What is Pryzm?
Pryzm is a visual studio for designers. Create beautiful, original backgrounds and textures for your websites, templates, and designs, right in your browser.
You compose a visual from three layers and then style it with a stack of effects. Everything updates live as you work. No setup, no accounts. When you love a look, export it in high resolution or copy a link that reproduces it exactly.
The three layers
- Gradient: a smooth, organic gradient built from editable color stops on a ramp. This is the foundation.
- Image: an optional photo used as the base, with the gradient blended over it.
- Pattern: an optional step that clips the whole composite into a designer tile layout (bento grids, mosaics, circles, repeating tiles).
The effect stack
On top of the layers you can stack Optics, Light, Waves, Glass distortion, Pixelate, Dither, Halftone, ASCII, and Grain. Each is optional and most have their own enable switch. The Effects rail on the left offers quick recipes for each group. They're covered one by one in the Effects section.
Animation
Many effects can move in the live preview: the gradient field drifts, Waves ripple, Light rays and Caustics shimmer, and Grain flickers. Use Animate in the stage header to play a seamless loop, then export it as MP4 or WebM. Layout patterns are static masks — turn the pattern layer off before animating or exporting video.