Effects

Effects are image transforms applied to memes via the pipe operator or composition.

Usage

// Pipe a meme through an effect
@blank "Hello" |> sepia => "sepia.png";

// Chain multiple effects
@blank "Vintage" |> sepia |> vignette |> blur(2) => "vintage.png";

// Compose effects into a reusable transform
var retro = sepia >> vignette >> noise(0.05);
@blank "Retro" |> retro => "retro.png";

Non-Parameterized Effects

These take a meme directly and return a transformed meme.

Effect	Description
`grayscale`	Convert to grayscale
`sepia`	Warm sepia tone
`invert`	Invert all colors
`sharpen`	Sharpen edges
`vignette`	Darken edges

@blank "Test" |> grayscale => "gray.png";

Parameterized Effects

These take a numeric argument and return a function that transforms a meme.

Effect	Parameter	Description
`blur(radius)`	1-20	Gaussian blur
`pixelate(blockSize)`	2-50	Pixelation
`noise(amount)`	0.0-1.0	Random noise overlay
`saturate(factor)`	0.0-5.0	Color saturation (1.0 = normal)
`contrast(factor)`	0.0-5.0	Contrast (1.0 = normal)
`brightness(factor)`	0.0-3.0	Brightness (1.0 = normal)
`hueShift(degrees)`	0-360	Rotate hue
`glow(radius)`	1-20	Bloom/glow effect
`posterize(levels)`	2-32	Reduce color levels
`chromatic(offset)`	1-20	RGB channel displacement
`threshold(level)`	0-255	Black/white binarization
`tint(hexColor)`	hex string	Color tint overlay
`jpeg(quality)`	1-100	JPEG compression artifacts

@blank "Blurry" |> blur(5) => "blurred.png";
@blank "Warm" |> tint("#FF880044") => "tinted.png";

Named Effects

Define reusable effect compositions with the effect keyword.

effect deepfry = saturate(3.0) >> contrast(2.0) >> jpeg(10) >> noise(0.1);
effect lofi = grayscale >> noise(0.08) >> vignette;

@blank "Deep Fried" |> deepfry => "fried.png";
@blank "Lo-Fi" |> lofi => "lofi.png";

Effect Composition

Use >> to compose effects into a pipeline.

var dramatic = contrast(1.5) >> saturate(1.3) >> vignette;
var subtle = blur(1) >> brightness(1.1);

// Composed effects can be further composed
var full = dramatic >> subtle;