Help with creating a "swirling pixie dust" effect.

[Cableboy]

Hello all! I've been sequencing my first whole house show and I'm running into an issue with an effect I'm working on. Hopefully someone can point me in the right direction.

I want to create a "swirling pixie dust" effect. So far I have used a morph effect where I make it a True Unmask in Layer Blending. Below that layer I'm using a twinkle effect, so that the morph reveals the twinkle layer below as it moves by. I used the Effect Assist to create a more distinct pathway for the morph movement.

This effect currently overrides anything else on the whole house model. I was hoping to have this display on top of anything running on the whole house model (the purple-ish circles are flood lights).

Also, is there a way to make this effect in a better manner than this? Looking for any tips everyone may have. I have included a picture of the effect setup and a video for reference.

I hope everyone is staying healthy!

Video of the effect:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iC0pHsg4J98

[keithsw1111]

Have you considered tendril to do the revealing.

[Cableboy]

I haven?t played around with tendril much. I will do some research on it and see what I can make. Thanks for some direction.

[jnealand]

There are a couple of fairy dust presets in the google share drive.  Look in both the presets and the new uploads within presets.

[Cableboy]

Thank you! I was unaware of the share drive. I'll check it out!

[al]

There are a couple of fairy dust presets in the google share drive.  Look in both the presets and the new uploads within presets.

what is the google share drive link?

[keithsw1111]

Isn?t it in the xlights help menu and on the xlights site under resources.

[Cableboy]

Yep!

I found a nice fairy dust effect that uses ripple on the Google drive. I'm having some difficulty understanding the tendril effect. I'll have to mess around with it little more.