Kaleidoscope — fold any video into a spinning mirror mandala

What it does

At its core Kaleidoscope takes one angular slice of the source and repeats it around a center to build classic mirror symmetry. Five symmetry modes change how the slice is folded: classic mandala, single reflected mirror-wedge, pure rotational repetition with no mirroring, a square 4-fold crystal grid, and an infinite droste spiral. Set anywhere from 2 to 36 segments, toggle mirroring and radial mirror to bounce the texture outward, and soften the joins with edge feather and wedge blend so seams melt into each other. Drag the sampling center, zoom from 0.2x to 4x, roll the source, and add rotation or continuous spin to keep the whole pattern turning.

Beyond the geometry there's a full look stack. The droste mode and its spiral twist create a recursive zoom that falls in on itself forever, while a zoom pulse breathes the texture in and out on a beat-like rate. Color controls give you hue shift, animated hue spin, a per-wedge hue step that paints each segment a different shade, plus saturation, brightness and gamma. Finish with monochrome, invert, vignette, and a custom background color. Seven one-tap presets — Classic Mandala, Hexa Mirror, Spiral Droste, Pulse Bloom, Rainbow Wheel, Square Crystal, Hypno Tunnel — set everything at once. Preview free, chain it with other effects via Combine, animate any slider on the keyframe timeline, and export to MP4, WebM, or PNG in 9:16, 1:1, or 16:9.

Use it for

• Hypnotic 9:16 visuals for techno and DJ-set reels
• Live webcam mandala for streams and VJ sets
• Looping background textures for music videos
• Trippy droste-spiral tunnels for transitions
• Symmetric brand intros from a single logo or clip
• Rainbow-wheel hue-spinning loops for social posts

How to use it