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A warp effect that creates different types of circular bowing and folding effects.
— DentType: This lets you choose from six different types of “dent” warping effects. The options are Type 1, Type 2, Type 3, Sine, Cosine, and Black Hole.
— X and Y: Position sliders let you offset the center of the warp.
— Size: This lets you adjust the diameter of the warp.
— Strength: This lets you adjust the extent and direction of the warp, lowering this below zero “pulls” the image into the center of the effect, while raising this above zero “pushes” the image outward to buckle according to the DentType you’ve chosen.
— Edge Behavior: This eliminates any blanking caused by negative distortion by filling black areas in one of several user-defined ways; options include Black (do nothing and leave the blanking), Reflect, Wrap-Around, and Replicate.
Lens Distortion (Studio Version Only)
Lets you add convex or concave lens distortion to an image, to make it warp by bulging outward or bulging inward, similar to a poorly made lens. This filter could also be used in a corrective manner, to compensate for images exhibiting barrel distortion. Additionally, the amount of distortion applied to each color channel can be varied, in order to create the effect of chromatic aberration using the curvature of the distortion you’re adding for a more accurate effect.
— Red, Green, and Blue Distortion: These sliders are ordinarily locked together by the Gang checkbox. When adjusted as ganged, moving these sliders to the left (negative values) increases “fisheye” distortion, while moving these sliders to the right (positive values) creates an inverted “fisheye” effect that bows the image inward rather than outward. Turning Gang off lets you set the Red, Green, and Blue Distortion sliders to different values, introducing more accurately simulated chromatic aberration to the image.
— Fine Adjustment: This checkbox results in the distortion sliders operating within a much smaller range, enabling more precise adjustments.
— X and Y Position: These sliders let you change the center of the distortion effect.
TIP: To resize a clip with an extreme distortion effect that introduces blanking around the edges of the frame, you’ll need to use the Zoom control found in the Node Sizing mode of the Sizing palette. Edit and Input sizing will only zoom the image within the border created by blanking.
TIP: To resize a clip with an extreme distortion effect that introduces blanking around the edges of the frame, you’ll need to use the Zoom control found in the Node Sizing mode of the Sizing palette. Edit and Input sizing will only zoom the image within the border created by blanking.
TIP: To resize a clip with an extreme distortion effect that introduces blanking around the edges of the frame, you’ll need to use the Zoom control found in the Node Sizing mode of the Sizing palette. Edit and Input sizing will only zoom the image within the border created by blanking.
— Edge Behavior: The options available in this pop-up eliminate blanking caused by negative distortion by filling black areas in one of several user-defined ways; options include Black (do nothing and leave the blanking), Reflect, Wrap-Around, and Replicate.