Modifying jQuery Splatter plugin to avoid collision/overlap

[Beluga]

jQuery Splatter by Cory Schires

I was looking for something that would allow me to scatter elements (divs w/ background-images) behind text. Splatter is almost what I want, but I would need:
- no overlap in the positioning of elements
- keep the elements inside the container
- remove the default asterisk completely

As I have varying article dimensions, this keeps the splatter area the right size:

          height: $("#article-text").height(),     
          width: $("#article-text").width()

Could the collision detection code in jQuery UI Position be used somehow?

[Beluga]

Finally got a response from the dev and he will be working on my issues!