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Summary

putImageData ignores globalAlpha/compositing entirely (it's a direct pixel write per spec), so the getImageData/putImageData round-trip on every frame of the video-mode blur effect was rewriting the canvas with pixels identical to what was already there - the canvas is never cleared, so the previous frame persists on its own.

The getImageData call was pure CPU readback (forcing the willReadFrequently software-rendering path) for zero visual effect, running ~30x/sec whenever ambient mode is active with a video background - noticeably raising CPU usage and heat.

Fix

Removes the round-trip and keeps the same trailing-blur math via a plain globalAlpha-blended drawImage, letting the canvas's own persistence do what the manual pixel copy was redundantly doing. No visual change.

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  • pnpm typecheck / pnpm lint pass
  • Verified ambient mode's video-background blur looks identical before/after
  • Confirmed noticeably lower CPU usage with ambient mode + video background active

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Enhancements
    • Improved ambient-mode video blur with smoother trailing motion effects.
    • Enhanced rendering performance by streamlining frame processing.
    • Ensured blur rendering resets correctly when the display area changes size.

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The ambient mode renderer now creates trailing motion blur by drawing video frames with partial alpha on an uncleared canvas. It replaces pixel readback state with hasDrawnOnce and resets the flag after canvas resizing.

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Ambient mode blur rendering

Layer / File(s) Summary
Alpha-based frame compositing
src/plugins/ambient-mode/index.ts
The renderer removes pixel readback, calculates partial frame alpha, draws the first frame at full opacity, and resets the draw-state flag when canvas resizing clears the canvas.

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This localized change removes redundant per-frame canvas pixel readback while preserving the existing ambient-mode blur behavior through alpha blending. Typecheck, lint, visual validation, and CPU checks passed, so no actionable merge-blocking risk remains.

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In `@src/plugins/ambient-mode/index.ts`:
- Around line 129-131: Update the globalAlpha calculation in the ambient
renderer to handle interpolationTime equal to zero before assignment, rejecting
it or substituting a safe finite alpha so Canvas never receives Infinity and
trailing blur behavior remains intact.
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putImageData ignores globalAlpha and compositing entirely (a direct
pixel write per spec), so the get/putImageData round-trip on every
frame was rewriting the canvas with pixels identical to what was
already there - the canvas is never cleared, so the previous frame
persists on its own. The getImageData call was pure CPU readback
(forcing willReadFrequently's software rendering path) for zero
visual effect, running ~30x/sec whenever ambient mode is active with
a video background. Removing it keeps the same trailing-blur math via
plain globalAlpha-blended drawImage, just without the pointless
roundtrip - noticeably lower CPU/heat with no visual change.
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bonkedbythonk force-pushed the pr/ambient-mode-cpu-fix branch from a71ef30 to 220c7c0 Compare August 28, 2026 13:09
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