Apple Motion 2 - Manual (Page 772)

772 Chapter 10 Using Filters
Halftone
This filter reduces an image to a black and white version of itself, simulating the
halftone screening method for print, in which the shadows and highlights of an image
are recreated using patterns of small and large dots.
Parameters in the Inspector
Center: Sets the position of the center of the halftone dots.
Angle: Sets the angle of the alignment of the dots.
Scale: Sets the scale of the halftone dots. Values range from 2 to 100.
Contrast: Sets the amount of contrast between the lightest and darkest dots. Values
range from 0 to 0.99.
Dashboard controls
The Dashboard contains the Angle, Scale, and Contrast controls.
Hatched Screen
This filter reduces an image to a black and white version of itself, simulating a halftone
pen-and-ink method of shading an image, in which the shadows and highlights of an
image are recreated using hatched patterns of lines.
Parameters in the Inspector
Center: Sets the position of the center of the hatched screen.
Angle: Sets the angle of the hatched screen.
Scale: Sets the scale of the hatched screen. Values range from 1 to 100.
Skew: Sets the amount of skew of the hatched screen. Values range from –3 to 3.
Stretch: Sets the amount of skew of the hatched screen. Values range from –2 to 2.
Original image Halftone applied
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