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Chapter 10

Using Filters

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Poke

Pushes the object into the Canvas at a specified point, as if it were poked. This filter is a
subtler version of the Black Hole filter, described on page 738.

Parameters in the Inspector

Center: Sets the position of the center of the poke.

Radius: Sets the radius of the poke effect. Values range from 0 (a point) to 1000.

Scale: Sets the scale of the distortion. Values range from 0 (no pinching) to 1.

Dashboard controls
The Dashboard contains the Radius and Scale controls.

Refraction

Creates a glass-distortion effect on an image, with an optional height map.

Parameters in the Inspector

Softness: Sets the amount of softness applied to the refracted edges. Values range
from 0 to 1.

Original image

Poke applied

Original image

Refraction applied with a height map

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