Description of the Twinkly App's Gallery
This article refers to Twinkly Generation I & II, Twinkly PRO and Twinkly Plus
What's the Effects Gallery?
The Effects Gallery is the main repository of all your effects.
Here you will find all the pre-loaded designs that you can apply directly on your lights, save as favorites, or edit.
In the gallery, you can also find your personal downloaded effects and the ones you created with the FX Wizard.
Finally, tapping on the Favorite folder, you will find the collection of the effects you flagged as favorites.
What's the Effects Gallery's main features?
The effects available in your Twinkly app can vary depending on the model of your device (e.g. Strings, Curtain, Flex) and the LED profile or mapping strategy you’re using (Simple or 3D).
Effect Thumbnails & LED Profiles
The color of the effect thumbnails in your gallery will automatically adjust to match your Twinkly’s LED profile:
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AWW profiles (Amber, Warm White, and White) will display all effects in golden or warm shades.
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RGB or RGB+W profiles will show more colorful and vibrant effects.
Mixed LED Groups
If your installation includes a mix of LED types (e.g. RGB and RGB+W), the app will display the RGB gallery.
This ensures consistent color rendering, especially for whites, across the entire group of lights.
Overview of the Three Available Effect Galleries:
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RGB – Full-color effects designed for standard RGB LEDs
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RGB+W – Effects optimized for RGB LEDs with an additional dedicated white LED
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AWW – Elegant, warm-toned effects tailored to amber/warm white/white LED profiles
Here you can see an overview of the 3 different galleries: RGB, RGB+W and AWW:
Gallery Categories
The Effects Gallery — one for each installed device — is organized into sections to make browsing easier and more intuitive:
All: Here you'll find a complete list of all your effects, including presets, those downloaded from the Explore section, and those you've created yourself.
My Effects: This section includes all the effects you've created using the FX-Wizard, preset affects you have edited and customized , effects from the GIF importer, or those created in Drawing Mode.
Downloaded: Contains all effects you’ve downloaded from the Explore section and those downloaded from other users’ sharing links.
Favorite: Your favorite effects — just tap the heart icon inside to add it here.
How Can I Search or Filter Effects?
Want to find an effect by keyword, sort the list to your liking, or filter by tag? Here’s how:
🔍 Search Tab
Use the search bar to look for effects in any of the four gallery sections using keywords. Whether you type a full or partial name, in uppercase, lowercase, or both, the app will find all matching effects.
⚙️ Filters
Tap the filter icon to access extra search and sorting options:
Sort by: choose to view effects from Oldest to Newest, Newest to Oldest, or Alphabetically.
Effect Styles: filter effects using one or more style tags, such as Ambience or Pixelart.
Apply: once you've made your selection, tap Apply to apply the filters and view matching effects.
Clear All: tap this to return to the default view and remove all filters.
Effect Sharing Option
Effects that have been edited from a preset, created with the FX Wizard, or imported as GIFs via Giphy can be shared with the Community using the dedicated share button.
To learn more, check out [this article]
Important note
Some pre-loaded effects are available with only a specific type of mapping: to have 3D effects that play around your installation, you have to use the a 3-D mapping feature so that the app can adapt the effects to your layout. This also applies to designs you have downloaded via the shared link of another user's effect.