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Generator Types
There are two types of generators in the Library: animated and static. Both types of
generators create images on the fly, but an animated generator creates a moving
pattern by default. Although a static generator is not animated by default, you can
keyframe its parameters to create an animated pattern. You can use a generator as is or
modify its settings to create different effects. The following section briefly describes
each generator.
Note: All generators contain Opacity and Blend Mode controls in the Dashboard. Like
all objects in Motion, the Opacity and Blend Mode parameters for any generator can
also be modified in the Properties tab of the Inspector.
Although the sliders in the Inspector are usually limited to a specific range, you can
often manually enter values outside of that range in the value fields.
Caustics
The Caustics generator creates an animated, simulated water surface. The size, speed,
refraction, brightness, and color of the Caustics pattern can be modified and animated.
You can use the Caustics generator to add light patterns to a project, or as the source
object for an image map.
Default Caustics generator Modified Caustics generator over an image
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