Video effect

Create a light trail video

Add a video and get a light-trail video built by stacking frames with lighten blending.

Video

Frame stack and trail frames of a video

Live

Video

Frames per second

Start

End

Trail

Open in Fuser

Runs in your browser. Your files are never uploaded.

How tools work

A tool is a small app you describe in plain words. Try this one here, then keep it on your Fuser canvas and connect it to the rest of your work.

A tool on the Fuser canvas with its controls and result

1. Try it here

Add your own file or text and adjust the controls. Live tools run in your browser, so nothing is uploaded.

Two tools chained together on the Fuser canvas

2. Open it in Fuser

Sign up free and the tool opens on your canvas with this example wired in, ready to connect to images, video or text from other nodes.

A Tool node with a description of the tool to build

3. Describe your own

Need something different? Describe the tool you want and Fuser builds it, with the controls you asked for.

Ways to use this tool

Shape moving light and motion in video by selecting a frame range, sampling rate, and trail amount.

Night traffic trails

Turn footage of headlights and taillights into continuous light trails by stacking frames with lighten blending.

City movement studies

Emphasize moving lights across a city scene while keeping the result as a video.

Star movement footage

Create a trail effect from video that captures stars or other moving points of light.

Fireworks footage

Stack frames from fireworks video to bring out overlapping light paths.

LED and light performances

Use trail stacking to show the paths of moving LEDs, torches, or other lights.

Motion-focused edits

Select a specific section of a video and adjust the trail to create a more pronounced motion effect.

Frequently asked questions

The tool requires one video input. For a visible trail effect, footage with moving lights or other bright moving subjects is a useful starting point.

Frames per second sets the sampling rate from 1 to 60 fps. Start and End select the portion of the video to process, while Trail adjusts the trail amount from 20 to 100.

Yes. This Live tool runs in your browser, updates as you move the controls, and you can try it on this page without an account. Downloading more than once or opening it in Fuser asks you to sign up.

The result is a video created by stacking video frames with lighten blending. It is not a still image.

Run the tool, then use its video result as the input for another Fuser node. This lets you combine the light-trail step with other nodes in a broader video workflow.