User Guide

ACDSee Pro 3 User Guide
3. On the Rain tab, set the options as described below.
4. Do one of the following:
Click Done to apply your changes and close the tab.
Click Cancel to discard all changes and close the tab.
Rain options
Strength Specifies the length of the rain drops. Drag the slider to the right to increase the length.
Opacity Specifies the opacity of the rain drops. Type a number from 0 to 100 or drag the slider to adjust the
opacity of the rain drops. The higher the opacity, the more the image is obscured.
Amount Specifies the number of rain drops.
Angle variance Specifies the angle of the rain drops. Type a number from 0 to 50 or drag the arrow to adjust the
angle.
Strength variance Specifies how much variety there should be in the length of the rain drops. Drag the slider to the left if
you want rain drops to have a similar length. Drag the slider to the right if you want to vary the length
of rain drops. If you vary the length of rain drops they look natural.
Background blur Specifies the amount of blur in the photo. Heavy rain will block your vision. Use this option to blur the
photo so the rain effect looks natural.
Angle Specifies the angle at which the rain drops are falling.
Color Specifies the color of the rain drops.
Applying a Ripple effect
You can use the Ripple effect to divide your images into concentric circles that resembles what you see when you drop a pebble into
water. You can select or change the Ripple options to apply ripples to your image, and save your options as a preset
for use at
another time.
To apply a Ripple effect:
1. In Process mode, click Edit.
2. In the Add group, click Special Effect, and then double-click Ripple.
3. On the Ripple tab, set the options as described below.
4. Do one of the following:
Click Done to accept your changes and close the Ripple tab.
Click Cancel to discard your changes and close the tab.
Ripple options
Horizontal position Specifies the center of the ripples on the horizontal axis. A value of 500 places the ripples in the middle
of the image.
Vertical position Specifies the center of the ripples on the vertical axis. A value of 500 places the ripples in the middle of
the image.
Amplitude Specifies the depth and height of each ripple.
Wavelength Specifies the amount of space between ripples.
Light strength Specifies the amount of light contrast between the top and bottom of each ripple.
Background color Specifies the background color of the filtered image. Select the Image check box to use the original
image colors, or click the color picker to select a different color.
Ripple direction Specifies the direction of the ripples. Select one or both of the following:
Ripple vertically: Makes the ripples move towards the top and bottom of the image.
Ripple horizontally: Makes the ripples move towards the right and left sides of the image.
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