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    "title": "Mercury Oil Bloom",
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    "author_name": "lightbrush",
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    "created_at": "2026-07-19T00:35:24.107Z",
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    "isf": "/*{\n  \"DESCRIPTION\": \"Liquid chrome swells with thin-film interference — hue rides the reflection phase, not density. Seamless 8s loop.\",\n  \"INPUTS\": [\n    { \"NAME\": \"speed\", \"TYPE\": \"float\", \"DEFAULT\": 1.0, \"MIN\": 0.25, \"MAX\": 3.0 },\n    { \"NAME\": \"film\",  \"TYPE\": \"float\", \"DEFAULT\": 1.0, \"MIN\": 0.3,  \"MAX\": 2.5 }\n  ]\n}*/\n\n#define PERIOD 8.0\n#define TAU 6.28318530718\n\n// analytic heightfield: few large travelling swells, integer temporal multiples for a clean loop\n// returns vec3(height, dH/dx, dH/dy)\nvec3 field(vec2 p, float ph){\n  vec3 h = vec3(0.0);\n  vec2 d1 = normalize(vec2( 0.83,  0.55));\n  vec2 d2 = normalize(vec2(-0.42,  0.91));\n  vec2 d3 = normalize(vec2( 0.31, -0.95));\n\n  float s;\n  s = 2.1*dot(d1,p) - TAU*1.0*ph + 0.0;  h.x += 0.55*sin(s); h.yz += 0.55*2.1*cos(s)*d1;\n  s = 3.4*dot(d2,p) + TAU*2.0*ph + 1.7;  h.x += 0.34*sin(s); h.yz += 0.34*3.4*cos(s)*d2;\n  s = 5.9*dot(d3,p) - TAU*3.0*ph + 4.1;  h.x += 0.16*sin(s); h.yz += 0.16*5.9*cos(s)*d3;\n  return h;\n}\n\n// procedural environment: deep sky with wide luminous reflector bands\nvec3 env(vec3 rd){\n  float up = clamp(rd.y*0.5+0.5, 0.0, 1.0);\n  vec3 sky = mix(vec3(0.004,0.005,0.010), vec3(0.035,0.05,0.09), pow(up,1.8));\n  float az = atan(rd.z, rd.x);\n  float el = rd.y;\n  // narrow luminous strips on a mostly-void sphere — the chrome stays dark between streaks\n  vec3 band = vec3(0.0);\n  band += vec3(2.6, 0.60, 0.10) * smoothstep(0.14,0.015,abs(el-0.34)) * pow(0.5+0.5*sin(az*2.0+0.4), 3.0);\n  band += vec3(0.10, 0.95, 2.8) * smoothstep(0.12,0.012,abs(el+0.02)) * pow(0.5+0.5*sin(az*3.0-1.2), 3.0);\n  band += vec3(1.2, 1.15, 1.4) * smoothstep(0.06,0.008,abs(el-0.64));\n  band += vec3(1.8, 0.2, 2.4)  * smoothstep(0.11,0.012,abs(el+0.42)) * pow(0.5+0.5*sin(az+2.6), 3.0);\n  return sky + band;\n}\n\n// thin-film interference: RGB phases from optical path difference\nvec3 filmColor(float opd){\n  vec3 phase = TAU * opd * vec3(1.0, 1.22, 1.46);\n  return 0.5 + 0.5*cos(phase + vec3(0.0, 2.1, 4.2));\n}\n\nvoid main(){\n  vec2 uv = (gl_FragCoord.xy - 0.5*RENDERSIZE.xy) / RENDERSIZE.y;\n  float ph = fract(TIME * speed / PERIOD);\n\n  // circular-orbit domain drift — loop-safe\n  vec2 orb = 0.35*vec2(cos(TAU*ph), sin(TAU*ph));\n  vec2 p = uv*2.0 + orb;\n\n  vec3 H = field(p, ph);\n  vec3 n = normalize(vec3(-H.y, 1.35, -H.z));\n\n  // grazing camera so the mirror dominates\n  vec3 vd = normalize(vec3(uv.x*0.55, -0.85, uv.y*0.55 + 0.55));\n  vec3 rd = reflect(vd, n);\n\n  float cosT = clamp(abs(dot(vd, n)), 0.0, 1.0);\n  float fres = pow(1.0 - cosT, 2.0);\n\n  vec3 reflection = env(rd);\n\n  // broad iridescence: optical path from film thickness x incidence, plus a slow spatial drift\n  float opd = film * (1.9*cosT + 0.35*H.x);\n  vec3 irid = filmColor(opd);\n\n  // flow mask: interference lives on the swell crests and steep slopes; flats stay chrome-dark\n  float slope = length(H.yz);\n  float crest = smoothstep(0.25, 1.0, H.x);\n  float flow = clamp(0.7*crest + 0.6*smoothstep(1.0, 2.4, slope), 0.0, 1.0);\n\n  // chrome: dark mirror everywhere, interference painted along the flow\n  vec3 col = reflection * mix(vec3(1.0), irid*1.9, flow);\n  col += irid * fres * (0.25 + 0.75*flow) * 0.9;\n  col += vec3(0.9,0.95,1.0) * pow(max(rd.y,0.0), 24.0) * 0.8;   // sky glint\n\n  // valleys sink to the void\n  float valley = smoothstep(0.5, -1.0, H.x);\n  col *= mix(1.0, 0.10, valley*0.85);\n\n  col *= 1.0 - 0.35*dot(uv,uv);\n\n  // soft highlight knee\n  vec3 hot = max(col - 1.0, 0.0);\n  col = min(col, 1.0) + hot/(1.0+hot);\n\n  gl_FragColor = vec4(col, 1.0);\n}\n",
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