Lay your image or video under a sheet of black ice: dark tones sink into glossy navy, broad angular crystal shards with a lit and a shaded half cleave the clear ice, and bright tones grow milky frost with lobed outlines, thin bright rims and trapped air bubbles. Adjust crystal density, width, length and angle, star feathers, frost coverage and edge softness, image influence, the ice tint and the texture strength. The default sample is an original image generated with GPT Image 2.5.
How this texture works
Black Ice lays your image or video under a sheet of dark, glossy ice. Shadows sink into deep navy, broad angular crystal shards cut across the surface, and the bright parts of the picture turn into milky frost with thin bright rims and small trapped bubbles. Image influence decides how much your picture shapes the ice, and the Frost section shapes the crystals themselves. Glints are still by default, so the surface reads like a frozen photograph.
Tips
- Frost coverage decides how much of the picture turns milky. Lower it to keep more clear black ice between the frosted areas.
- Crystal width, Crystal length and Crystal angle shape the shards. Wide, short shards look like cracked plate ice; long thin ones look like frost needles.
- Ice tint moves the colour of the ice around the hue wheel. Lower Tint strength for a more neutral, grey ice.
- Raise Star crystals to add feathered star shapes on top of the shards.
Questions
How do I make a frozen ice effect on a photo?
Load your picture into the Image or video slot. Bright areas become frost and dark areas become clear ice, so a photo with strong contrast works best. Use Frost coverage and Image influence to balance how much of the picture stays readable.
Can the ice move?
Yes. Set Animate glints to on and the crystals shimmer. Shimmer rate controls how fast.