What makes fragments look like they float?

Shadows and scale. A piece that has moved toward the viewer should be slightly larger and cast a shadow on what is behind it. Without those cues fragments read as flat cut-outs pasted over the image.

Which direction should fragments travel?

One consistent direction reads as wind or force; radial dispersion reads as an explosion. Both work — random scattering does not, because it gives the eye no story about why the subject is coming apart.

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Original source image before Floating Fragments — The same source image before and after applying Floating Fragments.

Floating Fragments Photo Filter Online

Lift pieces of the subject into a dimensional cloud of fragments. Control the strength, compare the result, and download a finished image from your browser.

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About the Floating Fragments effect

Pieces of the subject detach and drift away from the main form, each keeping its own perspective and casting a small shadow, so the image appears to be dispersing into space.

How to use Floating Fragments

Upload a photo, adjust the Floating Fragments intensity, compare its processed preview with the source, and download the finished result.

Why use the Floating Fragments effect?

Floating Fragments, tuned to your photo

Use the intensity control to balance the Floating Fragments treatment with the detail and character of your original photo.

A fast Floating Fragments workflow

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Secure Floating Fragments processing

Floating Fragments uploads are processed on secure servers and automatically removed under the normal Pixoate retention policy.

How it works

Pieces of the subject detach and drift away from the main form, each keeping its own perspective and casting a small shadow, so the image appears to be dispersing into space.

Processing

Floating Fragments runs as a classic image effect and does not use an AI action.

Best for

conceptual portraits, book cover and poster design, music artwork, and dramatic editorial imagery.

Less suited to: group photos and busy scenes, where dispersing fragments have nowhere clean to travel.

Ways to use Floating Fragments

Floating Fragments questions

What makes fragments look like they float?: Shadows and scale. A piece that has moved toward the viewer should be slightly larger and cast a shadow on what is behind it. Without those cues fragments read as flat cut-outs pasted over the image.
Which direction should fragments travel?: One consistent direction reads as wind or force; radial dispersion reads as an explosion. Both work — random scattering does not, because it gives the eye no story about why the subject is coming apart.