Handbook

07 · Picture

Effects

UV folds and the colour chain on the Effects tab.

The inspector tab label is Effects. It owns UV folds and the colour chain. Intro copy on the tab: UV folds can hit the media plate, the look, or both. Colour FX run after the composite. Drag a card to reorder.

UV chain

Default order, top to bottom: Mirror → Kaleidoscope → Transform → Lens.

The shader applies folds in reverse because they are UV maps. The card you put last is the last fold the picture shows.

Each card has:

  • Off / On
  • A drag handle
  • Affects: Background, Shader, Both

Background is the media plate. Shader is the procedural look. Both folds the two together.

Mirror

On: Angle, Offset, Rotate, Pan X, Pan Y. Reflects across a fold line.

Kaleidoscope

On: Segments, Outer spin, Inner spin, Outer offset X/Y, Inner offset X/Y, Kaleido zoom. Polar facet mirror fold.

Transform

On: Rotate, Pan X, Pan Y, Scale. Global rotate, pan, and scale.

Lens warp

The card title is Lens warp. Controls: Amount, Radius. Barrel / pincushion distortion.

Color chain

Default order: Glow → Chromatic aberration → Luma stretch → Pixelate → LCD → Dither → Grain.

Glow, chromatic aberration, and luma stretch are dedicated scene passes. Pixelate, LCD, dither, and grain share the display shader. Consecutive display-family effects collapse into one apply.

Glow

Amount, Threshold, Radius. Dual Kawase bloom. Full amount washes white.

Chromatic aberration

Lens / Offset. Amount. Falloff (lens) or Angle (offset). RGB channel split.

Luma stretch

Horizontal / Vertical / Angle. Bright / Dark. Amount, Threshold, Length, plus Angle in angle mode. Pulls bright or dark spans along an axis.

Pixelate

Amount, Size. Mosaic cells.

LCD

Amount, Size, Gap. RGB subpixel cells and a black matrix.

Dither

Bayer / Noise. Amount, Levels. Posterize with ordered Bayer or hashed noise.

Grain

Amount, Size.

Every exposed slider accepts modulation and MIDI.

The tables below list the UV and colour catalogs from the product registries.

UV chain

EffectWhat it does
MirrorReflect across a fold line
KaleidoscopePolar facet mirror fold
TransformGlobal rotate, pan, and scale
Lens warpBarrel / pincushion distortion

Color chain

EffectWhat it does
GlowDual Kawase bloom. Full amount washes white.
Chromatic aberrationRGB channel split. Stronger toward the edges.
Luma stretchPull bright or dark spans along an axis on the composited picture
PixelateMosaic cells on the composited picture
LCDRGB subpixel cells and black matrix
DitherPosterize with ordered Bayer or hashed noise
GrainFilm grain on the composited picture