How to Code: Galactic Light Trails

Getting a galactic light trail effect isn't achieved by rotating particles individually—it's actually created by rotating a canvas as a whole. With a few tweaks to rotation, opacity fills, and object randomness, we can create an eye-catching effect that emulates a time-warp in space.

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📃Table of Contents 00:00 Project overview 00:41 Initial canvas setup 05:43 Creating randomized particles 13:16 Randomize particle radii 14:55 Rotate the canvas to create spin effect 21:06 Spawn particles off the canvas to fill in edges due to translate 25:02 Randomize particle colors 28:08 Create glow effect for each particle 29:38 Add light trail effect on mousedown 37:02 Outro / Intro to chriscourses.com

🔗 Links CodePen Example: https://codepen.io/chriscourses/pen/poyEEoj Canvas Boilerplate: https://github.com/christopher4lis/canvas-boilerplate ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_BPilf_F8k