What does the Contour Map effect do in Ether-MOSH?

It quantizes RGB luminance into 4–26 stepped regions, assigns those steps a false-color palette, draws bright lines near their boundaries, and blends the result over the source with Amount.

Does Ether-MOSH Contour Map create a real topographic map?

No. Real contours join measured points of equal elevation within a reference system. This shader follows image brightness and contains no elevation, scale, coordinates, contour interval, survey, or geographic provenance.

Where is Contour Map, and what settings should I start with?

Open the FX panel, choose Color Chaos, and add Contour Map. Start at 0.58 Amount and 0.36 Bands, then adjust Bands first for broad or dense boundaries.

How do I use a contour-style effect accessibly?

Keep essential text and controls outside the effect, do not encode meaning with color alone, retain strong non-color boundaries, provide labels or a clean alternate, and test contrast plus delivered motion on the actual display.

Make the Contour Map Effect Stop Inventing Elevation

A practical survey hearing on luminance bands, false terrain, map history, and the portrait currently requesting a benchmark monument.

Quick answer

Ether-MOSH's Contour Map effect turns source luminance into four to twenty-six stepped color bands with bright boundary lines. Amount blends the stylization over the original; Bands controls how many tonal steps appear. It resembles topographic contouring but measures no elevation, location, or scale. Find it under Color Chaos; start at 0.58 Amount and 0.36 Bands, then protect essential detail and labels.

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