plays natively on top of your photo using CSS blend modes — screen for glowing/light effects (rain, fireflies, stars, fog, magic circle, sparkle, snow, fire, hit flash, ripple) and normal alpha blending for falling leaves, so colors stay true. The live preview never leaves your device. Because browsers don't offer a simple way to re-encode a live animated blend into a downloadable video or APNG from a canvas, the download button instead captures a single still frame using the same overlay-compositing engine as our Photo Effects tool.