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Chapter 10

Using Filters

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Parameters in the Inspector

Dissolve Amount: Sets the percentage of pixels dissolved by noise.

Random Seed: Sets a number to be used as a seed for noise placement. Values range
from 0 to 1000.

Dashboard controls
The Dashboard contains the Dissolve Amount and Random Seed controls.

Noise Dither

Adds a small amount of noise to the pixels of an object, used to soften the banding
seen on 8-bit images with subtle gradients.

Parameters in the Inspector

Noisiness: Sets the amount of noise added to the object. Values range from 0 to 1.

Movement: Toggles animation of the noise on and off.

Dashboard controls
The Dashboard contains the Noisiness control.

Pixellate

This filter turns an image into a mosaic of blocks using colors taken from an object. The
scale of the blocks can be increased or decreased.

Parameters in the Inspector

Center: Sets the position of the center of the pixellation effect.

Scale: Sets the scale of the pixellation. Values range from 1 to 100.

Dashboard controls
The Dashboard contains the Scale control.

Original image

Pixellate applied

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