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Wobble Presets Explained: Which Motion to Use
Purupuru Maker ships with four motion presets. Here is what each one feels like, the kind of image it suits, and how to nudge it when the default is close but not quite right.
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Once you have painted an area in Paint mode and switched to Wobble, the first decision is which preset to start from. The presets are not filters — they are starting points that already balance stretch, damping, cohesion, and variation for a particular feel. You can tune any of them further under Fine tuning.
Soft wobble (the default)
It feels like: a slow, loose pudding-like sway. The painted area drifts, settles, and drifts again.
Good for: round, soft, or jelly-like things — drinks, desserts, blobs of liquid, plushies, eyes that blink slowly. Anywhere you want the motion to feel cute rather than physical.
Nudge it: if the motion feels too sleepy, raise Stretch a little and lower Damping. If the painted area loses its shape, raise Cohesion.
Spring bounce
It feels like: a pronounced elastic bounce after each push. There is a clear impact, then a few visible bounces as the energy dissipates.
Good for: solid things that should react like rubber or jelly — slime, a cartoon character's cheek, a stretching arm, a stress ball. Use it when you want the audience to feel the impulse behind the motion.
Nudge it: if the bounces die out too quickly, lower Damping. If the shape distorts past recognition, raise Cohesion. For a single hard slap and a clean rest, raise Damping instead.
Quick shake
It feels like: a small, fast, continuous tremble. The painted area vibrates rather than sways.
Good for: tiny details that should look nervous or alive — a candle flame, an idle character, a text bubble, a sparkling highlight, a power-up glow.
Nudge it: this preset is mostly carried by Variation. Drop it to zero for a barely-there shimmer, push it higher for a frantic shake. Keep Cohesion high so the painted region reads as one thing.
Zero-G float
It feels like: a slow drift with no pull from gravity. The painted area wanders and gently returns to center on its own.
Good for: space scenes, dreamy stickers, ghost or spirit effects, anything you want to read as hovering rather than being pushed.
Nudge it: the easiest preset to mess up — pair it with Gravity direction: None in Fine tuning, otherwise the preset's drift fights a constant pull. Damping controls how long the float lingers after each nudge.
How presets and Fine tuning interact
The presets set the shape of the motion. Fine tuning adjusts how strong that shape is. A useful rule of thumb:
- Wrong mood? Switch preset.
- Right mood, wrong size? Adjust Stretch.
- Right mood, dies too fast? Lower Damping.
- Right mood, shape is falling apart? Raise Cohesion.
- Right mood, too quiet / too jittery? Adjust Variation.
If you ever get lost, the Reset to this preset button under Fine tuning snaps all four sliders back to the values that made the preset feel the way it does.
Looping motion: when you don't want to drag
Below the presets, the Looping motion buttons (Side-to-side, Jump up and down, Circle around) drive a repeating path on top of whichever preset you picked. They are useful for hands-free previewing while you settle on a preset, and for recording short reaction clips where you do not want to touch the image at all.