Layout Composer

Layout Composer turns the tedious work of placing decorative layers into one click. Pick a layout, tweak with live preview, and drop the result on your canvas, or arrange the layers you already have.

What's in the plugin:

8 layout modes

• Radial / arrange around a circle with arc control

• Spiral / Fermat (sunflower) or Archimedean

• Wave / sine distribution at any angle

• Grid / hexagonal or brick offset

• Sphere / Fibonacci 3D distribution with adjustable latitude band

• Curve / cubic bezier you shape with sliders

• Polygon / perimeter of a 3-12 sided shape

• Stack / fan layout for card decks

Style

• Size, aspect-ratio and opacity gradients

• Per-shape blur (0–30px), uniform or progressive (start → end across the set) for depth-of-field looks

• 6 curated palettes (Pastel, Neon, Earth, Mono, Sunset, Ocean) with cycle or random modes

• Three sources: generated shapes, Pexels photos (with search), or clones of your own layer

• Bonus: arrange your existing canvas selection in any layout

Composition

• Jitter — per-layer noise on position, size, and rotation for an organic feel

• Perspective tilt that works on any mode

• Connecting lines (sequence or closed ring) for constellation effects

• Automatic z-ordering by depth on sphere and perspective layouts

Interactions

• 7 motion presets (Drift, Ripple, Pulse, Breathe, Loader, Spin, Sway) with intensity slider

• 5 hover effects (Scale, Lift, Tilt, Pop, Glow) — combine with motion and blur

• One-click "Open Live Site" to verify them on your published page

Workflow

• Live preview as you tweak any slider — see changes on canvas instantly

• 8 starter presets (Sunburst, Galaxy, Confetti, Tilted wall, Mandala, Petal, Card fan, Asteroid belt)

• Save your favorite settings as presets — persistent across sessions

• Export and import preset JSON to share with your team

• Recent generations with one-click recall (last 5)

• Surprise button for instant variations

• Keyboard shortcuts: G to generate, S for surprise, R to reset, ⌘S to save preset

• Smart placement — generates inside whatever frame you have selected

Use cases

• Decorative hero patterns and backgrounds

• Photo galleries and image stacks

• Particle clouds and starfields

• Spiral and mandala designs

• Card fans and image decks (with blur for soft depth-of-field)

• Constellation and network visualizations